<p>So for Stanford's prompt about intellectual vitality, would it be too unusual to write about Pokemon?</p>
<p>I have legit reasoning for it, I swear. Pokemon actually did influence my intellectual experience a /lot/ (I owe my most of my interest in conceptual design and etymology to it, actually), but I'm not going to go too much in detail for fear of stealing.</p>
<p>Or would it be more reasonable to write about a more serious experience? I could write about summer lab research or a variety of other more "intellectual" topics, but they all sound extremely cliched to me.</p>
<p>I have heard that this essay is possibly the most important out of the three required, but it seems like every topic about conducting a research project or working in an important area has been written before. However, I don't know if something as off-topic as Pokemon would be a good idea.</p>