<ol>
<li>DirectorsCut</li>
<li>Inkspill</li>
<li>Iriseyes</li>
<li>Nate</li>
<li>Tako</li>
<li>thecomisar
7.Corey (TASS)</li>
<li>Roamorse</li>
</ol>
<p>this is unbelievable. i’m like, still dazed.</p>
<p>CONGRATS TO EVERYONE <3 you guys are all amazing.</p>
<p>good luck to all!</p>
<p><em>hugs Lemon Pop (and everyone else in the same boat as us)</em></p>
<p>They shouldn’t discriminate, they claim not to discriminate, and the unspiteful anticynic in my heart believes that they don’t discriminate…I come from a small public school on the outskirts of nowhere that offers almost nothing. Most of the people who apply to TASP are top-tier - and apparently all the regulars at CC are REALLY top-tier. But I guess the top-tier kids are where they are for a reason.</p>
<p>I…I just don’t know. I recall somebody saying not to worry, that if our essays were coherent then we should get in, but…I think I was lucid and straightforward, but apparently that wasn’t good enough. And I wonder, what <em>is</em> good enough? What constitutes personality, intelligence, curiosity? What did everyone else have that I didn’t? Am I missing something essential, or am I simply carrying too many superfluous flaws?</p>
<p>I wanted to meet amazing people, but I guess I’m just not amazing enough for them…</p>
<ol>
<li>DirectorsCut</li>
<li>Inkspill</li>
<li>Iriseyes</li>
<li>Nate</li>
<li>Tako</li>
<li>thecomisar
7.Corey (TASS)</li>
<li>Roamorse</li>
<li>grtskt89</li>
</ol>
<p>Whoever said that lucid was enough was lying. Remember, the way TASP recruits is through the top 99% in the PSATs, plus a minority who find the program online or through someone. Everybody’s writing good essays.</p>
<p>OMG OMG I got an interview too!!! :D:D:D:D</p>
<p>Well, those of us who don’t make it are the ones writing the good essays…</p>
<p>Those of you who do are writing great ones.</p>
<p>Oh, and congrats to ALL!!!</p>
<p>Wow, the list keeps getting bigger…at this rate, it seems like folks on CC are going to comprise of at least 10% of interviewees.</p>
<p>Thricedotted, I feel almost the exact same way. It’s starting to sink in now more than before, and it’s not just that it didn’t get it, it’s the fact that I won’t be able to experience TASP, which I was looking foward to more than anything.</p>
<p>The only credentials that I might’ve been semi lacking on would’ve been my PSAT’s, but I didn’t even provide my score to them. But my SAT scores (not that I provided those either) were perfectly within reason of “acceptable”</p>
<p>When the man on the other line said those dreaded words, a part of me died. I worked so hard on those essays, and I know that I would be perfect for TASP. But obviously they disagree. What distinguishes me from anybody else?</p>
<p>Another girl at my school who has a 3.6 GPA (unweighted) got an interview… and I didn’t. Granted she is African American and attended TASS, but nevertheless, it’s still really sad that I couldn’t make it…</p>
<p>I got a 2300/1510 on my SAT and maintain a 98 GPA (yeah, ours are scaled differently), but measured intellectual capability is meaningless compared to…something. Something you and I may not necessarily lack, but was flaunted more prominently by those who were chosen. It’s not what distinguishes you or I or whomever from anybody else; it’s what <em>doesn’t</em> distinguish us. The ones who made it must really have done something that made them shine out…</p>
<p>I tried my hardest on my essays, but procrastination and the nasty wrangle I had with my conflict essay came back to bite me in the bum, I guess.</p>
<p>There’s no use in brooding over it, though (even as I continue to do so by making these rambling psuedo-introspective posts here). There are other opportunities in life, and…we’ll never know what we missed out on. It’s not quite the most pleasant feeling in the world, but maybe there will be new chances to meet great people - probably not manifest in a way as explicit as TASP, but still there.</p>
<p>…Feh, I keep trying to justify it and make myself feel better, but a vague hint of jealousy still remains…</p>
<p>—I got so excited and I was like “WOW THANKS SUPER AWESOME HEARTS COOL AWESOME”—</p>
<p>HAHAHAHA. That is the coolest response ever.</p>
<p>Lemon, hmmm. They probably saw something different or interesting in her essays and wanted to get to know her more before making a final decision?</p>
