<p>The apps. for the houses are due at some comfortingly late date, like January, right? And you can really tell that Cornell’s intent on sucking in as many TASPers as possible. Their app. requires a minimal amount of work compared to the UMich one. The UMich app. just makes my head ache when I contemplate starting it. Oh, and UMich requires an interview while Cornell doesn’t. But I’d rather spend the next four years in Ann Arbor… <em>sigh</em>.</p>
<p>Speaking of other schools where the chances of admission are slightly more reasonable, what do you all think of UChicago? I wonder whether I’d like the whole mind-to-the-academic-grindstone sort of vibe that it gives off. And yes, they certainly do seem to pride themselves on having an exceedingly vexing application. But who knows, it could be fun. For example, that essay question about string 
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