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Students Say. Application Deadlines. Required Forms. English is always one of the top-5 majors at Bowdoin and the major to professors on campus not counting those on sabbatical ratio is about 5 to 1. This means that, especially at the upper levels, English classes at Bowdoin are small and dynamic. You mentioned creative writing specifically. Each year, Bowdoin has a "writer-in-residence" who teaches several classes about the writing process and there are regularly classes in creating poetry and prose.
You will find it easy at least in a scheduling sense to minor in or double-major in visual arts at Bowdoin. Last year, the school completed the renovation of our art museum which has been called by people other than us the grandest public building in the state of Maine.
I'm sure others here will be more willing to make direct comparisons whether they are qualified to or not. I would say that the outlier on your list is Princeton.
It is undoubtedly a fantastic school where you will receive a great education but it is a university that has graduate programs and almost 3x as many undergrads as Bowdoin.
You will certainly get an education in the liberal arts there, but it is not a liberal arts college. The college has as its founding mission a commitment to the common good that manifests itself on campus in hyperactive participation in community service activities and service learning courses including a class I hope to take next year, "Theater, Dance, and the Common Good," which will demonstrate the power of theater and dance to effect social change and include as a component the creation of a work that will seek to improve a social problem in Bowdoin's community.
Bowdoin is also privileged in its location to be in a quintessential New England town of 20, Bowdoin is classified by guides as "Suburban" rather than Rural and it sits right along I , 15 minutes from Freeport the home of L. The school owns a breathtaking island and coastal research center about 20 minutes from campus that is also used by student organizations and visual arts classes.
Finally, Bowdoin is a warm and friendly community that is NOT the least bit competitive or grade-obsessed. I can truly say that I do not know the grades of even my closest friends and some of them don't even know their own grades--they never bother to look.
This last may very well be shared by the other institutions on your list, I cannot be sure, but it is a quality that I love about Bowdoin and that I felt it necessary to include.
I think prospective students should consider Bowdoin's many impressive characteristics and attributes but I don't think one should weight the dorm quality too heavily. This year's freshman dorms include quints -- five kids -- two of whom have to be in a bunk bed situation in a 3- bed part of the quint.
That's not a "palace dorm" in my opinion. That said, Bowdoin's academic creds and other quality of life measurements stand on their own. I just wouldn't rank the dorms high on "reason to choose" list any more. At the vast majority of schools in this country, three first-years to a room is not at all uncommon, but they would not have a common room to share.
Further, wherever the first-years are, their dorm will have been newly built or renovated within the past five years most of them in the past 3. While a quint might not be the best situation, the fact remains that underclassmen dorms are still new, clean, and fantastic.
The same set of criteria are used for both decision plans. The only difference is the deadline. One of the nicest things about applying to the school earlier than everybody else is that you may enjoy higher chances of gaining admission into it as there are still plenty of slots to fill.
Also, it shows the admissions officers that Bowdoin College is your top choice as you are willing to forget your application to other colleges and universities. This means that you should go to Bowdoin College if you get accepted into it. You should also know the deadlines for various decision plans for your application to be taken into account:. Bowdoin College is a test-optional school. As a matter of fact, it is the first US school to go from requiring test scores to having a test-optional admissions policy.
Since , applicants, including homeschooled and international ones, may or may not submit their SAT or ACT scores when applying. This means that homeschooled and international students are included. Those who choose not to submit have to provide additional documents as substitutes for test scores. Since it is a private school, there are no in-state and out-of-state tuition costs — everyone pays the same amount. To make college accessible, Bowdoin College offers grants and loan-free aid packages.
The good news is that the school is committed to making higher education affordable. For instance, it has a need-blind admissions policy, which means that the ability to pay is not a factor in the admissions process. On the other hand, in the Safest Colleges in America by the same ranking site, the school is number out of 1, colleges reviewed. US News says that Maine is the safest state for college students. According to Alarms.
As a matter of fact, the violent crime rate in the state is less than one-third of the national average. In , there were a total of 29 reported rape cases.
There were only two reported rape cases in and three reported rape cases in The school also encourages its students to report suspicious activity and care for the well-being of others.
Bowdoin College is often compared with various liberal arts colleges in the US. Many of them rank high in various college ranking sites, too, just like the Maine-based school. Bowdoin College has its own set of pros that make it better than others and a few cons that make it outshone by others.
Earlier, we mentioned that Bowdoin College is one of the Little Ivies. I have not visited many liberal arts schools nor interviewed those who do attend liberal arts schools. Bowdoin was actually my first visit to a liberal arts college, and I have to say it looked like any other college campus as seen by the pictures I took. Because of that, I usually determine whether I like the look of a college based on its surroundings. We walked down Main Street and had some ice cream, but there was nothing much else to do there.
The city of Portland is a minute driver away, but Portland itself is probably the smallest city I have ever seen. Because it was summer not many students on campus , and there were no info sessions nor walking tours, I can not attest much to the values, school curriculum, or type of people at Bowdoin. But I did find a few students walking around campus and asked them a few questions about their college:. Bowdoin College is a high-ranking school — just ask some of the most popular and trusted college ranking sites out there.
We discussed just about everything you need to know about Bowdoin College before you apply to it.
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