Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Bowdoin College admitted 879 of 10,966 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (8%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Bowdoin College
Two things Bowdoin College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
37% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 22% sent an ACT. Bowdoin College files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $14,398 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
8%
879 admitted of 10,966 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 730–760 · Math 750–790
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
33–35
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
37%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
22%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Bowdoin College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Bowdoin College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPAconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $14,398 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $3,145
- $30k–$48k
- $2,800
- $48k–$75k
- $9,007
- $75k–$110k
- $13,801
- Over $110k
- $35,196
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
4 essay prompts on the application: 1 you would write, 3 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
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Other colleges in Maine
The pages nearest this one on acceptance rate, in the same state.
Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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