<p>An anecdote:</p>
<p>For the 4th of July weekend this year I visited my friend who is currently living in Washington DC. One of the days I was there we went to this community barbecue. That day I happened to wear my Bowdoin College shirt (my school) and, honest to god, on the way there, there, and walking to the place we were going to after, i must have run into 15 alums of this small liberal arts college. </p>
<p>Bowdoin is extremely well regarded for its government program and it really showed. In only a few hours, I ran into 15 alums from this college of 1700 students, all of whom were working for the federal government. </p>
<p>At one point I had just finished talking to one Bowdoin grad and I immediately ran into another, who, at the time, was going to meet his friend, a third Bowdoin grad, for lunch. </p>
<p>DC is full of Bowdoin grads. Its a good network to be part of if you want to work there.</p>