<p>Ooh and Roam I am sorry i called you at 1am stupid time zones.</p>
<p>Ew… SAT’s at TASP!? Who does that? <em>whispers</em>Can I borrow your study guides when you aren’t using them? </p>
<p>Although I am not an ‘06er, I’ll give it a shot! I agree with the majority of what you said Corey (except I wouldn’t say disgusting, but rather disappointing). Try not to think of TASP as another rung on the ladder, because it probably will not get you that much higher on your journey to those ivy gates. From what I understand, it won’t make your application; if you are going to get into the university, TASP won’t make the adcoms’ jobs that much easier when picking you out of their anxious stacks. TASP is meant for the experience, and the experience is something that can be life altering, eye opening, and [insert clich</p>
<p>I haven’t posted here in a while, but I saw ivyplanter’s post and couldn’t resist. (I’m also an '07 TASP-er, where are the '06’s?)</p>
<p>First, from what I’ve heard, attending TASP does not necessarily “cause” an Ivy acceptance. It helps, sure, but I think it’s more that those who get into TASP often already have the qualities and characteristics that top schools look for-- and they show these in the college process. I personally think that attending TASP and good colleges simply correlate well. Those who embrace the TASP experience probably also come out with better ideas, writing skills, etc., all of which help them write unique and “eye-catching” essays. There’s more of an “intangible” connection, if you will.</p>
<p>Heck, I once asked an ad-com at an admissions fair if he’d heard of TASP, and he just stared at me blankly 
(He was from a <em>top</em> ivy league school, btw!)</p>
<p>I have to say, as someone who’ll be attending UT TASP this summer, I really hope you don’t keep up that attitude. I don’t know how amazing TASP really is, whether it’s more hype or reality, but I hope that for everyone’s sake you endeavor to have a good time. It’s not really fair, you know?</p>
<p>ps- I saw your chances thread, and I would think that writing a best-selling novel or placing high at Intel looks a lot better than going to TASP.</p>
<p>Oh dear…I don’t know what to say.</p>
<p>Random sex changes float your boat, uber? Check out the movie Zerophiliac. Seriously. It’s not a GOOOD movie, but it’s amusing…and I totally want to be a zerophiliac, I swear. (And PerezHilton.com? Shame on you. I’ve gone there, but it tends to crash my browser. Coincidence? I think not.)</p>
<p>Okay, WHAT is a laptop lock? How does one work? What does one LOOK like?!</p>
<p>Trust me, Celita. Some kids got in a -lot- of SAT prep time. They weren’t the most social, but hey. A half hour isn’t that bad. 
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<p>Take your paints, roam. It’ll be fun. You’ll get to use them at some point.</p>
<p>Wow. UM. Ivyplanter. I won’t go all TASP-freak on you and post an enourmous spiel because I’m feeling rather zen at the moment. For your information, I’m an '06 Cornell II TASPer and probably one of the most obsessed Telluride-lovers you’ll ever meet. Well, sort of. Anyway, I’m glad you’re being honest–really glad. And, actually, not that *****y or anything, so I don’t feel inclined to slap you silly (like I have certainly felt with some other TASPlicants and such). So, aside from what everyone else has said, here are my two cents:</p>
<p>Uber and Corey did a wonderful job at explaining. Bottom line: TASP rocks if YOU rock it and go in with a positive attitude. It can change your life, but it can also be a waste of time if it’s really, really not your thing. Think long and hard about this, Ivy. I’m sure there are people on those waitlists just DYING for a spot because they KNOW they’ll profit from the experience directly and also indirectly. If you feel your 6 weeks will be better spent doing research, traveling, or doing some other–more enriching–thing, I give you my blessing and tell you to go for it. Give the spot to someone who is really passionate about it. If you go in with a humdrum attitude, you’ll ruin your own experience, but also become a downer for the rest of the kids there, mmkay?</p>
