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Media Highlights Schiller Center, Bowdoin Senior’s Efforts to Restore Maine Eelgrass Biology major Lucy Dutton ’25 works with the Schiller Coastal Studies Center as part of a regional collaboration to restore Casco Bay’s degraded eelgrass habitat.
About | Bowdoin College
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?
Academics - Bowdoin College
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.
Admissions - Bowdoin College
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.
Explore Bowdoin - Bowdoin College
If you are a low-income and/or first-generation-to-college member of the Class of 2025, then Explore Bowdoin is for you. There is a lot to discover about our vibrant college on the coast of Maine. We invite you to experience Bowdoin (bo-dun) for yourself. Stay with students, attend classes, meet ...
The Mission of the College - Bowdoin College
It is the mission of the College to engage students of uncommon promise in an intense full-time education of their minds, exploration of their creative faculties, and development of their social and leadership abilities in a four-year course of study and residence that concludes with a baccalaureate degree in the liberal arts.
Apply - Bowdoin College
Have questions about applying? Whether you're just starting your application, have one thing left to do, or a few more questions about Bowdoin, we're here to answer your questions. Bowdoin accepts both the Common Application and the Coalition on Scoir application.All applications are treated equally, regardless of source.
The Offer of the College - Bowdoin College
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 ...
Bowdoin at a Glance
Bowdoin (rhymes with explodin') is a private, selective, liberal arts college, founded and endowed to benefit the common good. Our historic residential campus, located in Brunswick, Maine, is home to just over 1,800 students from all over the world.. Academic life at Bowdoin spans thirty-three departments, and is cooperative, not competitive: so we tend to attract students who like ...
The Bowdoin Curriculum
A modern liberal arts education takes whatever you're passionate about—history, medicine, music, law, neuroscience, engineering, poetry, teaching, biology—and helps you understand how it will impact the world around you.. No matter your career, your work will go out into a world of laws, cultures, histories, and contexts.