Why would a student at Bowdoin need to improve his or her Quantitative skills?
Bowdoin is a highly selective college and all admitted students are believed to have the potential to acquire strong quantitative skills. However, the unevenness of American secondary education and the diversity of student backgrounds result in varying entry level skills. Even students with very strong high school mathematics backgrounds sometimes need to be convinced “not to turn off their brains” but to intellectually engage with quantitative material. To become quanitatively literate citizens, students need to develop confidence in their logical reasoning skills. Quantitative literacy empowers people by providing tools to think independently, ask intelligent questions, and reach valid conclusions.
