Is it easier for Asians to get into LACs?

[ucbalumnus]

@DadTwoGirls

I have actually wondered the very same question as the original post. We frequently walk by or drive by Bowdoin, and visit the same stores and restaurants as Bowdoin students and their parents would visit. I do not see very many Asian students in Brunswick. If they are not applying, then they are missing a great small school, and it might (?) make it easier for an Asian student to get in up here. However, I have not looked for stats.

https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=bowdoin&s=all&id=161004#enrolmt indicates that 7% of Bowdoin undergraduates are Asian.

This is higher than the 3.2% for Brunswick, 1.3% for Maine, and 5.9% for the US, according to https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US,ME,brunswickcdpmaine/PST045219 .