| Name |
Bowdoin College |
| Address |
5700 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011-8448 |
| Website |
http://www.bowdoin.edu |
| Email |
admissions@bowdoin.edu |
| Percent Undergrad College Owned |
95% |
| Percent Fraternity |
0% |
| Percent Sorority |
0% |
| Percent Campus Weekends |
90% |
| Offer Housing |
Yes |
| Percent Students College Housing |
95% |
| Campus Housing |
Yes |
| Off Campus Assistance |
Yes |
| Types Available |
coed dorms (63%), apartment for single students (22%), special housing for disabled students (0%), other housing options (15%) |
| College Owned Singles |
27% |
| College Owned Doubles |
18% |
| College Owned Triples |
34% |
| College Owned Apartments |
21% |
| College Owned Other |
N/A |
| Num College Owned |
32 |
| Sprinkler System |
97% |
| Fire Alarms |
100% |
| High Speed Internet |
100% |
| Campus Size |
205 acres |
| Percent Weekends |
90% |
| Nearest Airport |
Portland (30), Boston (130) |
| Nearest Train |
Portland (25) |
| Nearest Bus |
Brunswick (0) |
| Public Transport |
No |
| Cars Permitted |
Yes |
| Percent Cars |
40% |
| School Employment |
Yes |
| Percent Undergrads Employed |
46% |
| Average Undergrad Earnings |
1,835 |
| Freshmen Discouraged Working |
No |
| Army Rotc |
Not offered |
| Navy Rotc |
Not offered |
| Airforce Rotc |
Not offered |
| Alcohol Permitted |
Yes |
| Additional Policies |
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited, other |
| Popular Events |
Asian Week (culminating with the Asian Student Association Fashion Show, highlighting traditional attire of Asian nations); Battle of the Bands; Bear AIDS (a daylong benefit concert with 5 or 6 bands, including the winner of the Battle of the Bands); Black History Month (lectures, films & performances); Bowdoin Film Series; Bowdoin vs. Colby Ice Hockey games; Coffee House Nights with student performances; Common Good Day (a campus-wide day of community service); Common Hour (regular noon-time lectures & performances for the campus community); Ebony Ball; Foreign Language Tables (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean); House System houses hosted weekly activities (Loose Leaves, trips to Portland Museum of Art, Portland Symphony, Popham Beach, etc. , movie nights, Monday night football, Oktoberfest, bands, coffee houses, Haunted House, volunteering, theme parties, faculty lectures, etc. ); International Week; Ivies Weekend; Junior/Senior Ball; Life 101 (classes in self-defense, cooking, auto repair, etc. ); Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration; Midnight Madness (opening of basketball season at Bowdoin); One Acts Festival (staged readings of student-written plays); Performing Arts Series; Senior Art Show; Spring Dance Performance; Spring Gala (formal dance with a swing orchestra); Teatime Concert Series; Winter's Weekend (with a Broom Ball contest to benefit charity) |
| Student Activities |
choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook |
| Num Organizations |
109 |
| Honor Societies |
Phi Beta Kappa |
| Religious Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Catholic Students Union, Christian Fellowship, Hillel, Meditation and Buddhist Studies Group |
| International Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) African American Society, Amnesty International, Anokha (South Asian Students Coalition), Asian Student Association, Caribbean Student Alliance, Circolo Italiano, Global Help, Hawaii Ohana, International Club, Korean-American Students Association, Latin American Student Organization, Russian Club |
| Other Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Alpine Ski/Ski Race Club; Americans for Informed Democracy; Animation Society; Arabesque (ballet club); Architects & Designers; Art Club; Atheists; Baxter House Tutoring and Mentoring Programs; Bear Blades (skating club); Bear Buddies; Bears and Cubs; Book Buddies; Bowdoin Mentoring; Bridging the Generations/Adopt a Grandparent; Business Club; Cable Network; Campus Activities Board; Chaos Theory (women's Ultimate Frisbee); Cheerleading Squad; Chess Club; Community Service Council; Craft Center; Crew Club (coed); Culinary Club; Cycling Club (coed); Debate Team; Democrats; Democratic Socialism; Digital Underground; Emergency Medical Services Club; Equestrians (coed); Evergreens (environmental awareness); Executive Committee of Student Government; Fencing Club (coed); Film and Video Society; Finance Society; Forward! (support of persons with disabilities); Fuzion; HIV/AIDS Peer Educators; Hockey Club (men); House System; Huntington Club (bird watching); Improvabilities (improvisational comedy); Inter-House Council; Jujitsu Club (coed); Kamerling