Thank you for helping the Admission Office with its ongoing efforts to find future human ecologists! We understand that COA may have gone through a few changes since you were last here. To that end, we have compiled some information that will be helpful to you as you speak with prospective students.

As you know, College of the Atlantic is a unique school, and is certainly not for everyone. To read how we in Admissions attempt to explain COA, as well as discovering why other high school seniors elected to come here, see Who Comes to COA

What's New
On October 8th, 2006, during the inauguration of President David Hales, COA pledged to be carbon neutral by December 2007. With painstaking effort on the part of faculty, staff and students, COA reached its goal on December 19th, 2007. To read more about this, see
Carbon Netzero

The Kathryn W. Davis Student Residence Village has been described as one of the most sustainable housing projects in the country. Just across a small stream from The Turrets and nestled behind Seafox, it is slated to open its doors later this summer. The new residences are one of two new exciting additions to campus-- also scheduled to open its doors later this summer is Deering Common, the new student center that's built within the 1886 Sea Urchins cottage. With the opening of Deering Common, students will have a dedicated center in which to study, meet, meditate, watch films, snack, or kick back and relax. To find out more about the Kathryn W. Davis Residence Village, see Sustainable Campus

Whether it's only been a handful of years or more than a decade since you were last on campus, it's helpful to know who our students are, where they've come from, and what drew them to COA. Currently, international students comprise 18% of our student body, in great part due to the Davis United World College Scholars program. To learn more about the history of this program, see United World College Student Admissions

Student Work
The Senior Project continues to be the capstone experience for all graduating COA students, and the projects are as varied and exploratory as the students that undertake them. To have a look at some of the more recent projects students have completed, check out Final Projects

We value your time, and appreciate the energy that you will put into connecting with interested high school students and in representing College of the Atlantic. This page is meant to be a guide to help reacquaint you with the community; however, we encourage you to surf the entire COA website.

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