Visiting Bowdoin
Things you can do on your visit
- Have an interview (optional, but encouraged)
- Attend a group information session
- Take a tour
- Visit a class
- Talk one-on-one with a professor (yes, students do that at Bowdoin)
- Meet with a coach (or a music instructor or art professor, etc.)
- Eat a meal (Did you know that the Princeton Review gave Bowdoin the #1 food ranking among all colleges in the U.S.?)
- See the Polar Bear (the handsome statue of Bowdoin's unique mascot)
- Walk around Brunswick - New England flavor, wide main street (called Maine Street), friendly people
- See the Maine coast (5 minutes away)
- Check out L.L. Bean (and other stores in Freeport, 15 minutes away)
Schedule of Campus Tours and
Information Sessions
March
Weekdays
- Campus Tours: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions: Information Sessions will only be offered in March on the following weekdays: Monday March 10 and Monday March 17 at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday through Friday, March 11 through 14 at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, March 18 through 21 at 2:30 p.m.
Note: The admissions office will be closed on March 27, 2008. There will be no tours or information sessions offered on this day.
Saturdays
- Campus Tours: 11:30 a.m.
- Information Sessions: There will be no information sessions on Saturdays in March.
April
Weekdays
- Campus Tours: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions: Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
There will be additional information sessions on the following dates in April: Monday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 18 at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Saturdays
- Campus Tours: 11:30 a.m.
- Information Sessions: There will be no information sessions on Saturdays in April.
May
Weekdays
- Campus Tours: 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions: Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
- Interviews: By appointment beginning on May 15 for high school juniors.
Saturdays
- Information Sessions: There will be no tours or information sessions on Saturdays in May.
Note: The Admissions Office will be closed on Monday, May 26.
June
Weekdays
- Campus Tours: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions: Mondays at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at 2:30 p.m.
- Interviews: By appointment for rising seniors.
Saturdays
- Campus Tours: 11:30 a.m.
- Information Sessions: There will be no Saturday information sessions in June.
July
Note: The Admissions Office will be closed on Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5.
Weekdays
- Campus Tours: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
- Information Sessions: Mondays through Friday at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
- Interviews: By appointment for rising seniors.
Saturdays
- Campus Tours: 11:30 a.m.
- Information Sessions: There will be no Saturday information sessions in July.