<p>We spent exactly four-five hours on each campus which was criminally short but still great fun. Do you mind if I point out that the drive between them is not that bad? As long as you are coming…we flew for cheap into Burlington and drove to Dartmouth and then on to Brunswick and back to fly out of Burlington…not challenging really…we were never in a big city for one thing.</p>
<p>She can’t go wrong with her choices. You shouldn’t worry about study abroad as a factor…anyone with some initiative can hitch onto just about any foreign study program with other colleges…and Mid and Bowdoin have great options too.</p>
<p>hard to make choices on a gut level far far away. Mid has a spectacular campus and I was uber impressed with the amt of sunshine they get into each buildings to offset the gloom…of winter…ditto Bowdoin. Mid kids have more fun skiing and also some great facilities for sports indoors…Mid is closer to Montreal…and Bowdoin jaunts head to Boston…but they also have Portland and Burlington as closer in options to their home villages. Bowdoin does not get as much snow as you might guess. </p>
<p>Our son went forward with Bowdoin where he just liked the coastal fresh air feel of the place…not far from water really as we are landlocked where he grew up. Bowdoin seems very unpretentious to us…we are fans… </p>
<p>good luck with your choices…why don’t you ask admissions in both schools for an upperclassman who might have been abroad to France to chat up…Bowdoin graduates actually called my son to chat in April a few years back…so nice…to have the chance to talk to graduates.</p>