<p>OMGG! I GOT IN! LDKSJFLSDJFS. I’M SO EXCITED. EMAILED AT 11:18
lsdkfjs. The email ended up in my spam box so for a moment I thought I got rejected. I was just really sad, but then I remembered to check my spam box, and yeah. SO GUYS CHECK YOUR SPAM JUST IN CASE!</p>
<p>IN!!! So excited! Now I have to go back and start to study for 6 APs since I have done NOTHING for the past 72 hours but obsess! Later!!! …</p>
<p>I got into UMich, “Freedom, Dialogue and Polarization.” That was my second choice, I believe, but I’m as happy as if it was my first. BECAUSE I AM GOING TO TASP. EEEEEEE.</p>
<p>Accepted; Visions of America From Abroad! I am shaking right now…I have been over-analyzing my interview and essays for the past month and had almost convinced myself that I wouldn’t get in. I still can’t believe it!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED OASDFMLKSADFJSDAKFKSD. :D</p>
<p>(Cornell - Ingenerational Justice)</p>
<p>I’ve decided to respect the Pre-TASP rule and will therefore resist the temptation to post here again. But congrats to fellow acceptees, to rejectees it’s cool, you’re obviously incredible too if you managed to get an interview. And to anyone going to the Cornell one, see ya this summer! :D</p>
<p>3rd on the waitlist D: The wait for May 15th begins >.></p>
<p>I am trying not to social network as per the last paragraph of the acceptance letter. But, generally speaking…those who were accepted or wait listed…which did you get your first, second or third choice? I got my 2nd. TASP says that just over 25% of TASPERS-to-be are given their first choice. I am completely fine with getting my 2nd since it was just as intellectually appealing! They choose the participants first before assigning programs.</p>
<p>It all started with a single thought. It was the evening of January 21st, and I was a bit concerned about how I would spend my summer. Poring over a summer programs bulletin and bouncing off of websites like a madman, I came across TASP. I saw how daunting the application looked, but shrugged it off; this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I wanted to experiment with the idea that, unless you try, whatever it is that you aspire to do will never occur. Even if I had a 5% chance, I figured that unless I tried, it would be 0.</p>
<p>The wait was paradoxical; time whisked by but at the same time slowed to a crawl. To make a rather long post short (I tend to be overly poetic with things), I got into the Cornell II seminar (Thinking Boys, Thinking Girls) after I checked my email at lunch today, standing in line for a chicken wrap. It was sent at 11:10. Cornell II was my STRONG second; I have no reservations. I would like to honor the Telluride code of maintaining anonymity before and during the program. If we didn’t, as Ms. Baer has stated, it would indeed be unfair to those who do not have access to the internet; an ethical dilemma, to say the least. By the way, I was too excited to eat during lunch, and probably will remain this way until that fateful flight to Ithaca.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who applied to TASP. You all tried; you will all, undoubtedly, succeed.</p>
<p>Note:
One of us (or two!) has to be the calculator monkey. We need to record the stats for next year’s TASPlicants!</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone! I know I’ve never posted before, but I’ve been following the thread for a while…alas, I’ve been waitlisted as well…but considering the likelihood of someone declining, I feel like I’ve essentially been rejected. 
Anyway, I hope everyone who was accepted has a FANTASTIC time (as I’m sure you all will).</p>
<p>Rejected. Major beefage.</p>
<p>For those of you who were rejected, I just want to highlight the fact that just because you were rejected does NOT in a million years mean that you’ll be rejected from every college you apply to next year. I know TASPlicants who were rejected and got into their first choice. Conversely, there are TASPers who do not get into their first choice.</p>
<p>This seems like a pretty obvious statement, but hey.</p>
<p>Mechnesium, based on your post, you will fit right in to TASP.</p>
<p>waitlisted, of course. anyone know anything about my chances?</p>
<p>LouisianaPyro, thank you for your encouragement! I was born in Louisiana, by the way (though live in S. Florida).</p>
<p>dovetail, there’s always a chance. I’d assume that there is a ranking of those waitlisted, so it depends on your position on such a list. My safest guess would be that, of the 64 admitted applicants, it is possible that a handful may not be able to attend (for varying reasons). This number could be as few as one or two, though, because I think that the odds of someone having a sudden change of heart, or unforeseen situation that they must take care of, are significantly lower given the small time frame until the launch of the program. Don’t surrender all possibilities, though ;)</p>
<p>@mechnesium: I could have written that post, word for word - down to the Cornell II part! I’m really looking forward to meeting you, but I want to honor TASP’s communication policy, so for now, I’ll just leave it at that…</p>
<p>I got accepted to my first choice, Thinking Boys and Girls too. But there’s a possibility I might not be able to attend. So you wailisters, keep your hopes up ;)</p>
<p>YES! ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Cornell, Intergenerational Justice.</p>
<p>And that’s all I have to say–now that I’m in, I’ll be abiding by that no communications rule. To all those rejected or waitlisted, I am absolutely, absolutely sure that you are wonderful, radiant people who I would have loved to meet.</p>
<p>Ohmygodbestillmyheart…</p>
<p>ahh cornell II is my first choice! i already called the lady in the telluride office and she was nice but just basically told me about the 10 people waitlist separated by gender and she said theres no real rankings its mainly just based on your seminar preference and stuff like that. after my initial disapointment, i’m glad i wasnt rejected and all but mainly im just sick of not knowing what im going to do this summer! when i saw the email in my inbox i was like YES FINALLY!! and then it was like oh…wait 20 more days…cool. waiting on tasp realted things has basically taken up the majority of 2011. and also i have noooooo back up plans. i didnt even find out about tasp until like jan 15th and it was soo stressful getting my application done on time and everything so at least i made it this far!
but i really am happy for everyone who did make it! congrats!! ive been lurking on this thread a long time lol and everyone obviously worked really hard on this and really deserves it :)</p>
<p>Likewise, Aeschylus! Well, I guess this TASP anxiety is finally over… now all I need to do is try to focus on my APs, remaining SAT/ACT sessions (still have to get the ball rolling on my SAT IIs, hopefully I can squeeze them in early next year), and the end of junior year as a whole. TASP will be that little comfort in the back of my mind from now until June 26, a sedative that will kick in when it seems that stress levels are rising… :)</p>
<p>Does anyone know if they sent the rejection notices first this year? or was it at the same time??</p>