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[quote=Anonymous]If my DC gets into Bowdoin (please, please, please), they will (a) eat the quality food, (b) stay in the nice dorms, (c) participate in the week-long freshman orientation session before, and (d) attend the three-day Sophomore Bootcamp for career development, as all of these things are more or less required. I'd also hope that DC would take advantage of certain Bowdoin grants in DC's particular field, maybe spend a summer on Bowdoin's island in Canada, and/or get a Bowdoin-funded summer internship. I'd consider all of the aforementioned items fairly reflective of Bowdoin's broad resources.

FWIW, I went to a well-regarded public flagship. It had good food and a beautiful campus, but few would consider it "ritzy." I took advantage of things like the school's well-appointed gym and impressive study-abroad program. But, in terms of academics, there was no hand-holding and I don't recall ever working with any counselors, advisors, or administrators, although they were probably opportunities to do so. I'm sure there were forms of tutoring available, but I never used them.

From my perspective, the difference between my flagship and Bowdoin is mostly that the resources at my flagship, while immense, were less known and took more individual initiative to use. I get the sense that schools like Bowdoin make a lot of effort to ensure that students use their resources. Whereas other schools, like my public flagship, rely on students to find and use those resources on their own. Also, there are a lot of grants and funding available at schools like Bowdoin. If you're full pay, it probably doesn't matter as much. But if you're on financial aid, it's nice that Bowdoin can help a student financially with certain projects. For instance, Bowdoin my financially support a student during an otherwise unpaid summer internship or cover the cost of research supplies. [/quote]

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