Social life at Swat vs. Bowdoin

Izz
Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:41:21 +0000

I love Swat. I have family who has gone there and they say its the place for really open minded, deep thinking people. I love the look of it. My stats are: CR:770, M780, WR800 and my GPA is 3.87, in the top 5 % at a top tier private school in NY. I am a dime a dozen, I know, but in case I get in to Swat and Bowdoin, which I also liked for its low key prestige and the ocean and outdoors, what are the differences in the quality of life there? I have heard that both have very satisfied, loyal students, but also that Bowdoin can be cliquey or rigid about set ‘groups’, that its hard to move about between people, but also that Swat is hyper intellectual and people dont have enough ‘fun’? (Whatever that means) My high school is pretty well divided into set groups and I am sick of that. I want to meet lots of different people and feel there are always options for new experiences. I want to be intellectually challenged but also to have fun, and partake of the garbage culture too…Any info on this would be much much appreciated. That is, if I get in at all!