<p>Bowdoin: good town, good sciences, nice campus, lotsa money, good food, most prestigious, very historic, well ranked (not that that means anything), friendly/ hard to get in to, a bit snobby, lotsa money, bad study abroad and foreign languages, a bubble, not extremely diverse.
Bates: diverse town (many Somalian refugees-- lots of great cs opportunity), nice campus, cool kids, laid back, awesome professors, 4-4-1 plan, senior thesis, great alumni connections, historically unique (always co-ed, very innovative and ahead of the times-still is!), really brilliant students/ not so good facilities, a little snobbiness, not such great sports (well, they’re ok), bad endowment, Lewiston.
Colby: friendly, nice campus, a good solid education, good sports/ isolated, I dont know too much about Colby, that’s another thing-- it just doesn’t standout. I think the other two seem to attract more attention.</p>
<p>They are all in Maine, all are very expensive, and all have top-notch everything. They also use each other’s resources a lot. It’s a good set up. If you go to any of them and do well, you’ll be all set. They all send kids to top grad. schools, it’s up to the student. A matter of preference, it seems Bowdoin attracts a bit more attention because of it’s history and high U.S. News ranking.</p>