Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

• Small highly selective liberal arts college

• Very close knit community where older students mentor younger students

• 33 majors, 4 minors

• Professors teach all classes - 70% of classes have fewer than 20 students

• Undergraduate mentored research is a priority

• Very strong in the natural sciences

• Beautiful campus 

• Student-professor interaction is dynamic with a 1:9 faculty:student ratio

• Social life revolves around ‘College Houses’ and athletics

• Lots of great outdoor activities available

• History loosely tied to the Civil War 

• Very financially generous - no loan policy, need blind admissions

• Test optional pioneer

• The mascot is an animal that is black

• Organized activities include everything from whitewater rafting to fireside knitting