<p>Oh NO… I wrote a whole essay about how a certain professor’s book was ineffective, and I think my interviewer might have had that professor/known about him at his undergrad school. SHOOT. >_<</p>
<p>(I JUST realized that while going over the interview in my head… [kicks self mentally for not realizing that during the interview])</p>
<p>I pose the same question as daen…</p>
<p>& karen: haha it was just the way tako said Judgement day, what i wrote was a line that just randomly popped in my head & sounded fitting. im not polytheistic and im not into established religion either </p>
<p>back to daen’s question, how many ppl on this thread are azn btw, just curious.</p>
<p>Haha no worries. As long as you have an opinion you stick to it and have facts to back it up your good Mintie. If anything your interviewers want you to think differently than you, it is more conducive to a good discussion. If everyone has the same view point and opinion things are bound to get boring and not go anywhere. To follow along with your interviewer and always agree with their ideas by being wishy-washy with your own is way worse then being assertive on your own opinions.</p>
<p>aghh and aida, you givme so much hope. makes me want to go even more to meet the awesome ppl that get in.</p>
<p>Thanks, Corey (that’s you right, Giantredlobster)?</p>
<p>But AHHHHHHHHH, I think the interviewer was trying to defend the professor and I was being kind of harsh on the professor since I really didn’t think too highly of his book but gah… WHY DIDN’T I REALIZE IT DURING THE INTERVIEW!!! WHY!? And we spent quite a while on the topic.</p>
<p>T_T</p>
<p>YARRR</p>
<p>That was fun. I got Jamba Juice.</p>
<p>Once I gave an answer and she said “YES! VERY GOOD!” and then after the next question she said, “Uh…doesn’t that totally contradict what you just said?” </p>
<p>Oops.</p>
<p>Couple questions I couldn’t answer. Who wants to help me answer them?</p>
<p>For example. We somehow got into the topic of what defines literature (my essays are entirely not correlated with this, so I don’t remember how :P). So I said, well I think part of what differentiates “literature” and “writing” is that with literature it’s the author’s intent to teach a message, whereas in writing it’s the author’s intent to entertain. I also said something about withstanding time, and being able to relate to all members of society, etc. </p>
<p>THEN comes the terrible question. “Well in Chronicles of Narnia, CS Lewis uses many biblical allusions and wants to teach a message, yet I wouldn’t define that as literature. EXPLAIN.”</p>
<p>And I was like…<em>stare off into space for five minutes</em> “Well, I want to say that it’s because it’s a children’s book, but I’m sure there’s an exception to that rule, etc…um…yeah…you know what? I don’t know.”</p>
<p>Lol. It was hard! I still don’t know what the answer would be.</p>
<p>And then they randomly asked, “What do you look for in a friend?” and I was like, uh, ***? And said weird stuff and then realized this was the communal living thing but it was too late to take it back! Hehe.</p>
<p>I don’t think I got in, but it was fun regardless. </p>
<p>And now I want TASP more than anything. They started talking about TASP anecdotes (they went to the same one together) and I was like AWWW I WANT TO DO THAT. </p>
<p>TASP WANT. TASP LOVE. TASP WANT. TASP LOVE. TASP WANT. TASP LOVE. TASP WANT. TASP LOVE. TASP WANT. TASP LOVE. TASP WANT. TASP LOVE.</p>
<p>I think I rambled alot. But I am a rambler. Hopefully I had a message behind the rambling. They made me contradict myself alot. Intense. Now it’s over, and I’m kind of sad.</p>
<p>On the bright side, the guy was kind of hot :DD</p>
<p>^ LOL, looks like you had a very interesting interview.</p>
<p>My view on literature is that it is within the realm of writing. That is, writing is the over-arching subject which covers literature. Literature to me is something written in a more professional matter that must adhere (conventionally) to more rules and regulations than other types of writing (like fairytales).</p>
<p>So… going by this, CS Lewis wouldn’t have been writing literature because he was writing for children and therefore his stories do not have to be as stringent with English rules as most literature are required to be. </p>
<p>But then agian, I’m rambling… (NOT a good person to ask advice on literature-related topics, lol)</p>
<p>Good job though, for admitting you don’t know! :D</p>
<p>Hmmm but wouldn’t certain poems be considered literature? And they don’t adhere to rules/regulations.</p>
<p>AND OH!</p>
<p>Hehe when I was saying bye, I was all, “Okay I guess I’ll see you guys - wait, no I’ll probably never see you again.”</p>
<p>Then she said, “That was probably the most creative goodbye I’ve ever heard” and we all laughed for like five minutes and then wished each other to have “good lives.”</p>
<p>:D That was my happy moment.</p>
<p>Haha Jenny, “the guy was kind of hot :D”</p>
<p>Gah </p>
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:-P</p>
<p>literature and writing kind of seem like an arbitrary division.
like, literature is considered generally accepted writing, the kind of stuff you would study in school, right?
but there are bound to be books that blur the line between literature and non-literature, since the line is bound to be somewhat subjective.<br>
it seems like an unfair question.</p>
<p>lol, but in my experience (which REALLY isn’t saying much) poems that are considered literature do adhere to rules. But I can totally see how my argument could make no sense whatsoever, though I still maintain that that is how most pieces of writing are picked to be labeled “literature” in comtemporary times. </p>
<p>The dictionary definition will probably make a lot more sense: a piece of writing with artistic value. So I guess everything can be literature, depending on perception/context?</p>
<p>Anyway, good job! And I hope you get into TASP!!!</p>
<p>lol, sophomoreglaore, we basically just said the same thing. 
Go Internet!</p>
<p>Hmm that’s an interesting topic, I almost wish we’d touched on it during my interview. I think of writing, I guess, as more of a mode of expression or process of style, whereas literature is the thing, the creation, that comes out of it. Both are intangible, but one is perhaps a bit more universal than the other; for instance, I’d say that while all literature may be considered writing, not all writing is literature. Er…yeah, that probably didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Sigh. I had this all sorted in my head a moment ago, but now I think I’m just confusing myself, haha. :)</p>
<p>As for CS Lewis, why in heavens would anyone not consider the Chronicles of Narnia as literature (and good one, at that)? Or am I missing something here?</p>
<p>Whoops, sorry about the cross-posting!</p>
<p>Hey if you didn’t get into TASP remember to apply to TRASP!!</p>
<p>Oh and tako, that question kind of reminded me of something I was asked, which was, namely, “define technology.” Haha I have to admit I struggled a bit with that one! :D</p>
<p>yeah, tako, i probably wouldn’t have devised a coherent answer to that question, either. but yours sounded like it went well and the interviewers seemed to have loved you, so good job! :D</p>
<p>LMAO to that eyecandy comment. didn’t we have a conversation about the prospect of hot-but-distracting interviewers?</p>
<p>I’d like to hear what you said to that daenerys! </p>
<p>I was asked a definition question too, namely what is globalization.</p>
<p>hmmm… i like your explanation, daenerys. =) i was going to say the scope of writing is a lot broader than that of literature, and writing has more flexible boundaries. but if i got a question like that i’d probably “uhhhhh…” for awhile before coming up with something remotely articulate.</p>
<p>The question I couldn’t answer was talking about the difference between Jay-Z and Oprah’s ascent to fame. I did not have enough background on Oprah to answer-- Which was okay cause I still don’t get the difference :-P</p>