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Most Bowdoin students are upper middle class kids from the suburbs. There is a common school wardrobe of Patagonia fleeces, designer jeans, cable knit sweaters, and LL Bean boots.

there are definately groups concerned with that stuff but it is not a judgemental place and none of that matters, people are very understanding. i can't think of any wide variety, some preps, some hippies, some slobs, nobody pays attention to it yes, i have a very wide variety of friends --- all over, but a good amount of kids from New England wide variety, some kids are loaded, others on full financial aid, but its not a factor in who your friends are some are very active, others dont pay attention probably more liberals, but more conservatives than youd expect not really

Bowdoin doesn't have a lot of racial diversity. People wear sweatpants and uggs to class. I suppose different types of students interact but people stick to their main groups mostly. upper middle class. yes, people are politically aware and mostly liberal. Not that I've heard.

The realiy is that the majority of Bowdoin students are white, upper middle or upper-class, and from New England. Of course, there are many exceptions to this rule, but it does describe the majority. However, 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of Bowdoin students are really down to earth. Most students wear sweat pants or jeans and a t-shirt to class. People are not really into brand names here. The majority of the students would describe themselves as liberal. I would describe the majority of students as apathetic. People do not really care about politics, and they are rarely discussed.

There is limited awareness about LGBT issues, although there are many organizations working to promote conversations about it. Mostly, people are tolerant.

As a conservative, I've definitely felt the huge liberal presence on campus. There is some talk about breaking down racial stereotypes on campus, but I haven't come across any racist tendencies. Bowdoin is a very racially diverse campus considering that it's in the far Northeast and very expensive. There are very few religious students and the Bowdoin Christian Fellowship in particular is quite small. The LGBT group on campus is pretty prevelant, so caution is definitely advised if your views on the issue lean towards the conservative. There is a really large emphasis on community service and almost everyone has some level of commitment to a community service program at some point during the year. Interestingly for such an academically prestigious school, almost all students were involved in some sort of athletics during high school and many continue this in college. 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students participate in IM sports during the four years they're here and many are on the varsity and club teams. As an aside, the Field Hockey team actually won Bowdoin's first National Championship this year. It was a pretty big deal. Unfortunately football isn't very big here; instead hockey is the dominant sport and has a pretty large fan following consisting of both alumni and students.

I can't really imagine a student who might feel out of place at Bowdoin - the lack of racial diversity at Bowdoin is made up for by the many different interests of Bowdoin students. I'm a Republican at Bowdoin, and even though the campus is definitely left-leaning, I've never felt awkwardly out of place.

Republicans might feel a little lost here.

most of the campus is white. religion is not discussed that often. no student would feel out of place - it is a very friendly, open-minded, accommodating environment. most students wear jeans and sweaters to class. some girls like to dress up and wear skirts in the middle of winter but most people agree they are stupid since it is freezing because....we are in MAINE. sweatpants and sweatshirt are a pretty good opition too. basically, we don't try very hard to impress the other sex in class - that is what weekends are for. most bowdoin students are from "right outside of boston" or from new england in general. very preppy campus. and very wealthy. there is a big political scene on campus, most people are democrats. we don't talk about how much we will earn some day because it is depressing because most of us probably won't earn that much and we paid a shit load to come here.

Because of the size of the school, about half of the student body fills our varsity sports teams. A lot of times sports team people are stereotyped as not as smart and as hanging out only with each other. While there is a little bit of truth to both of these statements, some of my best friends are on sports teams and I am not and we still manage to hang out a lot. Also, for the most part, they got in here for academics before their skills. People are not that religious on campus...there's no anti-religious sentiment, but most who identify as christian do not make time to go to church etc. Most students wear jeans or sweatpants. Uggs and Llbean boots are big for girls in the winter, and most guys wear timberland boots--it's Maine!!