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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never really understood why anyone goes there because, if you have the grades and all, why not go to a bigger school that people have actually heard of?  What’s the appeal?  I’m stumped.[/quote]

My kid went to Bowdoin so it was a similar scenario. My immigrant relatives actually couldn't believe my bright kid was going to go to this school they had never heard of - until they started asking the other senior partners and coworkers. My kid wanted a small to medium school, with a town, a good campus and strong academics. Bowdoin was all that. There were things that my kid didn't like about their time there but academics were strong and there are lifelong friends. Kid ended up going to an ivy grad school and people recognize that name just fine. :)[/quote]

Bowdoin is no Pomona.  Not in the same league.[/quote]

No dog in this fight, but Bowdoin is definitely in the same league.[/quote]

In what parallel universe?[/quote]

I have to also ask:  what criteria are used to to make that determination.  Under the USN criteria,

Pomona is #5 and Bowdoin #6.

So unless the primary criteria is "the weather", or referring to NESCAC vs SCIAC, then yes, Bowdoin and Pomona are absolutely, positively in the same league.[/quote]

not historically.  and no serious person thinks so.[/quote]

Yes, historically.  And yes, every serious person thinks so, which is why you claim you do not.  [/quote]

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