What counts as a recent honor or award?
We have deliberately left the definition of "recent" open-ended. It is up to you to determine which awards you find most significant and relevant to who you are today. You should not list every award you have ever won. Your most significant honors will stand out more if they are not drowned out by a long list of older or less relevant awards.
Oh I hope so. The ~6% acceptance rate is making me nervous. >_< My family can't afford for me to go to any other summer programs, so TASP is my only hope!
Does anyone else think the hardest essay was the critical analysis? I think I failed. /facepalm
How personal is too personal? For the conflict essay, I'm thinking of going into depth about a pretty intense internal conflict I've faced...but I don't want it to be too much. What do you guys think is the 'limit'?
^^^ The critical analysis is definitely the hardest essay for me so far. I can't even decide what to write it on! I'm leaning toward a popular editorial article but I have a feeling my analysis will end up being very biased. What types of sources are you guys doing your analyses on?
I chose a very convoluted, messy internal conflict for my conflict essay. I didn't intend for the reader to feel the same confusion and frustration that I experienced, but by the end of the essay that is what might come across.
Oh I hope so. The ~6% acceptance rate is making me nervous. >_< My family can't afford for me to go to any other summer programs, so TASP is my only hope!
Does anyone else think the hardest essay was the critical analysis? I think I failed. /facepalm
Look out there. There are a lot of free summer programs. TASP shouldn't be your only choice.
And I did think critical analysis was the hardest. You're not alone.
^agreed.
Additionally, it's not the end of the world if you don't get in. The 6% of the applicants who do are definitely, as previous posters have said, going to be exposed to a vigorous and inspiring intellectual experience. But honestly, just completing the application is a feat in itself. Not only would you have accomplished writing 5 lengthy essays in about the short span of a month, but you're being forced into introspection. Maybe in the process, you'll discover something about yourself that you didn't know before.
Only finished the book list and which program is first second etc choice an why. Still don't know how to approach the other ones!
Also, what other free programs are there could you recommend? I'm international though so its possible I'm not eligible for some..
I'm international though so its possible I'm not eligible for some..
