Bowdoin College (BC)

Bowdoin is a college and also an idea— —that if you give smart, kind, young people access to one of the best educations on earth, they will use it to create good in the world. Bowdoin College is historic. And selective. And rigorous. But mos is historic. And selective. And rigorous. But most importantly, we were founded and endowed with the belief that there is something bigger than ourselves. What does it mean for a college to do the right thing? It means building a curriculum that stretches what’s expected of the liberal arts. For us, it means working for equality, diversity, and inclusion—in our coursework, our staffing, our student body, and our financial priorities. It means researching and protecting our environment—from the coastal ecosystems that surround and sustain us, to the humid jungles and Arctic poles that inspired some of our earliest students. A Bowdoin education brings context, history, integrity, and empathy to the world around us. Who chooses Bowdoin? Our alumni are scholars, writers, judges, entrepreneurs, business leaders, scientists, activists, tech giants, farmers, diplomats, artists, and conservationists. Bowdoin graduates of all years are connected by a curious, restless thread that asks: what else can I do? Where can I find answers? Who brings a different perspective? students who choose Bowdoin Who does Bowdoin choose? We admit students of uncommon promise, and uncommon character. We look for bright minds who want to work together—and live together, eat together, and talk it out. Bowdoin College is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. Chartered in 1794, the college offers 35 majors and 40 minors, as well as several joint engineering programs with Columbia, Caltech, Dartmouth College, and the University of Maine. The college was a founding member of its athletic conference, the New England Small College Athletic Conference, and the Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium, an athletic conference and inter-library exchange with Bates College and Colby College. Bowdoin has over 30 varsity teams, and the school mascot was selected as a polar bear in 1913 to honor Robert Peary, a Bowdoin alumnus who led the first successful expedition to the North Pole.[9] Between the years 1821 and 1921, Bowdoin operated a medical school called the "Medical School of Maine."[10] The main Bowdoin campus is located near Casco Bay and the Androscoggin River. In addition to its Brunswick campus, Bowdoin owns a 118-acre (48 ha) coastal studies center on Orr's Island and a 200-acre (81 ha) scientific field station on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy. Our need-blind admission policy ensures that your decision to attend Bowdoin will never be influenced by whether or not your family can afford it. ...view more