Society (American Chemical Society); Karate Club (coed); Literary Society; Longfellows (a cappella group); Masque and Gown (drama club); Math Club (Emmy Noether Society); Meddiebempsters (all-male a cappella); Miscellania (all-female a cappella); Neuroscience Journal Club; Obvious (hip-hop & breakdancing group); Organic Garden Club; Outing Club; Peucinian Society (Classics-oriented club); Poeting Club; Polar Bear Nation (athletics cheering club); Polar Consulting Club; Polar Jazz Big Band; Queer/Straight Alliance; Republicans; Rock Climbing Club; Rugby Club (men); Safe Space (sexual assault awareness/support); SAVO (Student Admissions Volunteer Program); Student Government Association; Student Organization Oversight Committee; Student Peer Counseling & Advising; Student-led Service Organizations (20 local groups); Syncopated State (coed a cappella); Table Tennis Club (coed); Taiko (Japanese drumming club); Ultimate Frisbee (men, see Chaos Theory above for women); Unity Step Team; Ursus Verses (a cappella group); VAGUE (dance group); V-DAY (awareness of violence against women & children); Volleyball Club (men); W. A. R. R. I. O. R. S. (eating disorders awareness); Waterpolo Team (coed); WBOR 91. 1 FM (Bowdoin on Radio); Women's Association; Yoga Club; Young & Sober |
| Student Papers |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Bowdoin Orient (weekly college newspaper); The Disorient (bi-weekly alternative newspaper); The Bowdoin Forum (annual academic journal of international affairs); Wavelength (annual photography journal); No Reply (magazine with intent to raise awareness of social differences); The Bowdoin Patriot (political newspaper); The Quill (annual literary publication); Bugle (annual yearbook) |
| Num Frats |
0 |
| Frats Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Frat Members |
0% |
| Num Sororities |
0 |
| Sororities Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Sorority Members |
0% |
| Type |
Private institution |
| Year Founded |
1794 |
| Religious Affiliation |
None |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester |
| Undergrad Body |
1,666 |
| Setting |
Suburban |
| Endowment |
578,206,000 |
| Application Deadline |
January 1 |
| Application Fee |
60 |
| Selectivity |
Most selective |
| Tuition |
34,640 |
| Room Board |
9,310 |
| Basic |
nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance |
| Remedial |
N/A |
| Counseling |
minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious |
| Career |
on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other |
| Job Six Months |
60% |
| Job One Year |
71% |
| Job Two Years |
80% |
| Firms |
BUSINESS: Morgan Stanley, Banc of America Securities, Charles River Associates, Cambridge Associates, Deloitte Consulting, LL Bean, State Street Bank, Discover Re, Tecolote Research, Kellogg Group, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Schwartz Communications, |
| Library |
Yes |
| Library Consortia |
Yes |
| Num Books |
995,507 |
| Num Subscriptions |
6,300 |
| Num Microforms |
112,408 |
| Num Audiovisual |
23,153 |
| Num Ebooks |
81,664 |
| Library Facilities |
Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, Beckwith Music Library, Hatch Science Library, Pierce Art Library, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections and Archives, Government Documents, Language Media Center, Russwurm African-American Center Library, Women's Resource Center Library, Career Planning Center Resource Library, Susan Dwight Bliss Room |
| Museums |
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Arctic Studies Center, Educational Research and Development Program, Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching, Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin Scientific Station on Kent Island, Wish Theater, Pickard Theater, Visual Arts Center, Gibson Hall of Music, Environmental Studies Center, Russwurm African-American Center, Women's Resource Center, Community Service Resource Center, Electronic Classroom |
| Computer Course |
No |
| Own Computer |
No |
| Computers Available |
450 |
| Email Accounts |
Yes |
| Internet Access |
Yes |
| Computers Available In |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Num Wired Library |
250 |
| Num Wired Classrooms |
500 |
| Num Wired Labs |
150 |
| Num Wired Other |
4,500 |
| Wireless Network |
Yes |
| Wireless Areas |
in all school buildings and on all school property |
| Wireless Capacity |
2,500 |
| Recommended Os |
Other |
| Hosting Units |
100% |
| Student Webpages |
Yes |
| Online Registration |
No |
| Campus Safety |
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc) |
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