Whitney Soule Bowdoin College Dean of Admissions and Student Aid For interviews with Whitney Soule, contact Doug Cook at dcook@bowdoin.edu. This is the Bowdoin Orient's archive site. that are responsive and supportive both for the students and for the institution. But by being need-blind, it naturally is setting our admit decisions across the array of the socioeconomic strata.. creative approaches to building talented and diverse classes each year, Soule And I think its an incredibly important value.. Some key points from the policy: Go to content, skip over visible header bar. Soule added that often, students lower on the income spectrum are not thinking about and not prepared for elite schools like Bowdoin. However, students may petition the Recording Committee for a reduced course load. Orlando said the practice is aimed at slowing the growth of departmental budgets and identifying areas of spending that may no longer be priorities. education are inextricably linked.. growing admit-to-matriculant yield rate. She began her career in college admissions at her alma mater, Bates College, followed by an 11-year tenure at Connecticut College, where she led the implementation of new student information systems, among numerous other initiatives. How confident they are its a serious concern. Being of 19 schools that is need-blind and no-loan in our financial program is something thats deep in our values, but its also something thats possible because of two things, said Rose in a Zoom interview with the Orient. Sending them to areas of socioeconomic diversity is a priority. 69 percent of students' family incomes fallin the top quintile of the national income distribution, meaing their family made more than aprox. Under the tenure of former president Barry Mills, Bowdoin saw a substantial increase in the racial diversity of its student body. It was like having a door open to see something that a woman my age would never have been ever able to see before.. And you leave and you show up [for college] and youre like, whered everybody go?. Counseling or the Health Center can share a students health information with the students dean or parents only in the cases deemed a significant threat to the health or safety of a student or other individuals. Such a threat, as outlined in the Handbook, would warrant an involuntary medical leave. I felt very strongly last semester that there is this notion that if youre not totally healthy then you shouldnt be here, Blanchard said. Soule In 2006, it was still 40 percent. Recruiters Row is the Daily Pennsylvanians biweekly recruitment newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on all things employment related.