<p>Anyway. Congratulations and omgomgaomgaom!!oneone!1 to all those that got in. To those that didn’t, have a rockin’ summer anyway, y0. Go on a trip, learn a new language, plant a tree, make a reading list. Do something productive and don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Thrice, my school is so not top-tier. I mean, it’s not bad, but it’s certainly not one of the best or anything. It’s really small, too. “that if our essays were coherent then we should get in,” Not really. If your essays are coherent and well-thought out, you have a good CHANCE–never a guarantee. And ALL of you have to remember, that even if the applicant pool is full of the MOST amazing people in ALL the land, there are only so many spots that can be given, so don’t take this as a measure of your worth as a student or as a human being (i.e. don’t get cocky if you got in; don’t get depressed if you didn’t).</p>
<p>By the way, TASP is not the only TASPy thing Telluride offers. There are the branch houses, Deep Springs, all that stuff. Though never the same, it’s still Telluride-flavored, and I suggest you give those a shot too. I was rejected from the Cornell Branch of TA, but I admit my essays were crappy (and no, not in the self-deprecating way; they really were). I was sad the day I received the news, I’ll admit I cried, but now I see it all worked out for the UBER better. Things happen for a reason, kids. Trust that and just work with what you have. 
Worrying about spilled milk is useless, unless you can take a lesson from the experience.</p>
<p>Also, remember that applying to TASP brought you all together and allowed you to meet awesome people regardless of if you got an interview and eventually got in or not. It was still a good thing. Plus, you began your essay-writing process, which you’ll REALLY need when you start applying to college your senior year. Aside from not getting in in the end, it’s all a good, positive, learning experience.</p>
<p>It’s okay to feel the jealousy pangs, just don’t let them asphyxiate you. <3</p>
<p>P.S. - I’m going to go reread all the essays I received now. :P</p>
<p>COREY! SUSAN! ALIGNAILSFNAPFOMNAPSGAGVLMA<GOAJGMA)FA{K#E{egvf/</p>
<p>All is right with the world. I love you two crazy kids.</p>
<p>And I see that interview list…and I like it. Good people on there, yo.</p>
<p>And man, I wonder if kyzan got an interview. :D</p>
<p>AND DON’T STOP POSTING, EVERYONE! Don’t hide in the shadows.</p>
<p>:) I told my dad at lunch and he was cool with it. I’m feeling good now, happy about my snow day and killing some time with Nethack. Just needed someone to listen, I guess - once I finish whinging, all is well again.</p>
<p><em>quiets down and goes to deal with some bothersome Mordor orcs</em></p>
<p>Thrice…you sound so British! What with the “bum” and “whinging”.:D</p>
<p>-gulp- haha. 2:55 and their office seemed to have closed.</p>
<p>I guess I’ll have to wait until Monday to find out.</p>
<p>I GOT AN INTERVIEW!!! XD</p>
<p>So funny story, after pulling a bunch of late nights, I slept in today (no school!) and was woken up by my dad calling from work at about noonish. </p>
<p>Dad: Guess what? I took the liberty of calling TASP for you, and you got an interview!
Me: <em>still hopelessly groggy</em> wha…? <em>after a few seconds</em> OMGomg!!1one!</p>
<p>LOTS of congrats to everyone who got an interview, and I’m sorry, to those who didn’t. But by all means, don’t stop posting! I’ve been on hiatus from CC far too long, and I still want to read what you all have to say! :)</p>
<p>Taggart…maybe they’re all on lunch break? :)</p>
<p>Oh, just an update.</p>
<ol>
<li>DirectorsCut</li>
<li>Inkspill</li>
<li>Iriseyes</li>
<li>Nate</li>
<li>Tako</li>
<li>thecomisar
7.Corey (TASS)</li>
<li>Roamorse</li>
<li>grtskt89</li>
<li>kathy_violin</li>
<li>million$baby</li>
</ol>
<p>naa. that area code’s on NY time. It’s just past 3.</p>
<p>haha. getting home from school 10 min ago wasn’t such a great thing.</p>
<p>I thought TASP was based in Ithaca, so you were right about it being 3-ish.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure of this because the area code is the same as the area code of a town near here.</p>
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