Does Bowdoin accept additional letters of recommendation and/or supplementary material?
You may submit additional letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches, employers, or anyone else who can offer something new to the application. We strongly recommend that these extra letters offer additional information about the applicant not already covered in other required pieces of the application. The Admissions Committee welcomes other supplementary material, provided that it reveals new information about the applicant unavailable in the rest of the application. The Common Application supplement forms allow students to detail special talents. Students with talent in music, theater, or visual arts are encouraged to complete the Common Application Arts Supplement and submit it to us along with samples of their work and a brief description of past performances, course work, etc. We strongly encourage you to submit a web address (url) where your work can be viewed or heard. You might consider Flickr, YouTube, personal websites, etc. for posting your work. Videos, DVDs, and CDs
You may submit additional letters of recommendation from teachers, coaches, employers, or anyone else who can offer something new to the application. We strongly recommend that these extra letters offer additional information about the applicant not already covered in other required pieces of the application. The Admissions Committee welcomes other supplementary material, provided that it reveals new information about the applicant unavailable in the rest of the application. Our application allow students to detail special talents. Students with talent in music, theater, dance, or visual arts are encouraged to complete the Bowdoin Arts Supplement. Students who wish to participate in varsity athletics at Bowdoin are encouraged to contact our coaches by phone or email and to submit the Common Application Athletics Supplement.
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- Does Bowdoin accept additional letters of recommendation and/or supplementary material?
