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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] My son was accepted at Bowdoin, Weslyan and Williams. It was a tie between Williams and Bowdoin and he chose Bowdoin. His younger sister went to Williams and I have to say, in retrospect he should have gone to Williams. For some reason, although Bowdoin tries to be less homogenous-it. just is not. [b]My son felt he was back in his wealthy, all-white, insulated prep school.[/b] My daughter blossomed and met all kinds of diverse students- both politically, socio-economically and racially. Would never do Bowdoin if had the chance again. Brunswick is a cute town but no way.
imho.[/quote]

Why did you send him to such a school in the first place???  [/quote]

Because Bowdoin  promoted itself as having a diverse student body and it does not have that. Williams is much better on the diversity front than Bowdoin. Just sharing in hopes of helping other families to make the distinctions between the schools- as the poster requested. Just my family's experience.[/quote]

My kid is an underrepresented minority and Bowdoin alum. The school is 59% white which is close to the U.S. population while Williams is 49%. It is constantly working to increase diversity which is a bit of a hard sell in Maine, the state with the highest non-Hispanic white population in the U.S.

As far as economic diversity, both schools say that 51% of their student body received financial aid.

As far as politically diverse, there is wide range of politics on campus.

Yes, there are schools that are more diverse than Bowdoin but it is hardly lily-white. [/quote]

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