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Bowdoin College

📍 Brunswick, ME · USA · North America

QS Overall #— · QS Accounting/Finance #—

9%
Acceptance
100%
Aid coverage
$98k
Annual cost (USD)
7%
International

🎓 Academic Program

Economics major with accounting/finance electives. Small classes.

🎯 Admissions

Acceptance rate
9% overall
Int'l acceptance
~7%
ED/EA acceptance
26% (ED I + ED II)2.9x boost
International %
7% of student body
Campus size
215 acres · Cold winters, mild summers

📊 Exam Requirements

SAT
Test-optional (permanent)
SAT middle 50%
1430-1530
ACT
32-34
IELTS
7.5+
TOEFL
100+
Other / notes
No additional entrance exams

📅 Deadlines

Early Decision/Action
November 15
ED II
January 1
Regular Decision
January 1
Financial Aid
CSS Profile with application
Scholarship deadline
Automatic

💰 Financial Aid & Scholarships

Aid coverage
100% of demonstrated need met
Need-blind?
✓ Тийм — Aid хүсэлт нь admission-д нөлөөлөхгүй
No-loan policy?
✓ Тийм — бүгд grant, зээл байхгүй
Tuition
$65k/жил
Total cost (COA)
$98k/жил
Avg aid package
$60k/жил
Living costs covered?
✓ Тийм — room+board багтсан

📑 Scholarship requirements

  • CSS Profile required
  • Family financial documentation
  • Need-blind for international (rare!)
  • No-loan student aid available regardless of citizenship

🔄 Scholarship maintenance

Annual renewal. Resubmit financial documents.

⚠️ Conditions & restrictions

  • No loans — all grants
  • Aid adjusts with family income
  • Outside scholarships affect institutional aid

📝 Application requirements

  • 2 teacher recommendations
  • Counselor recommendation
  • Common App essay
  • Bowdoin supplements (optional but recommended)
  • Optional video response

✍️ Supplemental essay prompts (2025-2026)

  1. Optional 1: Generations of students have found connection and meaning in Bowdoin's "The Offer of the College." Choose any line from The Offer that has meaning to you and reflect on it. (250 words)
  2. Optional 2: Bowdoin believes that its broadly diverse and inclusive campus community prepares graduates to be contributing citizens. Share unique experiences and perspectives you would bring or an experience requiring you to navigate across or through difference. (250 words)
  3. Optional: Video response (recorded live with randomly selected question)

⭐ "Why Us?" — Essay hooks & school personality

Maine coastal location — outdoor culture. Open Curriculum. Polar Bear mascot. Common Good ethos (community service emphasis). Coastal Studies Center. Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum. Strong food culture (one of best dining services). Bowdoin Outing Club.

🏆 Unique advantages

#5 Liberal Arts College. Need-blind for international students (very rare!). No-loan aid policy. Beautiful coastal Maine setting. Strong polar/Arctic research.

💼 Career outlook

Strong consulting/finance/government placement. McKinsey, Bain, Wall Street recruitment. ~30% go to grad school.

⏰ Work while studying

F-1: 20 hrs/week on-campus. Career & Internship funding available.

🎯 Backup plans

  • Apply ED I (3x acceptance boost)
  • ED II for second chance
  • Middlebury/Williams as alternatives
  • Look at Colby (~30 min away, also strong)

🔗 Official sources

  • bowdoin.edu/admissions
  • bowdoin.edu/financial-aid