<p>Is there an official date for their notification letters??? I’m going insaneeeeeee</p>
<p>If you feel better… Its the 28th not the 30th according to both my and a few people’s interviewers I know.</p>
<p>As far as seminar placement etc. When they are crafting the seminar groups they put a lot of thought and effort into the people they place into the programs. They focus a lot on community and looking at what the individuals will bring to the seminar experience. Obviously preference plays a factor but your interviewer’s evaluation is only a part of what the final committee and teams review between now and when we find out. </p>
<p>Aida’s explication is pretty thorough and as far as letter grades and rankings and all that stuff goes that is your best bet.</p>
<p>uh, i’m new and i happened to stumble upon this thread. Like most of you, I’m crapping my pants as the TASP decision looms nearer. Can anyone describe what actually “goes down” at a program like TASP? What makes the experience so special?</p>
<p>We disarm nuclear weapons and use their parts to build playgrounds for underpriviliged inner-city penguin children with skin cancer.</p>
<p>Read the TASP 2007 threads.</p>
<p>(bug eyes) The 28th? That’s in not-3-weeks! Ahhhh! </p>
<p>Seriously; I am SO head-over-heels for TASP. Not to mention that since my only other not-lifeguarding-or-manual-labor summer option is a well-paid internship that students from 10 counties compete for…“I really need this job, please God I need this job, I’ve got to get this joooobbbb <em>high note</em>”</p>
<p>Are there any other musical buffs left standing after the essay round? I desperately want someone to recognize that lyric; it will make me feel less alone in the universe.</p>
<p>Hahah, I know close to nothing about songs, but classical - oh yeah. I am the music (yes, hardcore dorky MUSIC) nerd. If I get accepted, I shall probably lug my whole 10 ounce worth of flute along and annoy you all to death with my playing ; ) </p>
<p>Anyone else considering bringing their instrumental children along??</p>
<p>WAIT - so 28th or 30th? I keep hearing both…</p>
<p>Not music. MusicAL. There’s a difference. Musical buffs camp out for tickets to Wicked or Les Mis and are almost all female, gay, or female AND gay.</p>
<p>Oh I see (hahah - I really don’t…oh ha…ha…<em>sigh</em>) Does watching Wicked and being in our MOST AMAZING SCHOOL PRODUCTION of Les Mis count (I was a whore hahah - not much of vocal talent in me)?</p>
<p>CHORUS LINE FTW!!! =D</p>
<p>Les Miserables is amazing too! I’m could be missing out on my school’s summer production for TASP</p>
<p>I actually wrote one of my essays on Sondheim and his impact on musical theatre.</p>
<p>(sigh) Spring break for me is in 2 days and I’ll spend it DOING things. Bleep you, track-coach-who’s-having-us-practice-every-day and Envirothon-team-who-I-have-to-write-all-our-study-material-for. Bleep you to somewhere bad.</p>
<p>I’m going to go play Wyvern (online RPG) and not study for my Physics test tomorrow. So there. 
(Oh God, I’m using text faces. Everything’s going terribly, terribly wrong. Happy thoughts; TASPy thoughts!)</p>
<p>Was anyone else interviewed by the West Coast interview panel in Glendale? Do you happen to remember the names of the interviewers? One was Cameron Jones, but I forget the lady’s name…I want to send them some kind of thank you letter after the final notifications are sent, even if I don’t make it in.</p>
<p>Yeah, similar note. Anyone else go to Goldman Sachs in the city with Michael Millete and Jan Ford? I was there this afternoon.</p>
<p>ooh, me! me!
were you the one i saw, who said “good luck” on the way out?</p>
<p>A real life CC siting? Oh-em-gasp!</p>
<p>I just had a very tiring recycley-environmenty afternoon, BUT…it’s spring vacation here! AHHHHHHHHHH! AHHHH. Ah. I have stuff to do all week. Crap. But AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!</p>
<p>Ahem. A question for interview-ees. Dress is casual right? I know it depends on the place, but if we’re meeting in a coffee shop inside a bookstore, it’s just casual dress, no?? My parental units are attempting me to go semi-formal atleast (ie jeans+formal black shirt). <em>I</em> don’t want to. Hmph. Anyone to validate my position? ; )</p>
<p>OMG YEAH! THAT WAS ME! AHAHA
Craaaaaazzy…Woah…super weird</p>
<p>Uhm, I was super formal…but my interview was also at a big business place. Coffee shop though? hmmmm. Personal opinion is that it won’t REALLY matter.</p>
<p>I wore cordurouys, a collared shirt, and a sweater. It was really low-key though. Just be sure to shower and brush your teeth!</p>
<p>Lol. i wore a suit only because its either that or jeans and a tshirt. I have no in between.</p>
<p>Same as sherlock. I wore a nice shirt with dress pants and dress shoes, but I guess a coffee shop in a bookstore doesn’t require formal dress. Honestly though, it doesn’t hurt to wear a nice shirt with jeans, persay. Just make sure you look clean and crisp. I’m sure what you say is a bajillion times more important than what you’re wearing, anyways (especially in a coffee shop).</p>
<p>I was actually going to say it wouldn’t hurt to wear a nice shirt, but you were asking for someone to back you up. =P</p>