Tasp 2007

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>Haha, the application essays of doom (jk, I'm having a lot of fun with them).
So far I've done...
1. Book list. :) I have about 70 books/periodicals on it. It made me realize that I need to start reading more nonfiction books that aren't "Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction" or "Exploring Chemistry with Electronic Structure Methods."<br>
2. Conflict essay, still in need of massive revisions. I wrote about deciding to attend my residential early college math and science high school of craziness.
3. Critical analysis of the original Ender's Game short story. I probably should have chosen a more mature book (I was originally planning on writing about either GB Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma" or Shaw's "Saint Joan"). I <3 writing about plays, poems, and short stories. I have more fun reading novels, but I love to read and re-read shorter literary forms in search of the perfect quotes. </p>

<p>That's it. I'm in the middle of my issue essay, which is on eating disorders/obesity and their prevalence in America v. other countries. I should probably get back to that soon.</p>

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<p>I'm away for two hours, and a flurry of posts start comming. We are making TASP 2007 the most active on CC :)</p>

<p>Hmm here is how I would rank the seminars</p>

<p>1.UM
2.Cornell II
3.Cornell I
4.UT
5.St Louis</p>

<p>I don't know why, but UM looks soooo interesting</p>

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<p>I feel so dumb.<br>
What is everyone writing about for essay 4 (future plans)??
Is it what school? Or what you want to get out of school??</p>

<p>Am I the only one who will admit that writing is his/her weakness?
Because with all the emphasis placed on the essays, I'm worried.</p>

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<p>What is everyone writing this issue essay on?</p>

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<p>For the future plans essay, I took a very a different route. The majority of my essay isn't about my future plans at all, but it leads up and alludes to what I want to do while giving a glimpse of my personality. But Billy_Liar (btw, are you a guy or a girl?), you can write about anything, not just about college and where you want to go but in the greater sense.</p>

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<p>oh, and your other question. i'm sure most of the poeple who apply are decent (or amazing) writers simply because those are the kids that tasp attracts. but i'm sure your writing is fine. just try to convey your thoughts and your thought process.</p>

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<p>Lawl, girlgirlgirl. "Billy Liar" is my fav song though. At least one of them.</p>

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<p>hehe, decemberists =D</p>

<p>i love "here i dreamt about an architect".</p>

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<p>wow the forum finally letting me post </p>

<p>current situation:
book list 75% (... either I cant remember a huge chunk of books or I am seriously not reading enough...)
personal conflict 60% (in need of revision and completion.. lacking eloquence)
future goals 10% (i have an idea of what to write but havent started writing)
rankings 0% (havent typed it up, plus there's a tie..)
issue: 0%
analysis: 0%</p>

<p>this thread is getting very popular [:</p>

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<p>My rankings are:</p>

<ol>
<li>UT</li>
<li>WUStL</li>
<li>Cornell II</li>
<li>Cornell I</li>
<li>UM</li>
</ol>

<p>I'm wondering...would a dialogue be appropriate for a critical analysis?</p>

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<p>I wouldn't know, but I bet the TASP people would. XD You can always email them questions. What are you guys writing the issue essay on?</p>

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<p>I just made the biggest mistake ever. Since I'm applying to TASS not TASP one of the prompts is very similar yet painstakingly different. I have to discuss and analyze a specific scene of a book not an entire book. X-(</p>

<p>Thank god I only wrote half of it.</p>

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<p>dialogue? like play? </p>

<p>if it's a play, it's definitely okay.</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>UT
1.5 Cornell I</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell II</p></li>
<li><p>Michigan </p></li>
<li><p>St. Louis</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>whatismouse, goldstars, toastwomble.</p>

<p>you're all interested in UT. what are your interests mainly? are you really sciencey people? or are you really sciencey and really interested in humanities?</p>

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<p>gah... everyone has soo much stuff on their book list!</p>

<p>how do you guys fit in all of that with schoolwork/sports/etc?</p>

<p>I have...
Time
The Nation
The Economist
Wired
IEEE Spectrum ( I steal my dad's)
Slate
LA Times
New York Times
2600.... on occasion .. i read it just for laughs
(yes, i manage to read all of those)</p>

<p>butt... i have like 5 books.</p>

<p>A million little pieces
Kafka's short stories
The world is flat
Candide
Blink</p>

<p>will that hurt me?</p>

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<p>I don't think of myself as oriented toward science or humanities. In terms of grades and test scores, it's all been fairly balanced. In college I plan on double majoring in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (if I get into a school that offers it). The UT program just appealed to me right away. It also seems to integrate both science and humanties, which I suppose best fits my interests.</p>

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<p>Oh, and the dialogue I was talking about isn't a play. It's sort of a humorous philosophy dialogue from a book written in the 1970s by a notable philosopher/mathematician. It's the only text that immediately sprang to my mind when I thought about what to do for the critical analysis. Anyway, there dialogue has a lot of content and ideas. I'm just a bit worried that it won't have the multitude of literary devices present in poetry or some short stories.</p>

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<p>I'm sure if you have something insightful to say, TASP will be cool with it.</p>

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<p>Really mathy =P. I'm a math camper (6 weeks of heavenly proofs, two summers in a row, number theory, analysis, beautiful), mathlete, and computational chemistry research assistant, and I go to TAMS, which is an early college/residential high school at UNT for math/science nerds. It's probably safe to say that I'm really sciencey as well. However, I'm also really interested in the humanities. After Calculus, English is my favorite class, and I was copy editor of my old high school's newspaper sophomore year. I'm a voracious reader and read at least 3 newspapers a day. </p>

<p>So which seminars are you interested in?</p>