Bowdoin College

Student Body

Bowdoin's acceptance rate has hovered around 25% for last five years. Although the College does not require the SAT in admissions, all students must submit a score upon matriculation. For the class of 2008, the 25th-75th percentile ranges for the verbal and math sections of the SAT were 640-740 and 650-720, respectively -- numbers which include the scores of those students who chose not to submit during the admissions process.

Related Topics:
SAT

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While a significant portion of the student body hails from New England -- including nearly 25% from Massachusetts and 10% from Maine -- recent classes have drawn from an increasingly national pool. Although Bowdoin once had a reputation for homogeneity, inspiring snide comments in college guides, an aggressive diversity campaign has increased the percentage of non-white students in recent classes to nearly 30%.

Related Topics:
New England - Diversity

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