- 4 Year
- BRUNSWICK, ME
Bowdoin College
- grade A+Overall Grade
- 4 Year
- BRUNSWICK, ME
- Rating 4.11 out of 5 728 reviews
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- Academicsgrade A+
- Valuegrade A+
- Diversitygrade A+
- Campusgrade A
- Athleticsgrade B minus
- Party Scenegrade B
- Professorsgrade A
- Locationgrade B+
- Dormsgrade A+
- Campus Foodgrade A+
- Student Lifegrade A
- Safetygrade B
About
Bowdoin (bo-d'n) may surprise you. Situated in a coastal Maine town, we produce leading scholars, innovators, and humanitarians. Alumni include Reed Hastings (CEO/founder of Netflix) and DeRay Mckesson (Black Lives Matter). Students balance rigorous academics with the fun of more than 100 student clubs. Unfamiliar with Maine? We have beaches, mountains, food trucks, and upscale restaurants. We sport L.L.Bean boots while engaging in social justice and community service. Bowdoin students, diverse in backgrounds and interests, are funded by an annual financial aid budget of $45 million.
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Get the basics on applying to Bowdoin in this information session hosted by a Bowdoin admissions officer. After a brief presentation on our admissions and student aid process, there will be time for students and parents to ask questions on everything from academic and career opportunities, campus life, living in coastal Maine, and more. Sign-up to receive a confirmation email with a link to join the Zoom webinar.
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- Political Science and Government100 Graduates
- Economics72 Graduates
- Mathematics42 Graduates
- Biology34 Graduates
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology30 Graduates
- Sociology28 Graduates
- English27 Graduates
- European and Russian Studies25 Graduates
- Neuroscience and Neurobiology25 Graduates
- Computer Science24 Graduates
Digital and Computational Studies
Digital and computational methods and analysis are creating the ability and opportunity to address new questions and data sets. But these technological transformations are not solely a one-way street. The liberal arts, broadly speaking, also have the power – perhaps the responsibility – to participate in and shape the development, use and interpretative capabilities of these tools.
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Bowdoin College Reviews
Broad overview classes are lacking. For example there was no general art history course offered. The closest was something like women painters from 1850- niche topics of interest to the professors but not providing a good general grounding