<p>dang
im a soph but im thinking about doing the TASP for my junior year
what are the standards u have to meet?</p>
<p>^Insane Awesomeness</p>
<p>I’ll write something eventually when my mind isn’t in a depressed haze and my world hasn’t ended.</p>
<p>omggg please tell guys…i am going to be a junior next year…i NEED to know…you guys make it sound AMAZINGG…which I am sure it is!</p>
<p>To any little TASPlicants-to-be who might be reading this thread stressing over the fact that their PSAT <em>may</em> not be high enough for TASP:
Shut up. TASP is one of the best things that could ever happen to you, and if a few points’ difference on a standardized test could change that, it wouldn’t be a fraction of what it is. TASP wants interesting people. The PSAT? Not interesting.</p>
<p>To any little TASPlicants-to-be who might be reading this thread: Your PSAT has absolutely NO impact on your TASPlication whatsoever. Telluride uses names from the PSAT to send out applications to people, but that’s just a tool to let students know about the program who otherwise wouldn’t know it existed. Any high school junior in the world can apply, regardless of their PSAT score, and test scores play NO ROLE in the app process-- there isn’t even a place to write them on the application.</p>
<p>So what do TASP look for? </p>
<p>ECs, GPA, APs, what???</p>
<p>Thanks and glad to hear you had fun.</p>
<p>Still being post-TASP depressed, the above post feels infuriating.</p>
<p>Well I would also like to know what TASP is looking for.</p>
<p>I suspect that most TASP people have “moved on”. My son attended TASP this summer-- the application process is very essay heavy. My understanding is that the applicants are mostly judged on those essays to narrow the field down. The finalists then have an in person interview during which the essays are discussed/debated. GPA, test scores seem to have only a small weight in the selection process.</p>
<p>Does anyone ever move on after TASP? Evidence suggests the contrary. 
Which TASP did your son attend, Deirdre? Just curious.</p>
<p>Hmmm, so it seems like they’re more interested in who you are than what you do. </p>
<p>I don’t know if that’s a good portent or a bad omen :(</p>
<p>If you live abroad, how do you get interviewed - does anyone know?</p>
<p>And which program do you think will be the most helpful (in any way) in terms of the subject it deals with? I’m thinking the Cornell one. </p>
<p>For those who attended TASP already: did you think 6 week period was too long? Did it get any repetitive?</p>
<p>^you get a phone interview if you are an international</p>
<p>The TASP subjects aren’t out yet, but regardless of what they end up being, elect to go to UT Austin. It is commonly accepted as the best TASP in all facets :]. Realistically though, TASP runs a lot more smoothly and is much less cliquey with 18 people as opposed to the 32 that Cornell has. </p>
<p>The 6 week period was anything but too long. It FLIES by. So Fast. You won’t even believe it. I honestly would do 6 more weeks in half a heartbeat. It takes a while to get used to the rhythm and to run house meetings efficiently (I believe by the 5th week one we had them under 30 minutes). But just when you finally get the hang of everything…it’s time to leave! <em>dies</em></p>
<p>Good luck and feel free to pm me with any questions! Pathetically, I’m still around everyday.</p>
<p>so if they aren’t looking at the grades, test scores, etc., what type of person do they expect you to be?</p>
<p>(I’m going to be a junior)</p>
<p>TASP looks for original insight, intellect, open-mindedness, ability to make interesting arguments and contribute positively to the casual learning environment.</p>
<p>omg TASP is the complete opposite of repititive. There is so much that you’ll want to do, talk about, etc. that you will never ever want to leave. I’d never been away from home for more than a week before. I thought I’d get all homesick and sick of everyone by the end of week 3, but I didn’t even call home after week 2 because I got so busy/into everything. Six weeks was nowhere near long enough.</p>
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<li>re: going to UT: While UMich is clearly to all other TASP locations (as it has the best bubble tea as well as the historical advantage), UT is much better than Cornell. I really think the smaller community makes a difference. (Plus, UT sent us a singing longhorn stuffed animal. Cornell didn’t even respond to our email.)</li>
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<p>We were originally going to send secret admirer letters to people, but our InterTASP committee kind of fell apart until the very end.</p>
<p>As a Cornell TASPer this past summer, I have to say that seriously… it is absolutely incredible. It DOES NOT get repetitive or boring, and please stop obsessing over test scores and what the Telluride Association looks for in its TASP applicants. Just be yourself, be passionate about who you are, write opinionated and unique (just like you!) essays. </p>
<p>Honestly, I wrote my essays really close to the deadline, and I did not even revise them, but they were me. Also - for the interview, be prepared for brutality and multiple interviewers (like my Yale law students). The questions will be tough and the discussion mind bending and essay shredding. </p>
<p>It’s lots of fun though - just like TASP. I have to say, I thought Cornell was awesome. The community did not feel large at all, we were all super close, and there were so many different people from all over the world and from tons of different backgrounds, and Ithaca is hippie-ville. I saw a guy in the middle of the street rolling a joint and puffing away casually. Among other things, we tried to crash a Socialist pizza party and sung Internationale through the streets.</p>
<p>If you do get into TASP, don’t sleep, seriously… not that you will want to. Stock up on caffeine pills and coffee, and brace for the most crazy dreamlike and surreal intellectual experience ever. You will watch the sun come up every morning and think: “wow, it’s morning already? damn. I have seminar in two hours!”</p>
<p>As another Cornell TASPer this year, I have to disagree with the smaller community superiority thing. I don’t think we can judge each others’ TASPs in that way, because TASPers only experience their own TASP, and you can’t assume to know what a community of 32 was like. It was anything but clique-ish, there were twice as many interesting people to get to know as at UMich and UT, and I left loving every single person. It takes more effort to get to know 31 other people than it does to know 17, but that is what makes the community so dynamic and each individual so essential. The point is, you’ll love TASP no matter where you end up getting into, but just the same…I’m still slightly biased towards Telluride House at Cornell. Michel Foucault masturbated there, then proceeded to smoke marijuana in the kitchen. It must be awesome, right?</p>
<p>Michigan has two groups of TASSers as well as the TASPers which helps make it interesting.</p>