Cornell Book Award?

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@savoirfaire

Nishant, I’m rather surprised by your comments. Your assumptions are a little hasty… and rather insulting, I must say. For instance, I am not using TASP as a “tool” for college admissions. It is an opportunity to explore myself intellectually and connect with other bright students personally. I expect them to seriously consider the opinions that I bring to the table, even if they aren’t completely fleshed out.

Hmm Mindy, I never explicitly accused you of planning ot use TASP as a “tool” to get you into college, but rather that you give off the wrong vibe when you ask somewhat idiotic(no offense) questions like whether getting the Cornell Book Award or getting a recommendation from a Cornell staff member at TASP will hurt your chances at Harvard, when I’m sure you know what the answer is yourself. I personally believe that you are genuinely exited about the unique educational and social opportunities/rewards that a summer of TASP promises to offer, but others on CC and more importantly people who you will meet later would think otherwise at the point where you’re agonizing over whether it would be more beneficial to ask a TASP factotum or a professor for a letter of rec more than a month before the program is scheduled to begin.</p>

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@savoirfaire

Despite your accusation, I have no intention of “impressing” the professors and factota in order to receive some sort of college recommendation. That would be a shallow and frankly idiotic way of wasting away my TASP experience.

I wholeheartedly agree with that judgment of yours.:)</p>

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@savoirfaire

do trust, however, that since they have been chosen to oversee the TASP seminar, they will reflect upon students’ personalities and learning styles carefully.

I very well understand that but I hope you realize that this doesn’t always work in your favor, especially when you’re being compared and living with 16 equally brilliant individuals.</p>

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@savoirfaire

Furthermore, you assume that my TOK teacher hasn’t encountered many brilliant students throughout her career, which she most certainly has.

Umm, if you’re not up there as one of the most brilliant kids that your school’s TOK teacher has ever taught, that doesn’t bode very well for you considering in TASP, there will be leaders globally in the forefront of politics/IR/humanities that you’ll be up against. Harvard won’t give you any mercy if your excuse is that your TOK teacher has worked with too many intelligent kids for you to specifically stand out.</p>

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@savoirfaire

TOK is also a discussion-based class, and thus, it’s easier to express yourself personally and creatively.

All the better for you then I suppose, am I correct?;)</p>

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@savoirfaire

Besides, pianoking mentioned that most students in his seminar (UMich 05) did get recommendations from their factota or professors.

Really? He indicated to me quite the contrary when I chatted with him on AIM but this is really a moot point anyway.</p>

<p>You will find that I am one of the most honest and forthright people on CC so please don’t take any of my my harsh comments to heart. I call it as I see it…thats how I live mt life.</p>