The Common Application for Whitman College includes the following writing supplement for the 2013-14 application cycle.

Required Whitman Supplement – First-Years

Please respond to the following prompt. Your response should be 250 words or less.

Part of being a Whittie is living and growing as a unique individual within a supportive community. These are words that we think describe the Whitman experience:

Passionate – Northwest – Intellectually Curious – Taco Trucks – Slam Poetry – Outdoorsy – Testostertones – Globally Engaged – Flag Football – Thesis Project – Wheat Fields – Friendly – Intercultural – Active – Encounters – One Acts – Organic Garden – 24/7 Library – Ultimate – Collaborative Research – Playful – Semester in the West – Life of Mind – Walla Walla

Pick three of these words or phrases with which you identify and explain how those terms resonate with you personally or reveal your intellectual expectations.