Tasp 2007

tako · March 13, 2007, 11:11pm

Doesn't it?

Too bad it doesn't have any merit scholarship money...not that I'd get any. I guess I'll just have to win lots of scholarships because I doubt my parents would ever pay for a school like that.

But I think it sounds really, really, really cool. I'm in love...again :D Haha my dream schools have gone from (this year): Cornell, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, University of Chicago, and now St. John's.

Well maybe not my dream school. But definitely a possibility...I think it gets added to the list. :D Not that my list is any good right now, ha ha.

karen61990 · March 13, 2007, 11:16pm

haha. It's on my list too. Well it was off my list but looking at it again its going to be put back on my list. My parents would freak if they knew i wanted to go to a school like that. For my dad its a top 25 school only. I wish he would just let me do what I want.

ProcrastiNate · March 13, 2007, 11:28pm

tako, dartmouth is awesome, i reccomend it
if i had a list, which i absolutely don't, dartmouth would be on it, except i live pretty much on dartmouth, so that's not happening

rocketfueled · March 13, 2007, 11:41pm

Uberduperdork, I'm having my interview in Seattle too! (: Which weekend did you say was more convenient for you?

rocketfueled · March 13, 2007, 11:43pm

Oh and the TASP thread is officially not featured on the front page anymore :/

karen61990 · March 14, 2007, 12:26am

Seriously!!!!!!

karen61990 · March 14, 2007, 12:28am

wait, yeah it is. I just checked and it was there.

tako · March 14, 2007, 12:33am

I like Dartmouth, too, Nate :) It's on my list too! Haha :)

I'm in a scheduling dilemna. Which class should I take?
- AP Stats
- Contemp Lit (I LOVE Lit :D which is basically why I'm applying to TASP :D)
- Art 2 (I like art too...)
- AP French (but French is really boring :()
- Leadership (which means i have to run for class office or apply for commisionner...which sounds like lots of fun too!)

Dang. This is the first year where I've had schedule issues, and it's going to be my senior year, too!

Giantredlobster · March 14, 2007, 1:31am

That stinks Tako. :-/
All classes are completely unrelated so that makes it even harder..... Contemp lit?

uberduperdork · March 14, 2007, 2:14am

Wow, Nate those are some really interesting classes (or at least they sound cool). My school just has a jumble of AP's and the basic law/philosophy/societies class. I'm jealous.

I've been dreaming of ways in which my interview could go horribly wrong. It's pretty funny until you hit the realistic one... You see, when I get nervous -- borderline-hyperventilation nervous -- I start showing signs of dyslexia. I had a dream where I was talking about Ann Coulter and I started saying she was a lefty, while waving my right hand in reference to her, then stopping to correct myself, then returning to calling her a lefty, and concluding with a statement regarding her lack of ideology and how I am a centralistististististismic dude (or something like that, the dreams a bit fuzzy). I just hope to Nunn I stay calm.

On another note, today in my biology class, a student asked our teacher (in reference to evolution) if the Dalai Lama was related to the camel.

Giantredlobster · March 14, 2007, 3:04am

XD Dali Lama

OptimusPrime · March 14, 2007, 5:25pm

well they share a common ancestor somewhere along the line

karen61990 · March 14, 2007, 6:19pm

haha, they do.

Tako- take whichever you think you'd like baest. It's senior year so after you submit all your apps you'll really only do work for classes you enjoy. With that said, take contemp lit. You seem to really love that topic and you will do amazingly in it, especially after TASP.

ProcrastiNate · March 14, 2007, 6:24pm

got the st johns thing today, yeah it looks awesome
i wouldn't be able to handle it for 4 years though
looks perfect for a friend of mine, i'll probably convince him to go

justanotherCCer · March 14, 2007, 8:44pm

Well, for my interview my person banged his fist emphatically on the table and said, "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH" a couple of times. I still got in, so it probably wasn't that bad of an interview in hindsight.

tako · March 14, 2007, 8:46pm

<3 I think I will take Contemp Lit.

I'm afraid it'll end up being TOO much literature, though. If I do, I'll have THREE English classes - AP Literature, Journalism, and Contemp Lit. Too much? I don't even know if we're allowed to take three English classes. Haha. I'll talk to my lit teacher later :P except I don't like talking to her about academic stuff....lol.