<p>TASP isn’t magical and TASP won’t get you into college. TASP won’t <em>be enough</em>. I have a TASPer friend who got rejected from every Ivy and basically every prestigious university he applied to. Yet he still got into TASP. Strange? Not really. College admissions look at grades, at scores, at multiple letters of recommendation, and at awards, as well as your essays and all. TASP looks at you and your essays–transcripts and letters of recommendation only serve to back up what you bring to the table. TASP is more personal that way. With college, if your record is messed up somehow, you’ll get a slap to the fanny and be sent on your way. With that being said, TASP guarantees nothing at all. It’s a good thing to have on a resume, but hey, you already got in, which is the hard part. You don’t HAVE to go. If you want to beef up your resume, TASP might not be what you need, honestly.</p>
<p>When I applied, got in, and went, I had NO idea TASP was even a big deal. I took it for what it was: 6 weeks with the most amazing people I’ve ever met, and free of cost. It changed my life COMPLETELY and I would never trade that summer for ANYTHING. Why did it do that? Because it opened my eyes and broadened my horizons. If you’re already setting your sights on Ivies, if you already have super amazing friends, and all that, TASP might not do a whole lot for you. I found a support-system and a college-advice network in my TASP friends, so that was super helpful when app-time came 'round. But some people already have that—I didn’t. If you can bring in something unique and special to TASP, go. If you have the passion to spend those 6 weeks with some of the coolest kids ever, go. If you’re going to do the work and engage intellectually, go. If not, give the spot to someone else. Please.</p>
<p>In any case, let us know what you decide…and good luck.</p>
<p>(There goes my “I’m gonna be short!” deal, XD)</p>
<p>P.S. - I didn’t toil over my essays either and I’m CERTAINLY no genius, but I am unique (or so I tell myself every day, to keep my wee ego happy) and I will rock your face off. =P lol. No, but really, I’m not a genius or anything, though TASP did get some insanely intelligent and artistic kids last year and I was blown away. Also, you said you wanted a good university to put on your resume. Honey, college prestige is not all it’s cracked up to be. It helps its fair share, I won’t lie, but it’s not everything. Also, think about how many happy and/or succesful people there are out there who DIDN’T go to an Ivy or an omglikeawesome top-notch school. The people who simply rely on names and fame are the ones that have no real inner power and no skills to get by on their own, sans names and puffed-up reputations. If that’s who you are, fine. If not (and I hope that’s not who you are), I suggest you reevaluate your life and goals a little.</p>
<p>Hahaha…Aida, how many times did you mention TASP in that wonderfully long post of yours? :O) I counted 17! :O)</p>
<p>But well said, well said.</p>
<p>Roam, why is your pm box full? Gosh.</p>
<p>And yeah, don’t think of TASP as this amazing thing to put on your resume. Because it’s not, really. It’s more of an experience, something to accessorize a college application rather than make it.</p>
<p>And omgosh! Exactly two weeks! EEEEEE <33333</p>
<p>Yeah, seriously, what does a laptop lock look like anyway?</p>
<p>But yes, the wait is agonizing… :O)</p>
<p>Lol, I didn’t know what a laptop lock was either. Then I googled it, and I found it looks just like the locks that stores like Best Buy, Staples and Office Max use to protect their laptops. </p>
<p>As for SAT studying, hmm, yeah, might not have the time. But I doesn’t sound like a bad idea to do a few SAT questions each day on the side… but I agree, it might get in the way.</p>
<p>So I feel like I have to chip in a few words here about TASP in the context of your college-hungry obsession, since I’ve been there, done that ('05UM, if you care). TASP isn’t the silver bullet that you’re looking for in terms of admissions, but you can spin it really well if that’s all you want out of it. You can put on some false airs about how it really truly honest-to-goodness-I-swear changed your life and maybe get a college essay or two out of it. And maybe that’ll work, and you’ll be on your way to some Ivy-bound halls somewhere. You won’t be the first. And then what? I see lots of kids at my school that treat college in the same way: just another phase in life to be sleepwalked through to another goal of a cushy job somewhere. I appreciate your ambition, and it’s a “smart” strategy in your high school years if college apps are all you care about. But there’s a point at which ambition turns into tunnel vision, and it’s a cynical, passionless way to live your life, just to seek approval from those higher judges that will appear over and over in different forms. Everyone here wants the same thing that ivyplanter wants, but that’s no excuse to write off great opportunities like TASP as just another line of text on a resume. I loved TASP because it was full of the most genuine and interesting people I have ever met, and I somehow feel obligated to protect its purity from the infectious mentality of college-application fever. It was my first exposure to total physical and intellectual freedom without the responsibilities that school proper entails, and that is so much fun. It’s a terrible chance to waste.</p>
