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10-07-2009, 10:50 PM
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#61 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: slyvania-penn
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Keil, I agree with you, but this conflict will never end, and it's hardly the place to hold the discourse. I couldn't help but hop in earlier in TASP's defense, but really, this will go on forever. Best to hand the thread back over to those who are meant to be posting here.
Obstinate, I am quite frankly infuriated by your assertion. I stated on several occasions that I AGREE with the goal of recruiting more minorities (and passionately so) and encourage the endeavor, so please don't insult me by writing this discussion off as racist. I am white, I have problems with you, but the addition of those two facts does not equate racism. Please refrain from tossing around such serious accusations in the future.
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10-11-2009, 11:43 AM
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#62 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: disappeared
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When do we find out what the courses will be?
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10-11-2009, 05:42 PM
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#63 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Where liberals run free
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I'm not sure, but I think they come out before the actual app. Maybe two/three weeks before.
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10-11-2009, 09:01 PM
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#65 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
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I guess they're trying to make it TRULY grade/test score independent...so everything now is based on the essays and the transcripts/recs are just there for the finalists to make sure they aren't serial killers who write great essays or something.
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10-12-2009, 04:17 AM
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#66 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Is nomination required?
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10-12-2009, 09:27 AM
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#67 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: slyvania-penn
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Nope, you don't have to be nominated to apply anymore. Once the application is available online, anyone can start an account and apply.
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10-12-2009, 06:33 PM
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#68 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: useless waste of time and space waiting for condemnation
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I think I want to apply to this but i don't know too much about it given that my school doesn't telll me much.
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10-12-2009, 06:41 PM
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#69 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 272
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Same. I don't think anyone at my school applied to it last year.
Just read the website and I think we'll all do fine. As well as we could in a program that has a 7% admit rate, that is.
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10-12-2009, 08:42 PM
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#70 | | Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA
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And if y'all still have questions after reading the website feel free to pm a former TASPer. We'll enjoy it, as TASPstalgia knows no bounds.
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10-12-2009, 10:28 PM
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#71 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Pennsylvania
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Nobody at my school has (ever?) applied for TASP, yet I'm still going to give it a shot. Who knows? We all have equal changes of somehow finagling our way into this program. Being that Telluride places little to no emphasis on grades/external awards, I feel that everyone with a thought, idea, or passion in his/her brain has a chance.
Plus, a 7% admit rate is just another number. Who says that you can't be part of that seven percent? Hooray optimism!  | |
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10-19-2009, 05:08 AM
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#72 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Hi kid above, it happens and it really does change your life and possibly your parents' siblings' and friends' lives.
Just try to be the good TASPer if you do become one and set good path for fellow students from your community if you are the first in your school history.
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10-19-2009, 07:33 PM
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#73 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Advice: For the essays, I would say (as others have already said multiple times!) it's more important to make them interesting and thoughtful than well-written, and I'm sure others would agree. My essays last year were crap regarding quality of writing, and I still got an interview, at least.
That's not to say you should blow them off. Writing quality still matters.
Anyway:
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Try the Clark Scholars Program! For those of you who are more research-oriented, it will allow you to conduct research in any field, including the humanities and social sciences! And it's free(+stipend)!
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10-20-2009, 12:43 AM
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#74 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Texas ------> ?
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I agree with Proletariat. Apply for the Clark Scholars Program! It's great! Do it!
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10-20-2009, 05:35 PM
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#75 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Sorry if this has been asked and answered, I did not see it. Is TASS/TASP for rising sophomores/rising juniors?
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