<p>You guys sound like amazing writers…</p>
<p>CritAnal: The Bible and how it still relates to modern life
Problem: Why teenagers join gangs
Seminar: UMich, Cornell II, Cornell I, UT
Conflict: My problems with anorexia
Future: Pediatric Oncologist
Booklist: :(</p>
<p>I’ve never done critanal until TASP apps. It was one of the most horrendous experiences of my life.
And I don’t know about my stance. I don’t think I supported it very well…</p>
<p>But I absolutely loved my future essay. I cried writing it. </p>
<p>I’ll be heartbroken if I don’t get accepted to TASP.</p>
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<p>Anyways…</p>
<p>does anyone want to trade essays and congratulate each other?</p>
<p>My email is <a href="mailto:secshisuhee@gmail.com">secshisuhee@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>so nervous!!!</p>
<p>I’m glad that someone else did Slaughterhouse 5 as well. My essay was terrible. Or rather, it could have been better. I mentioned the antiwar aspect, so I feel much better at least.</p>
<p>TASP has drained my soul. I am emotionally unable to write the column that was due Friday thanks to TASP. All my words have been sucked out of me through a straw.</p>
<p>Critic: I wrote an homage to The Last Unicorn (by Peter S. Beagle), because The Last Unicorn is the most beautiful book that can ever hope to be written. Ever.</p>
<p>Conflict: I supposedly wrote about starting an environmental club, but I think I infused the first two-thirds of the essay with l’eau de:
“What the H*** do you want from me? I’m a NYS white girl in a public school that no one knows the name of! I don’t have a dying mother or cancer, and I refuse to turn the sniffles into pneumonia by pretending that ADD is life-threatening or that having emotionally-detached parents is a rare and exotic disease. Screw you, TASP, and your stupid essay topic.”</p>
<p>Career: Blah blah blah, environmental scientists, blah blah, “I don’t plan on entering 2020’s hottest new reality show, America’s Next Top Ecologist”, blah. Gag me.</p>
<p>Seminars: I rather enjoyed this one. U of Mich (because it’s environmental and it’s awesome), Cornell II (because it’s Cornell and I am in an unrequited love affair with Cornell University. I think I liked the seminar topic too, but I honestly can’t remember what it was), Texas (because it’s awesome, although not in my field), and Cornell I last because I don’t know a d*** thing about the Caribbean and I doubt that over 1% of those applying do either.</p>
<p>Books: Books.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m one of the “forum stalkers” you all have been talking about. I did my application and turned it in with thirty minutes to spare 'till midnight. Since everybody else is doing it, I’ll post my topics:</p>
<p>Inner Conflict: This is the one I’m most worried about because I feel like I didn’t address the question. It’s more about my relationship with my brother, how much I’m like him, and how over the years I’ve become more of my own person. Not of that sounds conflicty to me. No, conflicty isn’t a word, but I move for its nomination to the English language.</p>
<p>Field Conflict: This one I revised from an essay I wrote a year ago for International Relations. Its about the war on terrorism, but more specifically, its about how its a futile war.</p>
<p>Critnal: This was the first critnal I think I’ve ever written, unless the teachers in Florida call it something else. I chose Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, which is about, you guessed it, an old guy dying!</p>
<p>Seminars: I didn’t really consider this an essay, at least I didn’t structure it so. I Just wrote a little bit about each seminar and why I wanted/didn’t want to attend it. In the end, my order was Cornell I, Cornell II, University of Austin, then UMich(I hate the environment and believed it should be burned down. (: )</p>
<p>Book list: I don’t know how I compare to everybody else but here they are, just for completeness’ sake.
<p>Speaking of music, I listened to the same band, Matt and Kim, for the entire thing. I kept feeling like dancing, which was not so great for my writing.</p>
<p>Wow, this feels really long for my first post. Also, did anybody alse apply to TASP just because of this thread? Seriously, Tako, you have a gift with words!</p>
<p>ateam: your kidding. i felt like it was a such a simple thing to do. like i should have picked some classic book or super obscure one.lol. what was your essay mainly arguing?</p>
<p>wolf: for your seminars you dont like the caribbean one cuz you know nothing about it right. did anyone pick a seminar Because they were a little unfamilair with the topic? like i get the whole reinforcing my life goals thing. but hey wouldnt that be something to learn New things?</p>
<p>i dont mean to insult, just wondering.</p>
<p>hudson: i ahve the exact seminar order as you. and i also felt like ive never written a critical analysis i had to ask my english teacher if i was doing it right : ( ; screw the fcat! ay?
and im totally happy to see that you dont have this beastly book list. and how good is “the metamorphosis” ?</p>
<p>Screw the fcat! I can’t agree anymore, but I’m preaching to the choir, right?
Anyway, Metamorphosis is so full of metaphors that I felt my head was going to explode. Luckily, my edition had a comprehensive breakdown of the text in the back, so when I finished I could go back and go over what I didn’t see or see it from a new perspective. None the less, I felt like I was cheating by relying on the book to tell me what it meant (:</p>
<p>well in that case its on my to read list along with Walden.</p>
<p>Now your talking my language. Thoreau’s views of simplistic life are inspirational yet difficult to emulate in our society. Without a doubt, I recommend Walden and Civil Disobedience, if you want a preview of his views on government.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying to my first post btw.</p>
<p>lol, i had to read the night thoreau spent in jail and it totally convinced me that thoreau was amazing; though like you said now a days you cant just walk away from technology and society and do that. i found Walden on my bookshelf and i was like “this is totally destiny” but i never got to finish cuz i had to finish the crucible. lol.</p>
<p>but i really love the thought that you can totally not support your government if you feel like they are doing something that you dont agree with at all. not paying taxes, good stuff.</p>
<p>Panicpower: Let me rephrase. I neither know nor care about the Caribbean.</p>
<p>Ah! You guys all sound like such amaaaazing people. =3 Good luck to everyone because I have a 100% chance of receiving a rejection letter–I’m really worried that I seem like an idiot to the readers. I couldn’t even write a whole page for two or so of the essays because I was rushing to get it postmarked (;_
in the hour that I had, like a moron, left myself to write, and they were completely bs-ed the whole way through, with really bad grammar and limited vocabulary. And, by the way, when was the actual due date because I hear people saying there was an extension (?!), which makes me really frustrated! lawl. I dunno. And, plus, I honestly don’t even think I’m an insightful/intelligent enough person for the program, so I really have no idea why my guidance counselor even recommended me, and my school should really get that glitch fixed. Haha, erm yeah… bye! (I joined this site just 'cause of this thread. XD)</p>
<p>No worries! If we don’t get in, we don’t get in, but damn, I hope we do! Online TASPlicants had an extension 'till Sunday at midnight, but it doesn’t really make a dif now, right?
I totally joined just for this thread as well.</p>
<p>haha you guys should go join my friend’s facebook group:
“**** this, I’m gonna go live at Walden for two years”
=P
ironically, the kid’s last name is Hudson, lol</p>
<p>i’m writing here cause I’m too scared to post the 1000th post without any consensus on celebratory rituals!</p>
<p>We’re about to hit 1,000 posts! What do we do? I’m new to this, is there some short of procedure or ritual that must be performed? Human sacrifice seems too brutal to me, so how about an internet dance party?</p>
<p>funny hudson. and walden sounds perfect. it could be a co-op</p>
<p>I’m 1000!!!</p>
<p>And the essays that I’ve gotten so far are really good… :)</p>