<p>Don’t do drugs, I you’re gonna have sex don’t get caught and they could care less about rock and roll. ;)</p>
<p>Should we email a letter of thanks to our interviewers? It’s been over a week since I’ve had mine and I am very unsure :/</p>
<p>By the way, I also got the triple whammy!</p>
<p>Don’t do drugs, I you’re gonna have sex don’t get caught and they could care less about rock and roll.</p>
<p>Evidently either I am too dumb to quote a thread or my cpu is messing up. Anyway I was referring to this post when I said that:</p>
<p>“where can we find more info on the rules of tasp? their views on drugs, sex, and rock and roll. and yes, i do mean that figuratively.”</p>
<p>Anyway, all joking aside, I am excited for those of you who have applied to TASP and are going through the process. It truly is an amazing experience.</p>
<p>Thank you notes are always a nice touch, and I suspect at this point it would have no impact on your candidacy, either positively or negatively. So I would suggest you do it.</p>
<p>I sent a thank you email a couple hours after I got home after the interview and I got feedback of my interview when I got a response haha. Good thing I took at leadership program, otherwise I wouldn’t have known to do a thank you letter :)</p>
<p>“If you’re gonna have sex don’t get caught”</p>
<p>What? </p>
<p>Honestly, the last thing on my mind as far as TASP is concerned is getting with people - I consider that unlikely. However, how can they have rules against sex? Now obviously, Telluride can make whatever rules they find appropriate, but I do find it silly to have a rule like this in place when the association is simultaneously encouraging college level discourse. </p>
<p>But this will probably be a nonissue…</p>
<p>Does anyone know when they notified the semi-finalists last year? And I realized I’m thinking about TASP a bit too much…</p>
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<p>Wrong. The TA website says rock and roll is strictly forbidden. You’re only allowed to listen to Dixieland and, if you’re really good, “Sussudio” by Phil Collins on the weekends. </p>
<p>Drugs and sex are fine, though.</p>
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<p>I think it was late April, but the website says early May this year.</p>
<p>You’re right, it will most likely be a non issue, because of the other awesome things going on. But it could be an issue as well depending on who you are and who else is there. Anyway, there is a rule against it. There are supposed to me no “exclusive relationships” in the TASP house. That is actually a large part of the program and, in my opinion, one of the reasons why it was such a unique experience. Of course there was the formation of little groups but everyone was welcomed by everyone else. Intimate relationships tend to be pretty exclusive (and even if they aren’t) there is a rule against it.</p>
<p>An interesting insight. I was unaware.</p>
<p>I agree with LouisianaPyro’s explanation basically–the rule against exclusive relationships really does make sense, because TASP is all about building a cohesive community among everyone there, not just several couples or cliques. At the same time, the spirit of the rule is a lot more important than actually not being in “exclusive relationships” with people (it’s not just for romantic ones, it’s a more general guideline against hanging out with the same person or group all the time). My TASP had two couples, and at least from my perspective everyone involved in them was making an effort to get to know the rest of TASP, so the fact that they were dating someone wasn’t an issue. Withdrawing from everyone else is an issue, and that can obviously happen, but it’s not a given. It’s not like you’re going to get kicked out for being in an exclusive relationship with/hooking up with someone, the rule is just there to let people know that creating a larger community is a lot more important, since it’s kind of the main goal of the program. It should also be said that when it comes to this rule and the structure of TASP in general a lot of it will be somewhat unique to your factota and your TASP.</p>
<p>This all makes perfect sense.</p>
<p>I beg to differ/agree with you a bit Wombatsoup. (Wow, really weird to call you by a handle)</p>
<p>I’ve heard stories about kids being extremely close to being sent home because of exclusive relationships, even non-romantic ones. That being said, I wouldn’t give the impression that if you enter an “exclusive” relationship that there may not be consequences, which may include being kicked out of the program. </p>
<p>Also, I agree with you on the fact that the “rules” are extremely dependent on your TASP and your factota. Wombat and I had factota that kinda let us run wild and were terrible at discipline, which kinda fueled the rule breaking by almost everyone in the TASP community.</p>
<p>@Previous TASPers: Do you still have your factota letters and the Telluride “rules” they sent to us? I read them the other day and got quite the giggle from them.</p>
<p>Cool. I know that I definitely don’t have to worry about this, though. I’m the last person in the world looking for an “exclusive relationship.”</p>
<p>The first week of May feels so far because of this, but so close because of AP Exams… the contradiction is melting my mind everyday D:</p>
<p>Anyone getting ridiculously anxious to get the word from TASP? TWO MORE WEEKS!</p>
<p>Does the TA give full scholarship for travel costs if one demonstrates the need? Or is it partial?</p>
<p>jiangsan - Yes! My stomach and mind are slowly corroding…</p>
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<p>I can’t get it out of my mind O_O we can do this guys… hahahaha</p>