<p>iris, tomorrow? Good luck + be prepared for an April Fool's Day joke! ;)</p>
<p>on a side note, I'm really nervous about the interview after reading procrastiNate's post. -_-;;</p>
<p>Don't worry bout your interview.
1) I would type the first thing that came to mind here but that's really mean of me to say on a forum like this. It was just an insult to Nate.
2) If it doesn't go well you can always come to TRASP. I think it stands for TASP Reject Association Summer Program...or something like that. Correct me if I'm wrong</p>
<p>^ LOL!</p>
<p>I hope TRASP isn't nearly as selective as TASP. At least I'll get into something. ;)</p>
<p>No it's not. I'm already in it. I think its being held in Kansas but that was decided a long time ago. I really don't mind if it's held in ny. TRASP located in Penn Station! Or we can come down to jersey hang out at the mall. =/ Ah i hate nj.</p>
<p>ny sounds like a good plan
i think we should just go on a trasp road trip</p>
<p>we could go mess with all the tasp's</p>
<p>Heck yeah! </p>
<p>That sounds exciting :) I'd like to take part.</p>
<p>g'luck iris!</p>
<p>a TRASP road trip? count me in :D</p>
<p>hey, I'm curious, what do you think is appropriate attire for a boy to the interview?</p>
<p>Is jeans and a polo OK? Or is that too casual? </p>
<p>Sorry, I haven't really had an interview before. I'd appreciate some quick insight. :)</p>
<p>Interview wasn't that bad, the kid before me looked like he was going to wet his pants! seriously I thought 'oh my god this kid is going to barf or wet himself one of the two'. </p>
<p>Interviewer was tough but I broke her-made her laugh with a joke about Obama and Shequille O'Neal on MTV playing one on one-</p>
<p>She hadn't read any of my books so I felt free to elaborate on them without concern for her interpretation-um asked me about my plans to change the world-no like an actual plan! Wasn't expecting that! </p>
<p>Questions were totally different than I thought they would be, more about how I view things (current events) vs. just factual info about the events. </p>
<p>Didn't ask anything about communal living, and had me defend my choice of program...that's about it-</p>
<p>Iriseyes, hope your interview went well! Nate, I am sure you did great-quit freaking out chillax man, it's all good. </p>
<p>I'm in for a road trip, I love it-a reject club, at least it's highly selective!</p>
<p>TASS represent! :D</p>
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<p>Celita wear what you feel comfortable in. Personally I like to dress nice so I'm wearing a casual slack with a dress shirt. But I dressed it down by wearing a non-dress shoe and a T-shirt under the dress shirt with the 2 top buttons open. (Dont follow my advice I'm not 'What Not To Wear' over here)</p>
<p>You don't need to WOW them with your apparel just make sure it shows that you care.</p>
<p>dont worry treadmill i'm not freakin out
i wouldn't be surprised if i didn't get in, but at the same time i wouldn't be very surprised if i did
either way i'm glad that it's done with and i can just forget about it until may</p>
<p>For my TASP interview, there were four grad students and the experience itself was very much akin to experiencing a stampede in the African desert. </p>
<p>Long story short, I was reduced to an incoherent, inarticulate puddle of nervousness as they gunned me down with various incredibly smart sounding questions. Consequently, I was rendered stupefied by their sheer intelligence that I could barely follow what they were asking me. </p>
<p>In fact, I can't recall saying anything that reflected nicely upon me. Two of my interviewers just kept frowning at me... that wasn't very encouraging at all.</p>
<p>I hope I'm not freaking anyone else out here, but I desperately want to know if anyone else had a similar experience... or if I'm just that dumb.</p>
<p>^ Oh my goodness don't tell me that before my interview!!! I've plenty freaked as it is. >_<</p>
<p>What did they ask you about anyway?</p>
<p>I can't wait until my interview is over, too :)</p>
<p>On a side note, my mother is absolutely ridiculous and doesn't understand how much I want TASP and EIC.</p>
<p>Mother: "Jenny, getting EIC is very important. Make sure your application is very good and tell your advisor that you want EIC and not centerspread. EIC is very important for your college resume because it shows leadership."</p>
<p>Jenny: "...I KNOW." (Thinks about how ridiculous her mother is being. As if I wouldn't put hours into my EIC application. Which I am currently doing, and which my friend and I just spent 9-10 hours discussing at our sleepover, and will discuss for another 2-3 hours later today, I expect. I have been working on my answer for number 1 for an hour now, and it's only ~300 words. I will probably not even start homework until 10 tonight, because I will spend all my time doing this application which is due tomorrow.)</p>
<p>Mother: "Jenny, make sure you prepare for your interview! Go over your essays and everything. Summer programs look really good on your college resume because they show that you are taking initiative."</p>
<p>Jenny: "...I KNOW." (Again thinks about how ridiculous her mother is being. As if I don't want TASP more than anything in the world. As if I wasn't going to reread my essays five bazillion times, check up with current events, skim a few of the books on my booklist, and try my best to think up the questions they might ask.)</p>
<p>I hate how my mother is proud of me for all the wrong reasons. I don't like telling her stuff, because I know that her response will just be, "Oh, that will look really good on your college resume!" I hate it. I hate college. It's absolutely ridiculous. I don't do stuff to put on my college application, I do stuff because it's what I want to do. Why can't she understand that? I don't effing care if colleges like it if I'm EIC or get into TASP. I want to do it because I want to effing do it. And I hate how she tells me to do all this stuff when I am already doing it x10. She just doesn't understand how much stuff matters to me sometimes, and thinks everything is about college. RAWR.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to bore you all with my rants; CC has just totally become my ranting grounds :)</p>
<p>yeah, i definitely know what you mean. parents take your goals, turn them into something different, and then impose them back on you</p>
<p>So how much does the interview factor in to the final committee decision, compared to your essays or your overall application??</p>
<p>^ i don't think anyone knows - at least, they don't know a percentage split e.g. it's half-and-half. but it plays a part, for sure.</p>
<p>It probably depends on your interview or essays, too. If you have borderline essays, I would suppose it plays a larger role in the overall decision. Or if you have an TERRIBLE or AMAZING interview, it probably has that much more weight. Don't take my word for it, though!!</p>
<p>More important than college interviews, probably less so than job interviews. :-D</p>