<p>Last year 950 people applied, 150ish were interviewed, and 86 people were chosen to attend one of 5 TASPs (one at UT, one at Wash U, one at UMich, and two at Cornell). They are well regarded because of the low admission rate and the excellent college matriculation, but the experience is what makes TASPs so amazing. It’s hard to descibe, but TASP is more fun and more meaningful than some soulless program that wants 6000 for a for week college class.</p>
<p>Vegangirl is right; essays are 95%, then there’s a teacher recommendation, transcript, and maybe a few other EC related questions. Of those, the teacher rec is probably most important since it offers a description of you as a person. The testing/transcript is just to prove that you aren’t a complete idiot.</p>