Local students interested in college benefited from the Bermuda College Open Day yesterday which saw them tour the campus alongside guidance counsellors and Bermuda College students.

CedarBridge Academy guidance counsellor Jermaine Postlewaite said the students who were there registered for the opportunity.

Damir Phillips, 15, from CARE said: "I plan to come to Bermuda College for my first two years. I want to become a professional sprinter, I ran in Inter School Sports last year."

Damir is not sure whether he would like to become a gym teacher after he finishes running for Bermuda.

Shalimar Williams, 19, is thinking that she will go abroad to a college to study tourism and computers.

Rian Williams, 19, who entered into the Bermuda College's Discovery Programme, is gearing up to go to Dekalb College in Atlanta where he plans to study to become a computer engineer.

Rian said: "The Discovery Programme is designed for students who leave high school and who do not have the grades to enter the Associates Degree Programme."

Murrinda Bailey is currently studying at the Adult Education Centre. She is studying for a GED, but plans to come to the Bermuda College and study Culinary Arts.

Murrinda said: "I love art and I love cooking. I want to become a chef and combine my skills."