<p>You are probably smart enough to fake interest for six weeks, but only you know what makes you tick. I would say if you can’t bring yourself to come into the program with an open mind and a willingness to take the opportunities that are given to you, you’re wasting everyone’s time, including your own. That goes for everyone.</p>
<p>Aida, a movie made to highlight spontaneous sex changes? umm… I have nothing to say to that… yea, nothing. I don’t think I have the courage to watch it alone (or hunt for it, for that matter), maybe at TASP =P. </p>
<p>For all you wondering about the laptop lock, it’s just something that hooks onto your lil’ buddy and then onto something absolutely stationary, so it’s not exactly the ultimate key to laptop security if you can’t find anything convenient to fasten it onto. How interesting, there is a clear connection between TASP and laptop locks, if you don’t use it to its potential, it can be quite useless and even a waste. I just hope I don’t lose the keys to the lock and then have to either saw off the bed frame I’m planning on latching this thing onto, or the lock itself; that sounds exactly like something that would happen to me though. TWO WEEKS! WHOA! </p>
<p>Hey, all you UMers, what is the verdict on the factota thing? Wait, do they read this? Reply fast!</p>
<p>Ivy… you’re going to UT TASP?</p>
<p>…hmm… I kind of wish I didn’t read your chance thread.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what I can say to you without being mean, but I suppose it’s evident that I hold about the same attitude as Corey (hey, we have the same personality, lol).</p>
<p>I have not posted on this thread for a while but I’ve been reading occasionally. I though I’d use this occasion to pop in and say hello to everyone.</p>
<p>Dear everyone,
Hello</p>
<p>Hullo! :O)</p>
<p>It’s like a mantra, Dae. TASPTASPTASPTASPTASPTASP. I say it every morning and before I go to bed at night. Some kids pray, I mumble TASPTASPTASPTASPTASP. :P</p>
<p>It’s not P0RN, Uber! It’s a normal movie! Low budget-ish, but still. The image quality is good, and it had an actor I’d seen before. Amusing, really. And OHHH. I get the laptop lock idea now…I was thinking “Man, a laptop is PORTABLE. I mean, if you put a lock on it so it won’t open, they can STILL take it from you. They can just carry it off…” God, and I’m going to Brown? What a disgrace. XD</p>
<p>Well said, Globber. :)</p>
<p>Hehe, UMers sounds like Ummers which sounds like Hummers, which can be either a gas-guzzling monstrosity or a very dirty word. <em>cough</em> Anyway.</p>
<p>Mintie, you secretly ARE Corey. Dun dun dunnnn. You’re his X chromosome manifesting itself, er, in Cyberland. (Yes, that was a reference to the musical Rent. Sort of.)</p>
<p>Roflmao, TI_2006. BTW, your nickname always reminded me of a calculator, like the TI-83 or something.</p>
<p>P.S. - Ivy…she goes to a school near Seattle, right? And she’s Pakistani?</p>
<p>Funny. As a Magical Holder of the Mighty TASPer List, I know no kids from Washington are going to the UT TASP. Or, at least, they weren’t selected originally…and no waitlisted kids were from WA either. So that leads me to wonder…</p>
<p>Ohmagawd, COULD IT POSSIBLY BE A ■■■■■?</p>
<p>That’d be exciting.</p>
<p>OMGOSH that would be exciting. </p>
<p>But I doubt it. Who would post such a silly thing? She was probably waitlisted or something, if she wasn’t originally on the list.</p>
<p>And dude, Aida, I totally think the same way (TI = calculator!)</p>
<p>Yea Aida. I didn’t want to say it because I’m not totally sure, but I think I know all three students interviewed in Seattle. I know one didn’t get in for sure, but I haven’t heard from the other (nevertheless, ethnicity doesn’t match). Hmm… </p>
<p>LOL! I didn’t think it was porn, just the subject matter is a little, I don’t know, sketchy. I will absolutely check it out though, just for you Aida =) .</p>
<p>I am totally not an R&B, Hip-Hop, etc. fan, but TI makes me think of the rapper. OH! This reminds me, there is a video on youtube called “What you know about math” or something; check it out, it is HILARIOUS.</p>
<p>Here it is: <a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k</a></p>