<p>The same questions will be asked over and over again as younger people, who are interested in learning about colleges, set up accounts on CC. I think the plan was the the old people would fade away before they got too annoyed with repetitiveness. Maybe you shouldn’t post anymore, unless you are trying to help us curious kids-- don’t you have enough to do at Bowdoin? I’m from Maine and know that the schools actually do have significant differences.
Bates was ranked #1 in the country for study abroad programs this year, and Colby also sends more than 50% of their students abroad. When I visited Bowdoin, our tour guide actually told us that the school doesn’t really encourage study abroad-- and the other two schools have a lot more programs available. I went on a trip to Bangladesh with a Bowdoin student a few summers ago, and he said that Bowdoin’s foreign languages are terrible. I doubt they actually are, but it doesn’t seem like a subject Bowdoin puts a lot of emphasis on. Not that anyone cares anyway.
Yeah, just visit and pick the one you like best (if you get in).
By the way, I really have no idea what I am talking about. My sister goes to Bates, I live 25 minutes from Bowdoin, but I am just saying all this stuff based on my personal impressions-- which I think is ok for this forum-site.</p>