<p>Got one today too. My efc was like 22k and i didnt qualify for any aid. Is there anyway to appeal this? Bowdoin is my #1 choice at the moment...</p>
<p>Got one!</p>
<p>I like how the first words of the letter are "You're in!"</p>
<p>I got mine today too! I agree with Bobstin, I loved being told right away ;)</p>
<p>Oh never mind, I just checked the mail and I got in! :DD I 'm so happy ! I loooove Bowdoin! But it's so expensive!! I didn't get much FA :[[</p>
<p>And thank you for trying to make us feel better, that was very nice of you Duckey.</p>
<p>And ditto what he said to everyone else who's waiting!</p>
<p>I'm just bummed because Whitman College's Admitted Students Day and Scholarship interviews are the same exact weekend! I can only go to one. Nooooo!</p>
<p>I got one too! Pretty exciting. Yeah, I don't know about my financial aid because totally didn't get that Bowdoin doesn't receive things from IDOC, so I'm mailing that right away. </p>
<p>But what everyone else has been saying makes me a bit nervous.</p>
<p>I am "IN". Nice bumper sticker( or whatever you call the thing you stick on da car) too.</p>
<p>I got in! :D I am soo excited and I am totally going to Bowdoin Experience!</p>
<p>Oh, and I'll copy this from another thread....</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>
<p>SAT CR: 700
SAT Math: 670
SAT Writing: 630
SAT Total: 2000
SAT II:
US History: 750
Math Level II: 660
Literature: 660
ACT: N/A
AP/IB taken/scores:
US History: 4
GPA weighted: 4.7
GPA unweighted: 3.93
Rank or % estimate: 1/89
Essays: Very Strong; discussed family
Teacher Recs: Very Strong
Counselor Rec: Very Strong; recommended me as a top student
Interview: It was good, I had it with a senior
Hook (if any): See other factors
State or Country: CA
School Type: Charter
Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
Gender: Male
Legacy: No
Recruited Athlete & Sport: No</p>
<p>Important ECs:
Gay-Straight Alliance / Founder & President
Travel Club / Founder & President
Summer Search Student
AFS International Ambassador</p>
<p>Other Factors: I am part of the first graduating class at my school. I have taken a numerous amount of community college classes and received A's. I am openly gay in a working class family. I have done about 400+ community service hours.</p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc:</p>
<p>Good luck to others! There's something great out there for everyone!</p>
<p>o gosh this is making me nervous, I haven't heard anything yet...<br>
When are the rest of the RD decisions supposed to come out?</p>
<p>My son is also in but I think his packet was incomplete. There was no sticker nor was there any information about Bowdoin Experience. Can anyone tell me what the dates are for that?</p>
<p>I'm attending the Bowdoin Experience - it's April 16-20th, but it's only for a minorities I think...</p>
<p>my son didn't get those either-but the letter was nice.</p>
<p>smoda61-
congrats to your D!</p>
<p>And I also didn't get info on the Bowdoin Experience...but if its for minorities than that would explain it. I'm about 80% sure I'm going to Bowdoin and I hope I'll see you all on the Admitted Student Day!</p>
<p>**and I meant 2 sport athlete: soccer, indoor/outdoor track....any athletes out there?</p>
<p>D did not get anything except the acceptance letter, bookmark and reply envelope and card. I assumed that the Bowdoin experience thing everyone was talking about was just the admitted student days. </p>
<p>FTI, I called Bowdoin about a month ago to find out about the admitted student days "just in case". I was trying to put together a calendar of dates to keep in mind. The dates I wrote on the calendar were April 17, 20, and 24. Hopefully these are still the correct dates.</p>
<p>Sorry - not "athlete" in the sense you are meaning - dancer, alpine skier, and saltwater fisher (that is a sport :)). The other ec's are music related.</p>
<p>I am a minority and first generation, so I think those two groups were the ones to get the invite to the Bowdoin Experience.</p>
<p>I didn't get a sticker :[
But i thought they took IDOC....</p>
<p>There was a sticker!?! What does it look like?</p>
<p>Oh well, I'm getting a free shirt from Bowdoin so I guess I can't complain. :D</p>
<p>No free shirt :( (or sticker) but then again we bought a shirt the first time that we visited,</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 2040
[ *] ACT: 32
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA:96.2
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/154
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP English Language and Composition, AP Calc AB, Chorus, Band, Spanish IV, French II, CP Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A prestigious fellowship at a Bio Lab in Bar Harbor, an internship at Bigelow Labs, All-State and All-County Chorus, All-County Swim Team, NHS, Honors 12 (Award for Most Rigorous Course Load), Bausch and Lomb Science Award, etc.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: Spanish Club (Founder and President), NHS (On the State and Regional Board of it), Swim Team, Math Team, Volleyball Team, Jazz Choir, Competition Plays, Community Plays, School Musicals
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Bagger at a Grocery Store, Paid Fellowship at Lab
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Nursing Home (100> hours), Church Youth Ministry
[ *] Summer Activities: Theatre Camp, Volleyball Camp, Working at Bio Labs
[ *] Essays: Pretty good, talked about my aquisition of fluency in Spanish
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[ *] Counselor Rec: Excellent (Top Student in his career with every category)
[ *] Additional Rec: Excellent (My mentor at the labs)
[ *] Interview: Went pretty well, and the guy told me he was going to write me a very good recommendation
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Location: Aroostook County, Main
[ *] School Type: Public (Sends most of our kids to UMO and UMPI)
[ *] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): The acceptance letter said my lab experience</p>
<p>I'm pretty excited. I don't know if I'm going to be able to attend Bowdoin Experience, because I have something happening that weekend that happens once a year, and I don't know if I'm going to be going to Bowdoin yet. I still have a seven more schools I'm waiting to hear from. You think I should go ahead and reserve my spot and if I change my mind about Bowdoin call them and tell them I'm not coming?</p>
<p>I'm confused. Is the Bowdoin Experience limited to minority admits?</p>