Brunswick, ME. 340 fields, verified each cycle. from the Department of Education, the Common Data Set and the school's own bulletin, not scraped once and forgotten.
“Boston is the campus, for better and worse. No quad to sit on, no bubble to stay in. I loved it.”
Alum, 2024, College of Communication
“I was in a lab the second semester of sophomore year. Professors answer email here.”
Junior, Engineering
“The education is worth it. The cost is not the number on the website.”
Sophomore, College of Arts and Sciences
“Consulting and finance firms recruit through Questrom. Three internships before senior year.”
Senior, Questrom
“Four years of guaranteed housing in a city this expensive is the underrated benefit.”
Senior, College of Arts and Sciences
“Sixty of my sixty four credits transferred. Get the agreement in writing first.”
Transfer, 2025, Engineering
“My funding package covered five years. That decision was made for me before I arrived, and it changed everything.”
Doctoral candidate, Biology
“The clinical placements are in Boston hospitals. You are working with patients in your first year.”
Second year, Medicine
“My advisor has eleven students. Ask how many before you accept an offer anywhere.”
Doctoral candidate, Economics
“The part time law option let me keep working. Four years instead of three, no debt.”
Third year, Law
“Teaching load is two sections a term. Budget for that when you plan your dissertation timeline.”
Doctoral candidate, English
“Master of Public Health placement was strong. Career services is thinner than the undergraduate side.”
Supplemental prompt
250 wordsOptional Writing About Navigating Differences: Bowdoin believes that its broadly diverse and inclusive campus community prepares graduates to be contributing and useful citizens of the world. Every graduate of this institution should be confident in their preparation to be able to navigate through differences and in all sorts of situations. A Bowdoin education does not guarantee these skills, but it does impart a set of tools necessary to bravely enter unfamiliar conditions with the confidence to deal effectively with ambiguity.
Supplemental prompt
100 wordsBowdoin College requires three (3) recommendations: a counselor recommendation, a teacher recommendation, and one other recommendation.