<p>I’m a Bowdoin student, anyways, the word around campus is that they took 18% this year for RD.</p>
<p>whoa...that's so selective...i dunno whether to feel honored or shocked...probably both...;)</p>
<p>Likewise, I'm a Bowdoin student as well. I heard that they took 15% RD and that overall they took 18% both ED and RD. Basically, overall the acceptance rate must be somewhere b/w 18%-20%.</p>
<p>yeah 475 with average yield rate 40% or so </p>
<p>that over 6000 is a lil below 20% i think</p>
<p>datz insane</p>
<p>It was confirmed in the Bowdoin Orient that the accpetance rate was 18.5%.</p>
<p>The power of the US news rankings. Are you seriously dying to get here?</p>
<p>hellojane, I don't think it is a result of a desire for rankings. Bowdoin in recent years elected to balance its budget rather than outspend its means to move up higher in the expenditures/student portion of USNews. I think this is more a result of more applications.</p>
<p>i agree w/what catfish said. bowdoin really doesn't focus too much on rankings...i mean the fact that it even views SAT's optional is a big step against the rankings, considering that the other top 10 liberal arts colles in the US require the SATs...i think Washu would be a better example for what hellojane is trying to say...haha j/k j/k</p>
<p>SAT optional creates upward bias in the ranking. Only those who test well will report.</p>
<p>everyone has to send their sat scores upon matriculation. so it doesn't change anything cj3051. only the attitude of bowdoin changes because they are sending a message by saying we want to focus less on eveyrones obsession with SAT scores and more on the overall you.</p>
<p>cilyboi</p>
<p>do you work for admissions... bc you sound like you do... kinda scary</p>
<p>two words: summer melt.</p>
<p>no hellojane it's actually in bold print a paper in the folder bowdoin sent me?</p>
<p>cilyboi... do you attend this here... i'm very curious</p>
<p>do i attend this here?</p>
<p>...just stop posting hellojane noone cares about how terrible your life is.
go /wrists.</p>
<p>sorry if i'm not being nice to you, but seriously, you've made more than 100 posts now and they are all the same, about how your life sucks, so just stop</p>
<p>i think all u guys should just stop
i need to learn more "positive" stuff before i attend bowdoin </p>
<p>thank u</p>
<p>exactly. we're not telling you that you don't have the "right" to share all your experiences.we're saying that no one wants to hear it. if you can't be positive, just stop posting.</p>
<p>plus, we all got the point after your first post. this is all you talk about and everyone is sick of it so just stop dor and hellojane.</p>
<p>Lol /wrists? I have think inkling that we know each other quite well.</p>