how is the social scene at bowdoin??
I had the opportunity to stay overnight at Bowdoin this time last year while figuring out which schools I wanted to apply to so I can give you my two cents. From what I remember people spend a lot of their time on the ECs offered at Bowdoin and their school work. For the night I chilled out with a bunch of people on my host’s floor in his room and everyone was super cool and friendly. There was a good amount of talking about funny stuff that went down in parties but I wouldn’t say there’s a huge party culture at Bowdoin. I dunno if that was helpful but if you have any more questions I can try answering them.
Rising junior here. I’ll give a short answer to a short question - if you ask a more specific one, I’ll elaborate.
I’d say there’s a pretty big drinking culture at Bowdoin - nothing to compare to a Maryland or UNC, but a large contingent of the school goes out every weekend. That said, it just depends on the night and who you happen to be hanging out with - there are people that never drink or go out, people that drink every other week, people that go out to parties every weekend but don’t drink, and people that drink 4 nights a week. I tend to be a 2-3 night a week person, so I can mostly speak to that, but it seems like no matter you’re tastes you’ll be able to find similar people.