Bowdoin College Description:
Admissions Data (2008):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 19%
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 650 / 760
- SAT Math: 650 / 750
- SAT Writing: 660 / 750
- ACT Composite: 29 / 33
- ACT English: 29 / 34
- ACT Math: 29 / 34
Enrollment (2007):
- Total Enrollment: 1,716
- Gender Breakdown: 48.1% Male / 51.9% Female
- 99.7% Full-time
Costs (2008 - 09):
- Tuition and Fees: $38,190
- Books: $800
- Room and Board: $10,380
- Other Expenses: $1,200
- Total Cost: $50,570
Bowdoin Financial Aid (2006 - 07):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 42%
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Federal Grants: 10%
- State / Local Grants: 4%
- Institutional Grants: 41%
- Loans: 33%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Federal Grants: $5,099
- State / Local Grants: $774
- Institutional Grants: $23,868
- Loans: $3,811
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Bowdoin College Mission Statement:
Two guiding ideas suffuse Bowdoin's mission. The first, from the College of the 18th and 19th centuries, defines education in terms of a social vision. "Literary institutions are founded and endowed for the common good, and not for the private advantage of those who resort to them. . . but that their mental powers may be cultivated and improved for the benefit of society" (President Joseph McKeen's inaugural address, 1802); "To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends: this is the offer of the College" (President William DeWitt Hyde, 1903). The second idea stresses the formation of a complete individual for a world in flux: there is an intrinsic value in a liberal arts education of breadth and depth, beyond the acquisition of specific knowledge, that will enable a thinking person, "to be at home in all lands and all ages" (President Hyde).
from http://www.bowdoin.edu/communications/publications/mission.shtml
