<p>I'm sorry alohasam89 but I am not reading that. I read the first paragraph and I don't see anything to do with St. John's or TASP which are the topics we're discussing right now. We haven't talked about politics and foreign relations and we (Okay, I) don't want to talk about it here.</p>
<p>sorry, I sounded like a complete ***** there. I didn't mean it to come out like that.</p>
<p>lol, i had that whole love affair with st. john's, too. even though i first read about it in loren pope's book (colleges that change lives? something like that) when i was a freshman, last year i started getting their propaganda in the mail and i fell in love with the college all over again. i must say, i'm one of those people who are susceptible to those brochures. so far, reed, st. john's, uchicago, and swarthmore are among the leaders in best-propaganda-brochure material. i remember getting the reed prospectus in the mail and swooning. LOL</p>
<p>and cdon, i heard that too... st. john's draws in a very distinctive breed of kids. well, understandably, since it's pretty difficult to convince most high schoolers to go to college in the middle of nowhere, new mexico, reading classics for four years, instead of partaking in the otherwise alcohol/party/drug/sex-filled college experience.</p>
<p>St. John's is one of those places that seemed too authoritarian to me. You're stuck in a four year program that is basically airtight in terms of curriculum, and there's almost no leeway in terms of electives or individual interests. The college basically marks down a list of subjects that it deems Important Knowledge without any possibility for deviation, in a way that I find quite distasteful. You can't even switch the order of requirements you take, meaning you can't even take any physics until junior year. And a life without physics, dear hearts, is no life at all.</p>
<p>Copy-paste strategy employed to flood tangential conversation</p>
<p>He is an RSI poster, engaging in a traditional "rival-summer-camp-over-the-river-and-through-the-woods raid". </p>
<p>Military action in Iran would put me in prison as a draft dodger. Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is a crazy demagogue, and the Iranian people are standing up to his fiery rhetoric Holocaust-denying nonsense. To put our Middle Eastern Israel-lovin' Hegemony Revue in another theatre would be utterly histrionic, and would result in nothing more than grievous loss of life. </p>
<p>Back to St. John's. I too received a letter - intriguing, to say the least.</p>
<p>I hear there's plenty of leeway...sports, drinking, newspaper, etc.</p>
<p>I think it sounds amazing, actually. While I don't like structured things, it's like...stuff that I'd take if it wasn't structured. Actually, no, I do like it structured. I like how you can discuss basically everything with everybody else. Dang, love affairs with colleges <3</p>
<p>Its on my list because it does sound amazing and because its free to apply. Otherwise I would hate the requirements. My high school has a 4 year curriculum with almost no electives and I'm started to disllike it a little. I want options in college. Nevertheless it still looks awesome so I will def. apply.</p>
<p>:) Maybe we'll go to college together Karen! AHH excitement.</p>
<p>I can't wait for college, it sounds so exciting. I wish we could just fast forward a year and a half. :)</p>
<p>I guess I'm one of the few who thinks St. John's is completely the wrong college for him. I guess I wouldn't be able to stand the idea of being limited to the "Classics" when it comes to my entire curriculum. What if I decide I want to study something else?</p>
<p>Nope, not enough leeway for me. =)</p>
<p>Hm, my interviewer called and I have to call her back tomorrow to scedule an inteview. It's a single woman, like I thought. That's a relief....no panel of judges.</p>
<p>Oh, btw, back in the states! Hooray!</p>
<p>I haven't gotten my phone call yet...tear.</p>
<p>And yet I'm happy. </p>
<p>Sometimes I day dream that...I won't get a phone call, so I'll call TASP in April, and then the person will be like, "Oh no! It's too late to get an interview, so I guess you just get automatic admission into TASP."</p>
<p>Ah...I dream about that many, many times in my sad and pathetic life.</p>
<p>hahahaha tako. </p>
<p>i didn't get a phone call either, so i'm kind of hoping the interviewer will call sometime later because i can't do the weekend of the 24th or the 31rst. hum.</p>
<p>okay TASP talk now. I'm out. </p>
<p>We so should go to college together tako although i could never get into the places you could. My stats suck. Trust me on that. i am one of those few average people that happen to lurk on CC. I really am a very happy person 99.9% of the time though which is why I don't freak out when I see the chances section of this site.</p>
<p>I'm pretty average too, Karen. </p>
<p>I don't let myself browse the chances site anymore...because it kind of makes me depressed.</p>
<p>To tell the truth...I'm actually a really weak person. I hate commitment, and I practically never take initiative to do anything. It is without a doubt my biggest weakness. I'm...scared of people and commitment :( Another problem is that I don't have passion for pretty much anything. Rawr. I'm TOO chill and laid back sometimes. But it's just who I am :/ I can't exactly force myself to be passionate...</p>
<p>this site makes me sick. =X</p>
<p>i know nothing about my future and at this point, i just want to have a happy second semester and a good senior year.</p>
<p>I haven't heard from my interviewer yet either. Tako...I have daydreams like that too sometimes. XD So I still freak out a little bit (in a somewhat good, butterflies in stomach way) whenever the phone rings. It's usually just a friend or a telemarketer though. :(</p>
<p>Oh my gosh meeeee toooo million$baby. EVERY SINGLE PHONECALL SCARES ME TO DEATH.</p>
<p>Hmmm.
I have never heard of the St. Johns you all speak of.</p>
<p>I haven't gotten a call yet either. I'm not particularly worried however.
I'm so excited though. Supposedly we (my local peeps) might do our interviews at Stanford....At least thats where the Past TASPer at my school had his.</p>
<p>I remember the days after I called the TASP office and found out that I had gotten an interview, I was on edge waiting for my phone call. A few days after that, I got a phone call and I didn't recognize the phone number and so I picked up and was like "Hello?" And the person at the other end of the line said, "Can I please speak to XXXXX?" My heart nearly gave out right there, but it turns out it was just a kid in my physics class calling to ask if I could explain the homework to him. Poor kid. I think I almost ripped his head off, but at least I helped him finish his homework. :) The anxiety has definitely died down a liiiitle bit. I bet I'll get my phone call whenever I'm least expecting it.</p>
<p>haha.
Check the caller idea during your wild house parties.</p>