Bowdoin College Top Questions

For the most part, stereotypes are very down played compared to the majority of other schools i have visited or my friends attend.

Bowdoin definitely has a stereotype of being full of well-to-do, athletic, preppy New Englanders. I've also heard generalizations of Bowdoin being a very secluded and chilly place where people drink a lot of beer.

that they drink all the time

That people are preppy, that it's freezing as balls here, that

One of the biggest stereotypes that I heard before coming to Bowdoin was that Bowdoin was just a continuation of New England prep schools. Also, that all of the students were from just outside Boston. Another stereotype that I heard was that everyone was an athlete and everyone drinks a lot.

Preppy, Rich, Spoiled. Work hard, play hard.

They are very preppy. They only wear jeans, fleece, and l.l. bean boots and carry around nalgenes.

Everyone is from Boston, wealthy, and eats a lot of lobster.

Bowdoin students are sometimes portrayed as prepsters of New England. Your typical Bowdoin girl hails from right outside of Boston, wears a lot of J.Crew, carries a North Face backpack (occasionally a Longchamp tote), wears UGGs, parties with her friends on weekends, and puts the photos up on Facebook. Guys are a little harder to classify, but again, on the preppy side, from right outside of Boston.

Preppy, stuck-up, boarding school kids that come from upper class families