Bowdoin College 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?

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Sophomores Boot Up for Bowdoin's 2025 Bootcamp The entire sophomore class arrived on campus in mid-January, earlier than other returning students, to participate in the annual rite of Bootcamp—an intensive career preparation program that steers students toward the internship, job, or profession they want.

The acceptance rate for the Class of 2028 was 7 percent. The applicant pool consisted of 13,265 candidates. Bowdoin was the first test-optional college in the country—starting more than fifty years ago, in 1969. Fifty-four percent of the Class of 2028 chose not to …

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At Bowdoin, chalk dust still flies. Students rarely skip class. Laptops are provided, but we still work face-to-face—even in courses like Robotics, or Nature-Inspired Computation, or Digital Media.. There's a surprising amount of laughter, a reasonable amount of frustration, and room for fiery, passionate disagreements.

and also stressful. And hopeful, and overwhelming, and worth it.. Our job in the Office of Admissions is to help make this time more humane, for you and your family, wherever you are in the process. Have questions? We can help! Take this time to really explore what Bowdoin has to offer: browse our majors and minors, learn about our location, and get a feel for where you might live, eat, and play.

A liberal arts education cultivates the mind and the imagination; encourages seeking after truth, meaning, and beauty; awakens an appreciation of past traditions and present challenges; fosters joy in learning and sharing that learning with others; supports taking the intellectual risks required to explore the unknown, tests new ideas, and stimulates constructive debate; and builds the ...

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We've reshaped our footprint multiple times in over 200 years. Our first building, Massachusetts Hall, originally held the entire college: students, faculty, and administration. Then for a short while, Bowdoin was home to the Medical School of Maine, giving rise to plenty of ghost stories.