<p>I think my life will end via massive personal failure and total shutting-down of the spirit if I don’t get to go to TASP. I laid in bed for half an hour this morning thinking about TASP; I think my interviewers voodooed me with a magical hex that has entranced me into believing that life sans TASP is not worth living. </p>
<p>I’m a little bit obsessive now - in case you couldn’t tell. I wish musechick from last year was here to answer our (my) questions about the great and terrible TASP gods (committee). Well, there’s only 11.5 days of suffering left (except for those who get rejected, which will extend it to about 65.8 days of suffering).</p>
<p>Philoglossia’s post made me wonder: Why did all of you pick the first-choice seminars that you did? (beside the fact that Blank Seminar is awsesome, 'cause they’re all awesome) Most of us have listed our choices, but not everybody explained them.</p>
<p>Me: UMich, because I’m already an environmental freak and I’d get to see the PRACTICAL environmental concerns of the world, not just the “Save the whales! Save the trees!” mindless nature-saving (although I enjoy that part of environmentalism too).</p>
<p>I know I’m late buy…Go Tennis! gah! ths thread makesme so anxious. just being around ppl that want it so bad makes me want it just as much. I’ll cry for days if I’m rejected. </p>
<p>My first choice was Cornell II b/c I’ve always found international relations interesting. UT Austin was last because it’s half-way across the country.</p>
<p>good question
I was reading “Development as Freedom” by Amartya Sen and a bit of John Rawls at the time of applying, so the words social justice and the whole southern perspective caught my interest. I do an ec that involves a lot of inter cultural aspects ( it’s for those that have been granted asylum just recently and of course need asstistance for their kids in school or bureaucratics, just dealing with the huge cultural differences in general ) , so I thought I could gain more understanding for the people I’m working with.
My free choice essay involved a lot of analyzing the german and american constitution, so I thought it would be just as interesting to to the same with the human rights declaration of 1948.</p>
<p>Michigan is not that far behind as a choice for me now. Not that I’m dendrophile or the typical greenpeace activist. Not far away from my hicktown home, a company plans to build a huge open pit brown coal mine and I’m not sure whether I’m pro or con, so I would like to learn more about it.</p>
<p>henn that pit sounds bad like it could be bad for your health.</p>
<p>I chose Cornell I because it immediately caught my eye. I am always asking why when pertaining to people’s behaviors, and getting a look at Caribbean culture and how it is being mixed in with technology. Being able to learn about art and all that in the hands of TASP just was too much to resist.</p>
<p>Don’t be so sure, tremulant1. Let me tell you a little bedtime story. There used to be a whole group of TASPers-to-be on this thread that were eloquent, had great essays (as far as any of them could tell), and stayed up into the early mornings debating. Only 2 of them made the essay cut, and one of those was a TASSer. All the others - bang bang you’re dead.</p>
<p>The typical answer to red cat is obviously Federer - I mean he DOES have this “luck” that allows him to make some UNBELIEVABLE shots… ; ) The one I ADMIRE the most (but don’t necessarily think is crazy awesome) is Sharapova because she always does well under pressure and pulls herself together. The most amusing to watch = Venus Williams. MAN. She can RUN!!! Both sisters can run. </p>
<p>As of now, I really don’t care WHERE I get in so long as I GET IN. I mean, I KNOW that all of them will be interesting and if I didn’t think it was interesting on paper, it WILL be an unexpectedly good.</p>
<p>Oh believe me, I was on the thread before the first cut, and quite frankly I was terrified. It’s possible, however, that those kids didn’t write well under constraints. Moreover, the first cut was something like an 18% acceptance rate. The next one will be 50%, far higher than the admission rate for almost any remotely-competitive college. As far as I can see, there are about 15 of us on CC who’ve made the interview, excluding those who thought their interview went poorly, I think the rest of us have a very good chance. Nothing is for sure, but I’m staying positive. The other option is going bat-**** crazy and locking myself in my room, wondering if they’ll deny me because I split an infinitive in my first essay.</p>
