Each semester, on Aspirations Day, Bowdoin students host local 9th graders for a day to give them a taste of college life. On Friday, high school students from Brunswick and Vinalhaven toured the campus, participated in two mini-classes-one on music, the other on chemistry-and lunched at Thorne Dining Hall.

They also attended two panel discussions, one on admissions and the application process, and the second with a group of five current Bowdoin students, all from Maine, who answered students’ questions about student life, athletics, and balancing academics and extracurricular activities.