Bowdoin College

Date: May 18 2008
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
Good: There is something about this campus that allows you find your niche, complete with good friends and activities you really care about. People here are bright and natural. Housing is very diverse. Freshmen get very comfortable two-room doubles (living room and bedroom), and after that, there are several options (singles, doubles, triples, quads, apartments, and college Houses).

Bad: The college administration really hides how much drinking goes on campus. At least as a freshman, other freshmen think you're handicapped if you don't party or drink weekends. If you don't, it's hard to find things to do, unless you have a very dynamic, creative personality. In general, people are very apathetic about events on campus that don't involve partying, with the exception of a capella concerts and improv shows. Everyone really cares about their own clubs/extracurriculars, but getting a good turnout at events is difficult. For out of state students, if you don't have a car, travel is a huge hassle. Also, if you have big ambitious for your career, this is not the place to make prestigious connections, because most people here aren't as interested in, say, making money or earning a big name as they are in doing something they really love. A lot of people here are also the type to retire to some obscure corner of the East Coast because they like small towns/country side.