College of the Atlantic is a small private liberal arts college in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island. Les Brewer and James Gower founded it in 1969, and it is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Its campus covers 37 acres on Frenchman Bay and includes organic farms and island research stations. The college offers a single interdisciplinary major, human ecology, and enrolls fewer than 400 students, with a high share from outside the United States. The Princeton Review ranked it the top green college in 2016. COA has always been test-optional and, according to its admissions page, never charges an application fee. Applicants use the Common App or the college's own form and submit a transcript, recommendations and short written responses. Interviews are encouraged but not required.
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COA is test-optional and has no application fee; it reads applications holistically.
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Location
105 Eden St, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, United States, Maine
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