Bowdoin RD 2021

Waitlisted

Do you guys know how many students do they wait list?

Rejected with a 3.99 unweighted gpa, 4.37 weighted gpa, and a 32 ACT.

waitlisted. this demonstrates to me how strange the college admissions process is because i got in to princeton and pomona. if you are losing hope, don’t give up! it will all work out.

Accepted to Bowdoin, waitlisted by Colby.

Accepted, Faculty Scholar. Anyone know how many applied/were accepted?

Rejected

On the bright side I got into UCLA today, made the rejection a bit easier to deal with lol

Any idea about Bowdoin’s waitlist statistics? Is there practically any chance to make it out?

@elijaheliot Exactly the same here, also got into UCLA last night. Too bad Bowdoin thinks my demonstrated need is 0 when my 2016 parents’ income was 0 and 2017 is projected about 40k a year, yeah good luck with me affording 65k…

Waitlisted from Bowdoin but accepted at Colby. Colby gave a ton of money so at least I don’t have to decide between the two now

To show how random this can be for top students, my S was waitlisted by Bowdoin and denied by Swat, but named a Presidential Scholar by Colby. His top rival/friend at school (with very similar stats) was accepted by Swat and Colby and denied by Bowdoin.

I do have hope that the odds of being pulled off the waitlist at Bowdoin, etc, is higher this year because more and more students are applying to a higher number of schools, which will bring yields down.

would anyone mind sharing/PMing me their waitlist letter?

@MeHowPL - you can talk to the Financial Aid Office if something in your family’s financial situation has changed significantly since you applied for financial aid.

Waitlisted, accepted at Colby.

Seems like a lot of us got waitlisted… How many does Bowdoin usually waitlist?

I was waitlisted as well :frowning:

Here’s an article from a few years ago that gives some numbers- waitlisted over 1100 students, but doesn’t say how many choose to actually stay on the waitlist.

http://bowdoinorient.com/article/4286

i was waitlisted (but at least i wasn’t rejected, a la pomona)

Anyone have link to the Facebook group or Groupme?

Accepted! So excited, especially because I got accepted to Middlebury afterwards :slight_smile:

@MigaRoddy if you search Bowdoin class of 2021 on FB you can request access and there is a group chat link on there.