Bowdoin College

Before coming to Bowdoin, I thought I had the next ten years of my life figured out. I was confident, excited, and prepared to travel across the country for my next adventure. Yet, as many students realize, being on your own at a college as academically and socially challenging as Bowdoin can be difficult. Unlike my high school experience, I felt myself struggling to keep up in class and found it difficult to find friends. I was no longer the brightest student in class. I was no longer outgoing…

podcast "Food Fight", Malcolm Gladwell examines two colleges, Vassar and Bowdoin, to determine what is of greatest importance in higher education. Bowdoin College seems to believe food of high important, its dining hall being characterized by "Fresh rosemary and a personal touch", as Gladwell says. Vassar College, on the other hand, is more focused on helping poorer students to receive a decent education. Gladwell comes to the conclusion that Vassar College made the better "moral" decision in…

All throughout middle and high school in all my English classes all you heard was “MAKE SURE YOU CITE YOUR SOURCES.” For years that’s all I heard. Then once I got into college it was different. For the first week or so plagiarism was a reoccurring theme but after about two weeks we didn’t really talk about it much. I believe this is because at that point if you didn’t know how to avoid plagiarism or at least know what it was, then you were not paying attention in grade school. That’s also why I…

high school when you took the college admittance exam? The first kind of assessment one might take would be Iowa Assessments then as one gets ready for college they might take the ACT or the SAT. According to “ACT College Readiness”, the ACT is a curriculum-based achievement test that measures important skills to estimate the success for the first year. On the other hand, the SAT has the goal to see what one learned in high school and what they need to succeed in college states the SAT Suite of…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

develop cultural identity so the new generation can continue to play an important role in globalization. This confusion causes an immediate reaction: continue to do what has been done in the past--instruct children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the…

not made any themselves other than the decision to halt their education career. Aside from a limited knowledge of higher education, my parents could not invest the time much less the money in my college search necessary for a quality college experience. Another dilemma with searching for an ideal college and career was being assisted by educators who would only be able to do so temporarily. Gear Up IV has served as the solution to all of the complications that would could eventually prevent a…

high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their post-secondary…

concerning college is choosing which school is best for them after high school. If a person wants to go on to college after high school, it should not have to be a difficult decision based on a nonexistence of monetary contributions. Unfortunately for most children in American families the lack of awareness of preparing for the future of the child or children in the home for continued education has caused many children to become stifled in the pursuit of a college degree. I being a college…

Now, I can’t go a day without it. Being a college student, technology is the way we communicate with each other and it is hard to think how things can be done efficiently without the use of a computer or handheld device. I am constantly on my cell phone and I feel lost without it. This shows how…