Required Documents for Canadian Applicants
- 2027-2028 CSS Profile (code 3089) - available October 1
- Parents’ official tax/income documentation for the 2025 calendar year via IDOC
- 2025 Canadian Tax Return (Form T1s)
- 2025 Canadian T4 Wage Statements
International Students
Bowdoin meets all admitted international students' full demonstrated need with a small on-campus work expectation and scholarships.
International applicants: If you are an international applicant (excluding Canadians), you only need to submit student aid application materials if you are admitted to Bowdoin.
Exchange Rate
Your student financial aid package from Bowdoin will reflect the prevailing exchange rate when packages are determined. You should report income and asset data in your local currency on the CSS Profile.
If a currency exchange rate changes more than 10% of the rate used in an initial aid determination, students can request a review of the exchange rate only once per academic year. Reviews can be done in either mid-July or mid-December - before payment of the student account to consider the rate that would impact the families from that country close to the time of payment. If the exchange rate change is less than 10%, there will be no adjustment. If the rate change is 10% or more, there will be a full year adjustment if the review is completed in mid-July and a spring-only adjustment if the review is done in mid-December.