Bowdoin Survival 101

nycibo
Tue, 05 May 2015 22:54:20 +0000

hi shifanfei,

i’m also a member of the class of 2019. bowdoin’s been my top choice for nearly two years now, so i always knew i was going to attend if i got in. i went to the open house about a month ago, and i have to say it made me even more excited than i thought i could be. i don’t know if you went as well, but i had a really positive experience.

almost all of the prospective members of 2019 i met were friendly, funny, intelligent and very nice people. everyone else seemed really excited about bowdoin too. all the students we met on campus were extremely friendly – one guy saw us standing around with our prospie folders and asked if we wanted to see the college houses. another time i was standing on the cafeteria line talking to another prospie, and the guy overheard our conversation and asked us if there was anything we wanted to know about the school. another guy randomly showed us around his dorm. we spent a lot of time at the outing club and they remembered us when we came the next day and carried on the conversation. i visited a class and talked to the professor afterwards and she gave me her information in case i had any questions. i met the president of the college’s wife and she offered to help me get a summer job at emily’s list next year! basically what i mean to say is everyone was extremely helpful and friendly and wanted to help in any way. it really did feel like they were welcoming us into the community. i could go on and on – there were other instances that i could have easily added to this, but you get the point.

as for the diversity issue, the school is about 65% white, white the US itself is about 77% white. so while there’s obviously still room for improvement, bowdoin is actually more diverse than the country it’s in.

i hope this helps just the smallest bit! see you on campus in a few months!