We are a small liberal arts college of about 1,850 students located in Brunswick Maine with a deep connection to place and the Common Good. With small class sizes, close access to professors, and access to world-class research opportunities inside and outside of the classroom, a Bowdoin education gives our students the tools to create good in the world. Our students collaborate across our writing seminars, field research, and through eighty majors and minors to work towards the common good. The student body comes from a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and locations; they are thoughtful, curious, and willing to take risks. Bowdoin adopted the first test-optional admissions policy in the country in 1969—and we’ve been striving to be creative, bold, and authentic in making the College accessible ever since. We’re need blind, meet full calculated need of all admitted students with need-based scholarships—not loans, and our all-encompassing support follows students through their entire college career.