<p>How is Bowdoin “definitely more selective?” Both schools had an acceptance rate of ~ 21% last year, although applications to Bowdoin may be somwhat more self-selecting. If you say that the % who don’t submit SAT at Bowdoin are at the 25% range of the class, the avg SAT for Bowdoin would be 1370 vs 1385 for Cornell. Both Cornell and Bowdoin have first year freshman seminars. Cornell is certainly more well known since it is part of the Ivy League and UG alone is about seven times larger than Bowdoin. Besides being northeast and rural, I would think these schools are very different and one would clearly stand out from the others in terms of fit.</p>