Bowdoin College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Bowdoin College?

Bobby

not being from the northeast I wasn't aware of too many, but I guess outdoorsy or preppy might apply

Hannah

Stereotypes might be that Bowdoin students are preppy/rich, but the same goes for most New England liberal arts schools.

Alex

That we are granola liberals with very little interest in showering.

Tim

No one dresses up, we only wear North Faces. Everyone is secretly a nerd, but is not socially awkward.

Alex

Ugly girls, preppy, everyone is from "just outside of Boston," half of the students are gov. majors

Julia

Athletic, outdoorsy, friendly, pinetrees.

Jessie

That they are all upper-middle class white kids from near Boston who wear LL Bean...

Liza

A lot of people assume kids from Bowdoin are (overall) preppy and from wealthy families. Also, some people think that Bowdoin students are relatively smart, but not smart enough to get into Ivy League schools

Kelly

That we're pretty tough since it's cold.

Emmerson

I don't know of many stereotypes about Bowdoin, really. The only one that I am aware of is that everyone does sports and school, and extracurriculars.