How did Bowdoin acceptance rate become so low?

[Anonymous]

Believe it is Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, and Bowdoin.

[Anonymous]

So many other elite small schools are in tiny towns.

[Anonymous]

And most elite universities are in cities excluding Dartmouth which is a big SLAC. Don’t consider Cornell elite.

[Anonymous]

Among top 25 SLACs only Vassar, Richmond, Holy Cross are in cities. Princeton is not in a city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Could someone let me know what WASP-B stands for? I tried googling it and clearly I am too tired or something, but I couldn’t figure out the colleges.

It is a fictional creation created by someone who is posting on this thread pretending to be several different posters. Same Shit Different Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Among top 25 SLACs only Vassar, Richmond, Holy Cross are in cities. Princeton is not in a city.

Barnard

[Anonymous]

Macarlester

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could someone let me know what WASP-B stands for? I tried googling it and clearly I am too tired or something, but I couldn’t figure out the colleges.

It is a fictional creation created by someone who is posting on this thread pretending to be several different posters. Same Shit Different Day.

You are not reading this thread if you think it is a fictional creation. Bowdoin belongs with WASP — and no other SLACs do. Endowment, yield, admit rate - everything. If you want to make an actual, rational argument why it does not belong, please do so. Oh, wait! You can’t…

[Anonymous]

With roughly 500 spots a year and 10% each allocated to Maine and International kids that leaves 400 eligible spots. With an impressive 31 varsity sports and several sports with big rosters down to 250 spots for non athletes not from Maine or another country. Tiny amount of freshman spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bowdoin is the go to school for kids wanting alternative to A/W. It is clearly now WASP-B. Plus $3 billion bucks endowment. Not for our family though well over 2hours from Boston. Kids want to be in or near city.

It's a half-hour from Portland, which can be accessed by train for ~$6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s TO and attracts so many full pay kids who don’t test well.

All top SLACs are TO, except for niche ones like CMC and Mudd (and I think that’s not until next year). And so they will remain. Guess you didn’t get the memo.

[Anonymous]

Fact Bowdoin belongs! Change happens sorry other schools are stagnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maine: The way life should be.

Didn't Disney make a movie about life in Maine ? If I recall correctly, it was titled Frozen.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/14/americas-10-best-places-quality-of-life-top-states-for-business.html

Maine ranks second nationally in Quality of Life metrics.

[Anonymous]

Portland ain’t NYC, Boston, DC, or Chicago.

[Anonymous]

I am worried. 2000 applicants in ED for 250 seats.