<p>Shakespeare, my dearest Mindy? I do believe you are talking about a certain man called COCO! :P</p>
<p>Wow. She explained it all, so I’ll leave it to her. <em>grin</em> Yes, politically we were mostly liberal. On a more… social level, some of us were REALLY liberal, while others were more conservative. In the end, we managed to corrupt most TASPers, so we consider our mission accomplished. ;P</p>
<p>Nope, no class on Saturdays. We almost always planned activities during the housemeetings that we could do on the weekends, such as going to the Farmer’s Market, out to see the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean, Treman Park, etc etc.</p>
<p>“Overall, it’s a great intellectual experience, but it’s not worth sacrificing the social aspect of the program.” EXACTLY. Honestly, my advice is try to balance things out, but if you MUST sacrifice a little, try to get more social activities in. <em>grin</em> The people are what really make TASP so amazing. However, if you never ever do your readings, at least try to know what the heck is going on so you can at least tie in OTHER things that relate to the texts. People in my seminar could totally get away with doing that because it was Medieval Lit, but in seminars that talk about topics totally unknown to you or that discuss changing world politics and the like, you really should keep yourself constantly updated. </p>
<p>A girl made me fear TASP would be NERDY and just… eeeeek, but MAN, IT WAS SO NOT! lmao. We had so much freedom, it was disgusting. 
Actually, we weren’t SUPPOSED to do a bunch of things we did, but it was because our factota were lenient. We never realized how many things they let us do until we read their factotum manual. <em>whew</em></p>
<p>OH GOD YES! TASP withdrawal can be EXTREME, so you have to be prepared for that. Honestly, I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over missing TASP, even if it’s just a little. The people were BEYOND amazing and I love them dearly. It was just the second or third day and I felt I had known these people forever. I had NEVER felt that before and I thought it was silly and unreal, but it happened and I was shocked that I was feeling such a thing. </p>
<p>Sleep deprivation? Heck yes, man. Sometimes we went to bed at 6 AM and got up at 9, other times it was 4 AM… It really depended… Seriously, the first week we were all good children, doing our readings, going to bed no later than 3 or so… but after the first weekend passed? All hell broke loose. <em>beams</em></p>
<p>“the most glorious sleep deprivation of your life” PERFECT. DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE. We should have an INTERTASP shirt for '06 with that on it!!! Seriously! Who’s with me?! <em>spazzes</em> </p>
<p>lmao, lots of CRUNKness? There was certainly a lot of THAT at my TASP. Nope, no true bedchecks. The girls were supposed to be on one floor and the guys on the other (I stayed at the Cornell Telluride Branch House), but we said TO HELL WITH THAT, and we constantly had massive sleepovers EVERYWHERE. We slept in each other’s bedrooms, in each other’s beds, outside on the balcony with random futons and pillows… all that. It was killer. :D</p>
<p>Oh. P.S. - If you’re going to sleep as little as you can, try to be nice to the profs and STAY AWAKE DURING SEMINAR. You’ll need gum, lots of caffeine, food, or anything to stay awake. Some days are insane. XD</p>