<p>I’m a Maine student @ Bowdoin… my perception has been that Bowdoin definitely has been making greater efforts recently to recruit/attract qualified Maine students. I’ve been to a lot of the outreach days that have been targeted towards Maine high school students, and I definitely think that being from Maine won’t hurt - and might even help a little - if you are what Bowdoin is looking for. The bottom line is that, yes, Bowdoin likes/wants Maine students, but it’s just a very small part of the picture - I think that it will be a “plus” for you (just my interpretation), but I doubt that it would be a deciding factor; far more important is being the kind of student/person that Bowdoin is looking for.</p>