<p>Cornell’s class sizes are scandalous for a private university: 18.2% of classes over 50 students. Bowdoin has 1.2% of classes over 50 students.</p>
<p>People use the phrase “public Ivy”, which can only mean Cornell’s NYS “contract” colleges. Even Penn with 10,000 undergrads has 8.6% of classes over 50 students.</p>
<p>Source: CDS’s</p>
<p>Late Edit: UVA - 15.6 of classes over 50. Cornell is truly a “public Ivy.”</p>
<p>Bowdoin definitely has a coastal fee. While it’s true the campus does not have a water view (unless, as Arcadia points out, you are living on a high floor in Coles Tower), the coast is a very short distance away. Many upperclass students choose to live at or very near the coast. Some sudents (and several professors) live on one of the nearby islands (e.g. Oars’ or Bailey’s Islands). </p>
<p>It is quite common when the weather is nice to go to a nearby beach to chill or surf. In my day, the fraternities would all have lobster bakes/beach parties and I suspect the social houses now do something similar.</p>
<p>Overall, I think the coastal feel is very evident. It’s in the smell of the air during a storm. It’s fresh seafood, with lobsterman selling their catch on the side of the road near campus. The Town of Brunswick is a quinessential coastal Maine town.</p>
<p>here’s my reasoning - you want to have good relationships with professors. hard at cornell. not impossible of course. but it’s a very common thing at bowdoin and midd.</p>