波士顿学院

Strong communities are sustained by traditions. Boston College’s annual calendar is marked with both long-standing and newer traditions that help shape our community. Tell us about a meaningful tradition in your family or community. Why is it important to you, and how does it bring people together or strengthen the bonds of those who participate?

强大的社区由传统维系。波士顿学院每年的校园日程中，既有历史悠久的传统，也有较新的传统；它们共同塑造着我们的社区。请介绍一项在你的家庭或社区中具有重要意义的传统。它为什么对你很重要？它如何让人们相聚，或加深参与者之间的联结？

The late BC theology professor, Father Michael Himes, argued that a university is not a place to which you go, but instead, a “rigorous and sustained conversation about the great questions of human existence, among the widest possible circle of the best possible conversation partners.” Who has been your most meaningful conversation partner, and what profound questions have you considered together?

已故的波士顿学院神学教授 Michael Himes 神父曾提出，大学并不是一个你前往的地方，而是“一场严谨而持续的对话：在尽可能广泛、尽可能优秀的对话伙伴之间，探讨人类存在的重大问题。”谁是对你而言最有意义的对话伙伴？你们曾共同思考过哪些深刻的问题？

In her July 2009 Ted Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned viewers against assigning people a “single story” through assumptions about their nationality, appearance, or background. Discuss a time when someone defined you by a single story. What challenges did this present and how did you overcome them?

在 2009 年 7 月的 TED 演讲“The Danger of a Single Story”中，Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 提醒观众，不要基于对他人国籍、外貌或背景的假设，给他们套上“单一故事”。请讨论一次他人以某个单一故事定义你的经历。这给你带来了哪些挑战？你又是如何克服的？

Boston College’s Jesuit mission highlights “the three Be’s”: be attentive, be reflective, be loving – core to Jesuit education. If you could add a fourth “Be,” what would it be and why? How would this new value support your personal development and enrich the BC community?

波士顿学院的耶稣会使命强调“三种 Be”：保持专注、善于反思、心怀关爱——这些是耶稣会教育的核心。如果你可以加入第四种“Be”，它会是什么？为什么？这一新的价值观将如何支持你的个人成长，并丰富波士顿学院社区？

Human-Centered Engineering Applicants Only

One goal of a Jesuit education is to prepare students to serve the Common Good. Human-Centered Engineering at Boston College integrates technical knowledge, creativity, and a humanistic perspective to address societal challenges and opportunities. What societal problems are important to you and how will you use your HCE education to solve them?

耶稣会教育的目标之一，是培养学生服务于公共福祉。波士顿学院的 Human-Centered Engineering 项目融合技术知识、创造力与人文视角，以应对社会挑战与机遇。哪些社会问题对你而言十分重要？你将如何运用 HCE 教育来解决这些问题？