<p>Name/Nickname: Christina
Hometown: Minnesota
Academic Interests: History, Foreign Languages (German, Russian), Art, Archeology
Other interests/hobbies: Painting, drawing, music, movies
Movie: Amelie, Lord of the Rings
Book: Mrs. Dalloway, Remains of the Day, A Separate Peace, A Farewell to Arms, anything else by Virgina Woolf or Hemingway, The Great Gatsby, Paradise Lost, Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev short stories (Sketches from a Hunter's Album, etc)
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy, almost any reality show (especially The Amazing Race!)
Band/Singer: Modest Mouse, The Strokes, The National, Sondre Lerche, Arctic Monkeys, Jens Lekman, Kings of Convenience, Wolf Parade, Coldplay,
Food: Vegetarian anything, popsicles
Sport: Watch--ice hockey, any Olympics-like sport like skiing or track & field Play--umm... is walking a sport? like rigorous up-steep-mountains walking
Politics: Liberal-ish, but closer to the middle
Why Bowdoin? Academics, beautiful campus, friendly people, etc.
Other Schools Considered?: Dartmouth, Carleton, Brown, Williams, Oberlin</p>
<p>Bumpppp...... for R-D acceptees who plan on attending.</p>
<p>Name/ Nickname: niko
Hometown: PLovdiv, Bulgaria
Academic Interests: Biochemistry, East Asian Studies
Other interests/hobbies: movies and music
Movie: Speak, Ghost World
Book: East of Eden
TV Show: The OC
Band/Singer: U2, Travis
Food: rice
Sport: athletics
Politics: ???
Why Bowdoin? Strong academics, wonderful faculty, great location
Other Schools Considered?: Bates</p>
<p>Hey guys, it's not official as of yet but...</p>
<p>Name/ Nickname: Mike
Hometown: Garden City, NY
Academic Interests: Biology, computer science, government, economics
Other interests/hobbies: Reading, playing music, building models (i know, i'm a huge dork!), mountain biking, running
Movie: Jarhead, Wedding Crashers, Rain Man
Book: One Bullet Away, The Things They Carried, Cider House Rules
TV Show: Scrubs (!!), Seinfeld
Band/Singer: Guster, Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, oldies rock and roll
Food: Everything haha
Sport: Collegiate wrestling, hockey
Politics: Somewhere in the middle
Why Bowdoin? Great collaborative atmosphere, awesome academics, fantastic residential life
Other Schools Considered?: Georgetown, Colgate, Providence
SN: mdools288</p>
<p>Mike, when are you going to find out if you can go?</p>
<p>Probably sometime in the last 2 weeks of April.</p>
<p>Name/ Nickname: Cliff
Hometown: Boston, MA
Academic Interests: Math, Chem, Phys, Pysch...really anything interesting
Other interests/hobbies: sports, fishing, parties, anything on the water and anything with an adrenaline rush
Movie: Waiting, Wedding Crashers,40 yr old virgen, boondock saints
Book: The Shipping Knews, Lobster Chronicals
TV Show: OC, Greys, Sox
Band/Singer: Tom Petty, OAR, Toby Keith and everything else from rap to country
Food: whatever
Sport: Rugby, Track, Football
Politics: liberal / in the middle
Why Bowdoin?: 6th generation polar bear, love the community, love brunswick area and I want to compete in D III athletics
Other Schools Considered?: Conn College, Colby, Dickenson
SN:Cliffhanger474 ...feel free</p>
<p>Name/Nickname: Helen
Hometown: NY,NY
Academic Interests:Biology, Literature, Philosophy, Pre-med
Other interests/hobbies: Dragonboating(its a watersport), reading, comic books, picnics( i take this hobby very seriously.)
Movie: Top Gun, The Incredibles
Book: The Hundred and One Dalmations (the novel!)
TV Show: Alias, Lost, Scrubs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Stargate, Arrested Developement
Band/Singer: Weezer, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Killers,Cruiserwight,Spoon
Food: Everything!
Sport: Dragonboat. I want to try crew.
Politics: Moderate to Liberal.
Why Bowdoin?Small classes, good community, FOOD
Other Schools Considered?: Cornell (basically the only other private school i got into)
SN: plainlyboof
myspace: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/helenthepooh%5B/url%5D">www.myspace.com/helenthepooh</a></p>
<p>Name/Nickname: Zach
Hometown: Lebanon, New Hampshire
Academic Interests: Economics, Religion, Government
Other interests/hobbies: Running, skiing, sleeping, reading
Movie: Star Wars
Book: Dune and Once a Runner
TV Show: The Daily Show
Band/Singer: Everything except country and rap
Food: Pizza, Steak, Pasta
Sport: Track, Soccer, Skiing
Politics: Moderate Liberal
Why Bowdoin? Food, overall reputation, track
Other Schools Considered?: Stonehill, St Lawrence, UNH
SN: Skibum657</p>
<p>Name/Nickname: Henry
Hometown: Burlington, VT
Academic Interests: MUSIC, philosophy, literature,
Other interests/hobbies: Writing songs
Movie: Garden State, Igby Goes Down
Book: Gatsby
TV Show: THe OC, Family Guy
Band/Singer: Death Cab, Bright Eyes, Cat Power, Counting Crows, Imogen Heap
Food: Indian
Sport: no thanks
Politics:liberal-ish
Why Bowdoin? I like it better than the other schools I was accepted at (Bates, Haverford, Carlton, Kenyon)
Other Schools Considered?:see above
SN: moreindiethanpie</p>
<p>Name/ Nickname: kenta
Hometown: tokyo
Academic Interests: Economics, Psychology
Other interests/hobbies: Movies, Music, Daydream
Band/Singer: Jimmy Eat World, Third Eye Blinded
Food: Korean, Japanese, Mexican, Italian... many
Sport: Tennis, Soccer, Ski, Snowboard
Why Bowdoin? Because it's welcoming, beautiful and academics is great.
