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- Bowdoin’s student aid is need based. This means our scholarship and grant support is determined based on your individual family situation. Bowdoin is need blind for all applicants, which means that your ability to pay is never a factor or barrier to admission.
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In the most recent admitted class, need-based Bowdoin scholarships (which never have to be repaid) ranged from $8,950 to $82,900. We waive the $65 application fee for any student applying for aid, or who will be the first in their family to attend college.
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Bowdoin's need-based system of awarding resources has many checks and balances, and it first requires that all families provide a complete and accurate picture of their financial circumstances. Our Student Aid team is prepared to assist you throughout the application and matriculation process.
There are three primary types of financial aid, and it's important to know what they mean: Scholarships and Grants: These funds are a gift and do not need to be repaid. Work-Study or Campus Job: This is money that a student may choose to earn through on-campus employment. Loans: These funds are borrowed and must be repaid at a later date.
Bowdoin does not give merit based aid. So, everything is need based. While that sounds nice, you’ll get basically $0 if your parents have substantial savings in a Roth IRA because the funds can be used for education expenses.
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Bowdoin College, originally chartered in 1794, is a small college that offers undergraduate students a “well-rounded” and highly-regarded liberal arts education. It’s often considered to be on par with the larger schools of the Ivy League in terms of educational quality; we’ve covered it before in our CollegeVine post on finding success and excelle...
Getting into Bowdoin is a very competitive process. For the class of 2020, the school received 6,799 applications in total and accepted 1,009 students, making their most recent acceptance rate 14.8%. Over half of the members of the matriculating class were accepted through one of Bowdoin’s Early Decisionprograms, which we’ll go over later in this p...
Tuition at Bowdoin for the 2016-2017 school year is $49,416, and the total cost of attending Bowdoin this year is estimated at $65,590. This figure does not include the cost of traveling to and from the collece, which will vary depending on where the individual student lives. 47% of students receive financial aidto assist with the cost of their edu...
Bowdoin offers the majority of its applicants two different application options: the Common Applicationand the Coalition Application. These two application formats ask for much of the same basic information, but go about asking for that information in different ways, and have different standard essay question options. Neither application format is ...
To apply to Bowdoin, you’ll first need to create a Common App profile and add the school as one of your colleges, then complete the basic Common App questions. For more advice on how to navigate the Common App, take a look at the CollegeVine User’s Guide to the Common Application, as well as our targeted posts regarding how to fill out the sections...
Need-based aid is determined by your or your family’s demonstrated ability to pay for college, as calculated by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA.
Conversely, need-based institutional grants cater to students who demonstrate financial need. The awarded amount is typically based on the student’s family’s financial standing and is intended to cover the difference between the cost of attendance and the family’s ability to contribute.