But I do also want to run for class office...maybe I'll just run, and lose, and then the decision will be made for me :D

Hum dee dum. There are just too many decisions to make in life :/ I'll probably end up flipping a coin like always (works every time! It's actually kind of scary how it does. Like for my literature essay right now, I had a whole list of options for what motif I should choose, and then I went through and flipped coins for each - heads for yes, and tails for no. And every single topic got a tails except for the one I was leaning towards which got heads! And then I redid it because I'm a superstitious freak like that...and got the exacty same results. FREAKYYY. Anyway, I have no doubts as to what I should be writing my essay on :D)

million_baby · March 14, 2007, 9:49pm

Contemp lit...that's pretty cool. I'm taking perhaps too much math for my taste next year. Calculus III and Stats? Good thing I decided not to take Differential Equations in addition to that. :P tako, I love your superstitious-ness. I have to admit, I'm kind of like that too, lol.

justanotherCCer, that sounded like a fun interview... :) despite still being nervous, I'm actually, in a way, looking forward to my interview.

alohasam89 · March 14, 2007, 10:04pm

OMG A TASP thread. i never realized there was one.

Dems abandon war authority provision

By DAVID ESPO and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers Mon Mar 12, 7:22 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit
President Bush's authority for taking military action against
Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the
Iraq war.
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Officials said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) and other members of the leadership had decided to strip from a major military spending bill a requirement for Bush to gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.

Conservative Democrats as well as lawmakers concerned about the possible impact on
Israel had argued for the change in strategy.

The developments occurred as Democrats pointed toward an initial test vote in the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday on the overall bill, which would require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Sept. 1, 2008, if not earlier. The measure provides nearly $100 billion to pay for fighting in two wars, and includes more money than the president requested for operations in
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The White House has issued a veto threat against the bill, and Vice President
Dick Cheney attacked its supporters in a speech, declaring they "are telling the enemy simply to watch the clock and wait us out."

House GOP Leader John Boehner (news, bio, voting record) of Ohio issued a statement that said Democrats shouldn't count on any help passing their legislation. "Republicans will continue to stand united in this debate, and will oppose efforts by Democrats to undermine the ability of General Petraeus and our troops to achieve victory in the Global War on Terror," he said.

Top Democrats had a different perspective.

Pelosi issued a written statement that said the vice president's remarks prove that "the administration's answer to continuing violence in Iraq is more troops and more treasure from the American people."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said in a statement that America was less safe today because of the war. The president "must change course, and it's time for the Senate to demand he do it," he added.

The Iran-related proposal stemmed from a desire to make sure Bush did not launch an attack without going to Congress for approval, but drew opposition from numerous members of the rank and file in a series of closed-door sessions last week.

Rep. Shelley Berkley (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said in an interview there is widespread fear in Israel about Iran, which is believed to be seeking nuclear weapons and has expressed unremitting hostility about the Jewish state.

"It would take away perhaps the most important negotiating tool that the U.S. has when it comes to Iran," she said of the now-abandoned provision.

"I didn't think it was a very wise idea to take things off the table if you're trying to get people to modify their behavior and normalize it in a civilized way," said Rep. Gary Ackerman (news, bio, voting record) of New York.

Several officials said there was widespread opposition to the proposal at a closed-door meeting last week of conservative and moderate Democrats, who said they feared tying the hands of the administration when dealing with an unpredictable and potentially hostile regime in Tehran.

Public opinion has swung the way of Democrats on the issue of the war. More than six in 10 Americans think the conflict was a mistake ? the largest number yet found in AP-Ipsos polling.

But Democrats have struggled to find a compromise that can satisfy both liberals who oppose any funding for the military effort and conservatives who do not want to unduly restrict the commander in chief.

"This supplemental should be about supporting the troops and providing what they need," said Rep. Dan Boren (news, bio, voting record), D-Okla., on Monday upon returning from a trip to Iraq. Boren said he plans to oppose any legislation setting a clear deadline for troops to leave.

In his speech, Cheney chided lawmakers who are pressing for tougher action on Iran to oppose the president on the Iraq War.

"It is simply not consistent for anyone to demand aggressive action against the menace posed by the Iranian regime while at the same time acquiescing in a retreat from Iraq that would leave our worst enemies dramatically emboldened and Israel's best friend, the United States, dangerously weakened," he said.

what are your views on this?

cdon · March 14, 2007, 10:05pm

i'm sort of morally opposed to tangents (hah), but omg st.john's! for a little while i thought i would just go to st.john's and never think about college again... and then i realised that that would basically constitute a 4yr intellectual vacation and a long future of expensive grad school. sigh. i'll probably still apply, but i've also heard that the kids there are sort of... strange. smart-but-creepy, ya know? anyway, it was my dream school for a long time too. the first time i got a pamphlet and read about it i thought it was the perfect match, just like it says in their promotional essays. haha.

alohasam89 · March 14, 2007, 10:06pm

and this