<p>Yes, but just remember that every member of “The 140” that you’re competing against is well-qualified and would be fine at TASP, and all but 2 or 3 would definetely go if given the chance. Oh, where’s a musechick (aida) when we need one? </p>
<p>Let the panic rats that have bred within me spread, spread and multiply among the innocent souls! Muhahahahahaha! Haha! Ha.</p>
<p>Federer is brilliant but I’m not a fan simply b/c he’s already #1…it’s like, there’s no motive in me cheering for him b/c he’s already at the top. Tsonga is my fav. b/c he makes tennis a show. tremulant, how can you not love Roddick? his serves are sick! Blake is frustrating b/c he doesn’t know how to close a damn game. Mihan, i agree w/ the MaSha comment. If only she was less noisy…sry for this digression. </p>
<p>speaking of interviews, how was everyone’s? i (and karajanhra) had awesome interviewers but they didn’t drop any hints like “good job” or “nice essays”. I just rambled on and on and they nodded every now and then…really cut and dry >.></p>
<p>I know! Chat, I hated that our interviewers didn’t frickin’ tell us ANYTHING. At least Ellen Baer told giantredlobster about the notification date, and I assume that she answered anything else that giantredlobster, panicpower and her other interviewees asked. Other people say that their interviewers talked about things related to TASP, but like I’ve said before, anyone listening to my interview would’ve had no idea why on Earth we were discussing 5 essays but for the 2 questions I asked.</p>
<p>exactly!! prior to the interview, i tried to anticipate the questions they’d ask me. I expected things like “Why do you want to go to TASP?” or something relevant to the program. but mines was exactly like yours. no positive reinforcement or anything. I walked away from it feeling confused, blind, and insecure. damnit T.T</p>
<p>“Let the panic rats that have bred within me spread, spread and multiply among the innocent souls! Muhahahahahaha! Haha! Ha.”
the angry tasp god has spoken through you O_o</p>
<p>Chat, I actually told them I was surprised they didn’t ask why I wanted to go. The guy said that they wouldn’t ask that because no one really knows what TASP is like until they get there.</p>
<p>That guy’s obviously never been to the TASP thread, as all who visit here know that TASP is Heaven’s older, hunkier brother (or for the gentlemen, younger, hotter sister). </p>
<p>Henn G, the “panic rat” is from Stephen King. He likes to make the concept of panic into some sort of animal, usually a rat, when he’s describing it through a character. Stephen King rocks the sheets.</p>
<p>0991045, you’re in dangerous territory. One, you shouldn’t be asking that, little boy. Two, AA ticks me off enough without inserting it into TASP. Three, none of us are TASP admissions people, so we don’t know anyway. (oh, to be able to use real swear words) The fact that you’re male and Hispanic helps you for no valid reason. Now go away.</p>
<p>Although I DO agree that we shouldn’t be worrying about getting the better edge in the competition through things like URM, I think EVERYONE here is pretty nervous about TASP and would like to have even a 1% higher chance of getting in. Karajanhra, I think that was a little harsh. ; ) I mean if YOU were URM, wouldn’t you be praying that TASP favors URMs even if you don’t believe in AA?</p>
<p>Of course I would. But if you have a shoe or urine fetish, do you talk about it publicly? If your father is the head of admissions at Yale, do you tell your best friend who was just rejected? There are things, good and bad, that you keep to yourself in certain company. Flaunting the fact that you’re a URM going for TASP 11 days before admissions is one of them.</p>
<p>karajanhra. Exactly how is it that you are automatically able to assume my gender and cultural background? In any case, even if one is a URM, theyre accepted because they have a larger ability to discuss and comment on multicultural and global issues. In this case, I suppose that URM would be an extremely large benefit at TASP as it ties in with the global perspective of the program. In any case, you need not worry about my not being qualified “enough”. I’m very proud of my resume and speak four languages fluently (I’m working my fifth). Would you like to compare resumes if your so insensitively insecure about your own chances?</p>
I wish musechick from last year was here to answer our (my) questions about the great and terrible TASP gods (committee). Well, there’s only 11.5 days of suffering left (except for those who get rejected, which will extend it to about 65.8 days of suffering).</p>