Skinny on this year's admissions process

torasee
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:56:59 +0000

Here’s the scoop on this year’s admissions process at Bowdoin (as reported in the Bowdoin student newspaper):

1% increase in total number of applications (to 6021)
target class size: 475 members
schedule for mailing of decisions
-second week in March for early writes
-last week in March for the rest

early decision (both EDI and EDII) process:
-689 applications
-210 acceptances
-acceptance rate: 30.4%
-admitted applicants include: 21 Mainers, 14 internationals, and 33 students of color
-slight decrease in ED numbers from last year (710 ED applications and 211 acceptances for this year’s first-year class)

Go here for the full details:

[Slight increase in apps for 2012](http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-02-15&section=1&id=2)