<p>why does TASP put out their application so late?? How does the application look like??? is there anything specific that I should be preparing for? like… i heard something about list of books?? does this mean i should be reading a whole bunch of books from now? ?</p>
<p>What are you talking about? The deadline to submit to TASP was in February. If you mean next year’s, it won’t be available until late summer or fall - 5 or 6 months before it’s due. And if you haven’t read any books on your own in the last year, you probably won’t fit in well at TASP.</p>
<p>Yes, I did mean next year… and I never said I didn’t read any books in the past year. I was just asking if there were specific things and a list of books that I should start reading and prepare for.</p>
<p>No. You just put down on your application some of the books you’ve read over the last year. The list really doesn’t have much impact on your decision.</p>
<p>no there is no special TASP book list. just put down what you read over the year. the number of books on your list will not make or break your acceptance, nor will having read Atlas Shrugged give you a special boost.</p>
<p>In all honesty as some one who has attended tass and gone through the entire application process twice. </p>
<p>TASP isn’t something you should be consciously preparing for over a year out. There are no special books or anything you need to do. The process is unusally holistic and I recommend to not even think about it until December when the application comes out.</p>
<p>ditto giantred. if you’re the kind of person that will get a ton out of tasp, you’ll probably get in without having to “tailor” your application. otherwise, you’d be wasting your time there anyway. if you have to prep for your application, think twice about applying. </p>
<p>fyi, the cc idea that tasp is an admissions hook is completely bogus (this isn’t directed at anyone in particular); tasp is only as good as any other summer endeavor that shows you don’t like spending two months watching mtv on a couch (not that that’s a bad thing, but it’s generally frowned upon in admissions). do what you want and do it because you genuinely like it; you’ll be a happier person because of it.</p>
<p>^ all true, Amen</p>
<p>my thoughts with better fluency and more forethought.
i think there are just too many people creating the perfect applicant with phony formulas.</p>