Admission Numbers

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<p>Meet next year’s first years, by the numbers
April 4, 2008</p>

<p>After receiving more than 6,000 applications for admission this year, Bowdoin’s Office of Admissions accepted only 18.4 percent of applicants for the Class of 2012.</p>

<p>“It was shockingly hard to get in,” said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William Shain.</p>

<p>The College admitted 1,110 of 6,021 applicants this year, figures that include early decision statistics. This represents a slightly more competitive admissions cycle than last year, when 18.5 percent of applicants—or 1,105 of 5,961 students—were offered a place in the Class of 2011.</p>

<p>The College also admitted a record number of students of color this year, accepting 406 students of color, compared to last year’s figure of 386. The percent of admits from public schools this year also increased slightly, to 56.7, compared to last year’s 55.5 percent.</p>

<p>A link to the rest of the article in today’s Bowdoin Orient</p>

<p>[Meet</a> next year’s first years, by the numbers](<a href=“http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-04-04&section=1&id=3]Meet”>http://orient.bowdoin.edu/orient/article.php?date=2008-04-04&section=1&id=3)</p>