Bowdoin College
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The Professors Really Care About You

Bowdoin has it's up's and down's but if I had to say what the best thing about Bowdoin is how much the teachers care about the students. I have had teachers actually come up to me after class and ask me to meet with them not to talk about grades, but just to see how I was doing in general. You can also go to lunch with your teachers which I would suggest because it makes them seem less terrifying and more human, and it also gives them a chance to get to know you, which could be useful in the future if you would like to do research in a particular subject.

Bowdoin Covers All Bases

Bowdoin has an amazing diversity of offerings - from academic to athletic and extracurricular, it seems to excel everywhere. If someone had told me this before my going there, I would have been skeptical, but the college really does an amazing job at making sure that everyone has something meaningful to occupy their time with while at Bowdoin, and that there is a thriving culture.

Comfortable Atmosphere

It doesn't mean you know absolutely everyone, because that's surprisingly hard to achieve even at a school of less than 2,000 people. But you'll probably have connections with most new people that you meet, and everyone is pretty chill and welcoming. The annual music festival, Ivies, is a good example of this.