• In a long line at the pub, call in and order over the phone to jump the line.
• When entering the Coles Tower elevator lobby, use the left door; it’s way faster.
• Get on a course’s waiting list before the course cards are even out.
• The Café often gives out free leftover food in Smith Union late at night.
• Ask for a coffee card at the Café—get it stamped when you buy a coffee and every seventh coffee is free.
• You get a discount at the Café for bringing your own reusable mug.
• Download the Bowdoin Dining app.
• BSG sponsors free Brunswick Taxi rides every weekend night.
• We have a radio station, WBOR 91.1 FM.
• The water fountain on the second floor of HL (in the staircase) is the best on campus.
• If you check out a reserve book an hour before closing, the remaining hour pushes into the next day, so you turn two hours into ten.
• Bowdoin has two woodworking shops.
• Befriend the shuttle drivers...
• ...And the housekeeping and dining staff.
• It’s nearly impossible to get transported by drinking beer.
• If you’re trying to get into a high-demand class, declare a temporary minor in that subject to get priority.
• Make your periods 14-point to instantly lengthen any essay.
• Thanksgiving dinner: a) don’t miss it b) arrive very early or very late—the food will still be there. And all three lines lead to the same spread.
• There is only one easy way to get out of the Reed basement, so don’t descend on a crowded night unless you’re prepared to stay down there for a bit.
• Studzinski Hall is not just for music majors.
• When applying to social houses, check the box on the application.
• Use the computers in the basement of HL, but print upstairs.
• Buying Bean Boots, or the equivalent, is a worthwhile investment.
• Use your OneCard downtown: Domino’s Pizza, Aki Sushi and Hibachi, Flipside Pizza, Henry and Marty Restaurant, Joshua’s Restaurant and Tavern, and Wild Oats Bakery and Café.
• Showing your student ID at Wild Oats will give you a 10% discount on Sunday.
• Best bathrooms: Smith Union hallway gender-neutral bathroom. Hubbard side staircase floor-and-a-half bathroom. Adams first-floor kitchen/bathroom. Hubbard second floor bathroom, right next to the water cooler. Chapel bathroom.
• Worst bathrooms: Hubbard basement.
Orientation
Bowdoin Protips
Words of wisdom from the returners
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