Other Schools Considered?: Carleton
SN: ewitt4life
msn: <a href="mailto:kentacraig@hotmail.com">kentacraig@hotmail.com</a>
gmail: <a href="mailto:americaneaglejapan@gmail.com">americaneaglejapan@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>Name/Nickname: Katie
Hometown: Barrington, Rhode Island
Academic Interests: Pre-med/Biology, Spanish
Other interests/hobbies: running, soccer, the beach, friends, starbucks, music, working at hospital
Movie: Jerry Maguire, Wedding Crashers
Book: A Prayer for Owen Meany, The DaVinci Code
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy (obsessed)
Band/Singer: Kanye West, Bright Eyes, Ben Folds, Jack Johnson, The Doors, Talib Kweli
Food: french toast
Sport: Soccer
Politics: Wicked Liberal (yea we say wicked in ri)
Why Bowdoin? academics, sciences, location, everything felt right
Other Schools Considered?: Wesleyan, UPenn, others
SN Katja792 (feel free to IM)</p>
<p>PS Mollyollygal-- did a double take there on the bristol thing!</p>
<p>Still deciding between one other school...
Name/Nickname: Liz
Hometown: Westchester, NY
Academic Interests: Neuroscience, pre-health, spanish
Other interests/hobbies: Tennis, friends, skiing, music, movies, tv, the beach, starbucks, reading, sleeping, partying
Movie: Anchorman, Legally Blonde, Love Actually, Donnie Darko
Book: DaVinci Code, Harry Potter, 100 Years of Solitude, In the Lake of the Woods, Catcher in the Rye, The Things They Carried, Streetcar Named Desire, Song of Solomon
TV Show: Grey's Anatomy, The OC, 24, MTV, Entourage, America's Next Top Model
Band/Singer: Coldplay, Jack Johnson, Daniel Powter, James Blunt, The Killers, Kanye West.. pretty much anything
Food: Pizza, pasta, fruit
Sport: Tennis
Politics: Liberal
Why Bowdoin: Location, tennis team, academics, size, friendly people
Other Schools Considered: Cornell, Colgate, Boston College Honors Program, UVa, and others
SN: Feel free to private message me for it :)</p>
<p>Name: Sarah
Hometown: Scranton, PA
Academic Interests: Chemistry, italian....
Other interests/hobbies: volleyball, running, coffee, sleeping.
Movie: the great escape.
Book: i'm a stranger here myself
TV Show: haven't been obsessed with any particular show in a while...
Bands/Singers: imogen heap, beatles, radiohead, strokes, unwritten law
Food: strawberries
Sport: volleyball
Politics: Liberal
Why Bowdoin: friendly people, the freshman dorm rooms, the food
Other Schools Considered: tufts, pomona, williams</p>
<p>Name: Alicia
Hometown: Kaneohe, HI
Academic Interests: Government, Asian/Latin American Studies...
Other interests/hobbies: surfing, hiking, dancing
Movie: the Labyrinth (David Bowie ...mmmm)
Book: do not read for pleasure, not enough time
TV Show: Law and Order
Bands/Singers: Audioslave, Madonna, Blink 182, Jack Johnson
Food: sushi
Sport: soccer (or surfing if it counts)
Politics: moderate
Why Bowdoin: academics, dorms, food, and the playmates rated the guys as some of the hottest ever
Other Schools Considered: american, haverford, trinity, and bryn mawr</p>
<p>Name/Nickname: Marissa
Hometown: Boise, ID (grew up in LA though)
Academic Interests: Government, French, Italian, English
Other interests/hobbies: SKIING, hanging w/ friends, coffee, movies, camping, traveling, learning new languages, reading, basketball, lacrosse, golf
Movie: Shakespeare in Love, Amelie
Book: Pride & Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Little Women
TV Show: 24!!!, lost
Band/Singer: Jack Johnson, The Fray, Matt Costa, Mae, O.A.R
Food: pasta-any kind
Sport: Skiing
Politics: undecided
Why Bowdoin? location, academics, I over all just loved it when i visited in November!<br>
Other Schools Considered?: Williams, Tufts, Boston College
SN skichica7645- I would love to talk to you all~!</p>