<p>I GOT IN!!!</p>
<p>Cornell II my first choice. I am sooooooooooooooo excited. I am looking forward to meeting all of you people on cornell. </p>
<p>I love you people!!!</p>
<p>Apparently nobody has suffered as I have in determining whether I made it to TASP.</p>
<p>I applied with two friends of mine at my school, and yesterday, they both got e-mails saying that they both made it. I checked my e-mail, looked through the trash, the spam, every folder possible to try to find the TASP e-mail. No trace. I e-mailed Ellen Baer, but I assumed that I didn’t make it, and sulked the whole night.</p>
<p>Then I got the e-mail:
Hello, </p>
<p>Congratulations, you have been chosen to attend the University of Texas (Austin) TASP program. A formal letter will be sent out later this week. Please let us know as soon as possible whether you plan on attending the program. </p>
<p>Regards,
Ellen Baer </p>
<hr>
<p>Ellen Baer, Administrative Director
Telluride Association
(607) 273-5011
(607) 272-2667 fax
217 West Avenue <a href=“mailto:telluride@cornell.edu”>telluride@cornell.edu</a> <a href=“javascript:parent.ComposeTo(”>javascript:parent.ComposeTo(</a>
Ithaca, NY 14850-3911
<a href=“http://www.tellurideassociation.org%5B/url%5D”>www.tellurideassociation.org</a> <a href=“http://www.tellurideassociation.org”>http://www.tellurideassociation.org</a> </p>
<p>And then I got another e-mail saying</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you were not selected for the TASP. A formal letter will be sent out later this week.</p>
<p>Regards,
Ellen Baer</p>
<p>At 07:50 PM 5/1/2006 -0400, you wrote:
Hello,</p>
<p>My name is Paul Huang and I was one of the finalists for TASP. Two of my classmates have received notice of their acceptance, while I have not received any e-mail. I suppose this means that I have been rejected, but I was wondering if you could confirm this…I’m dying to know.</p>
<p>Much appreciated,
Paul</p>
<p>Then I had to actually CALL them to find out that I’m going. Can’t say I’m not happy though.</p>
<p>But also, think of the chances: three ASIANS in the same school, in the same classes, same program since 6th grade…all making it to TASP…</p>
<p>^That is, indeed, pretty ridiculous. Are any of your friends attending the Cornell 1 (Foreign Policy) program?</p>
<p>I got rejected according to an e-mail sent to me by Ellen Baer.
</p>
<p>WHAT THE **** EVERYONE ON CC BASICALLY GOT IN BUT ME AND I THOUGHT MY ESSAYS WERE GOOD AND MY INTERVIEW ACTUALLY WENT WELL. GAHHHHHH IT JUST DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!!!:(:(</p>
<p>I’m sorry if I’m offending anyone right now but I can’t get over being bitter, although it will pass eventually…hopefully.</p>
<p>Oh. Wow. I got in to WashU. And I don’t know… On the one side, I’m floored that they even thought I was anywhere near decent enough for this opportunity. And on the other side, I’m pulled toward CCIS and the rest of my summer plans (liver center youth council, KEY Club president stuff, raising money for my charity, working in therapy with hospital patients). I have to say this is incredible, but oh goodness, I don’t know. I really wish I had someone giving me advice right now.</p>
<p>well, chillaxin, that does sound like quite a lot of things to do.
I e-mailed Ellen last night because I saw that everyone seemed to be posting his or her acceptance letter. I had looked high and low in my e-mail, and unfortunately did not find anything regarding TASP, so I thought that an e-mail confirming my failure would be something that would put my mind to ease in a week when I am prepping for IB exams, SAT, sectionals saturday, etc.
However, I couldn’t wait for her reply, so I called the office. The receptionist was exceedingly nice, and I braced for the rejection. It turns out that I am one of the alternates for TASP.
There is nothing that I want to do more than TASP. I have given up all of the opportunities that I would have had this summer for this seminar and there is nothing that I want more than to experience it. That being said, I suppose waitlist is as close as it comes to being given this opportunity without actually being granted it.
Congratulations to everyone who has already been accepted, and to those who have not, vivete.</p>
<p>Hey, evil<em>asian</em>dictator, I didn’t get an email AT ALL.</p>
<p>WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THEY FORGOT ABOUT ME COMPLETELY???</p>
<p>TASP a little bit, TASP a little bit of your yadda</p>
<p>gasp tasp tasp GASP</p>
<p>qu’est-ce que c’est?</p>
<p>Hey calicollegegirl, I only received an email because I first emailed the director of the Telluride summer program, Ellen Bauer, myself to confirm my status for TASP so she was just responding to my original email i.e. she diidn’t send one to me specifically.</p>
<p>im sorry evil_asian, but dont be hard on yourself. Th very fact that you got an interview is amazing!</p>
<p>Well, I called today, and I didn’t get in. The receptionist’s words, verbatim: “Unfortunately, you didn’t get in. 'Bye.” What a nice way to deliver the bad news.</p>
<p>On a positive note, I aced my AP Calc test. Quite the comeback. I’m still bummed though.</p>
<p>well, I suppose that I should just give up on getting into TASP. At this point, what is the likelihood that I will go to the program, even if I am an alternate? The receptionist told me that I am one of ten alternates, but does anyone think that I really have a shot? What is the likelihood that even one person will choose not to go and free up the space that I might even be considered to go?
I’ve gotten so far and yet I am not going to be able to go!</p>
<p>dude im really sorry. That sux even more than being outright rejected. But hold on to that hope; not everyone goes to tasp/makes the deadlines. Hope you the every best.</p>
<p>thanks. well, I think that being a little hopeful wouldn’t be a bad idea. After I found out that I had been made an alternate, I couldn’t concentrate, and so I decided to practice oboe all night. Well, I think that maybe a little bit of hope is good, and maybe someone will in fact choose not to go. As for me, I have not made any other plans, since I was dead set on going. But compared to TASP, working and swimming all summer are not… mentally stimulating at all. Well, I can always have hope that someone chooses not to go.</p>
<p>chillaxin is dropping out so you still have a chance!</p>
<p>Silly question: I’m a soph now and I’m thinking about applying to TASP next year…and about the papers the essays are on…</p>
<p>Has anyone seen that scene in legally blonde where Elle sprays perfume on her resume? Would the TASP admissions officers notice if I sprayed perfume on my essays and put them on pretty stationery? (JUST CURIOUS)?</p>
<p>Haha, er… I don’t think that’s necessary.</p>
<p>hmmm…</p>
<p>so for those of you who got in, what were ur stats?</p>
<p>You have to get a 2400 to get an application.</p>
<p>Just kidding. It’s all essays; stats are moot.</p>