What Is TASP Like?

wagsthedog
Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:20:41 +0000

So far, all I’ve read on this website has been about how TASP is the most prestigious and if you do it you get into ivy league blah blah blah. I want to know what the experience is like. I love learning and being with people who are of intellect and are genuinely interested in the things that they learn. However, from this website, it seems like everyone is applying to TASP because its the most prestigious and theyll “automatically” get into the top school that they apply to, NOT because they are genuinely interested in learning. Are all the kids at the program going to be of this type? Obsessed with being the best, going to the best college, planning out every single moment of their high school career specifically for the purpose of getting into the so-called best college in america? Not that, of course, going to a top college means that you do not genuinely love learning. However, I think everyone knows the type who only does things in the hope that it will boost their college resume above everyone else. If TASP is full of kids like this, than I don’t want to do it. If TASP is full of GENUINE kids who love learning and are not doing this for the added-college-resume perks, then I would love to do this.

OK, rant aside, other questions: what is the environment like? workload? is there time for fun?