Bowdoin supplement?

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<p>I am applying to Bowdoin and looked at its supplement and have no clue what it means.
It says:</p>

<p>In an effort to understand your interests and aspirations for college, we ask you to select one of the three topics below and provide a response of up to 250 words. Please include your name and birth date at the top of the page.</p>

<p>Bowdoin students and alumni often cite world-class faculty and opportunities for intellectual engagement, the College’s commitment to the Common Good, and the special quality of life on the coast of Maine as important aspects of the Bowdoin experience.
Reflecting on your own interests and experiences, please comment on one of the following:

  1. Intellectual engagement
  2. The Common Good
  3. Connection to place</p>

<p>What does this mean??</p>

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<p>Write about

  1. Intellectual engagement
  2. The Common Good
    OR
  3. Connection to place</p>

<p>Pick one of those three and write a 250 word essay about it. Pretty clear.</p>

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<p>Baffled</p>

<p>or </p>

<p>Blessed</p>

<p>Consider that Bowdoin could have opted to replicate this Oxford essay tradition:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/europe/28oxford.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/europe/28oxford.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>cjchoi0703, I feel your pain! This is probably one of the vaguest prompts I’ve yet to embark on. When I’m done I’ll send you my essay and you can tell if maybe, just maybe, I addressed it clearly!</p>