Tasp 2007

<p>I'm trying to get the TASP app online, but the website WILL NOT LOAD! This is very frustrating.... can anyone help by emailing it or something? Is anyone else having the same problem? I'm desperate.... thanks.</p>

<p>Oh so it's not just me? I was trying to open it last night and it wasn't loading. :/</p>

<p>Try later or have someone email you.</p>

<p>It says "The website tellurideassociation.org is temporarily unavailable please try later. "</p>

<p>Hm.. tricky website.</p>

<p>If there were one essay you'd want to eliminate, which would it be, and what would you replace it with?</p>

<p>I despised the personal struggle essay. They need to broaden it to just any personal experience.</p>

<p>yeah! me too, I have no idea what I'm going to write my personal struggle on.</p>

<p>I wrote mine on a rather frivolous topic.. overcoming my fear of public speaking. :]</p>

<p>Can you previous TASPers elaborate on the interview...was it by phone or did any of you have one in person? About how long did it last? Did someone call you to schedule it ahead of time and how much notice did you have? Were most of the questions related to stuff from your application or did you get surprised by some random questions? Thanx.</p>

<p>Finally got the website to work. Phew. I was really worried there ;) Anyone else having trouble, I'd be happy to email it to you... if I can get it to work again. </p>

<p>I'm excited :)</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>] My interview lasted a little over an hour, but my interviewer had three interviews that day. (I'm from the DC area-- lots of TASP applicants)
[</em>] If you're an international applicant, you'll most likely have your interview by phone. Otherwise, you'll have it in person.
[<em>] I was notified by phone about my interview. It was scheduled about a week ahead of time.
[</em>] The discussion sprung from what I discussed in my essays, but we definitely went on various tangents.
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<p>Refer to my previous post for information about interview content:</p>

<p>The interview is an opportunity to (a) understand more about you as a person; (b) understand more about you as an intellectual. Basically, you and your interviewer(s) discuss the topics mentioned in your essays, and the conversation could take a variety of directions. For example, I wrote my critical analysis on George Orwell's "A Hanging", and my interviewer played off of the themes I mentioned by asking about human nature, ethics, and human rights. Often, it depends on your interviewers' area of expertise or outlook on your essays.</p>

<p>It's definitely more than a friendly chat about your hobbies. The interviewers will ask you questions, and you're expected to respond with the same maturity and insight that you demonstrated in your essays. Having been to both a TASP interview and college interviews, I can certainly testify that TASP interviews are much more intensive (and interesting!). The mood is usually casual (the interviewers are far from aggressive), but the topics discussed are pretty serious.</p>

<p>Don't worry if they point out some holes in your argument; just respond to them as insightfully as possible. Demonstrate intricacy and originality of thought... don't just pull out a string of BS. Your interviewers are TASP alumni; they'll notice if your argument has no substance. Before my interview, I had conversations about my essays with some close friends, which helped a lot.</p>

<p>Yeah the website is having the same problem on my computer.</p>

<p>thanks chaotic...that was really useful</p>

<p>Even if you live in an area where there are no Telluride people (unless you're international), you will have an interview in person. Last year, three people from Colorado got interviews, and they flew someone out to interview us. Telluride is hardcore like that:)</p>

<p>Just a side note: I wouldn't worry too much if your friends are applying.. at TASP 2006, three people from the same high school in Missouri got in (different seminars, though).</p>

<p>for the TASS application..one of the essays is to list your goals for future education. are you restricted to ONLY education goals or can you list your life goals in general?</p>

<p>well, i'm sure that as long you don't list goals like "go to cancun and be on an episode of girls gone wild" (i don't know if you're a girl or a guy, redwood), it's fine. meaningful life goals, i'm assuming, but the "education" aspect is stretchable.</p>

<p>For the future education essay, you could expand that by discussing where you want your education to carry you in life.</p>

<p>thanks chaotic! </p>

<p>are we allowed to start out that essay with an anecdote or does it have to be a very formal essay? i think most of my essays are going to end up sounding very colloquial.</p>

<p>Nah, as far as I know, you can make them informal. Not to say you'll be like "Omgsz I went 2 this kewel place l8 @ nite" OF COURSE. But you don't have to be stiff and dry. Don't be afraid to be humorous and witty, even silly. :)</p>

<p>aaplicants last yr - which lit pieces did you choose to analyze?</p>

<p>"A Hanging" by George Orwell</p>

<p>DO NOT submit a critical analysis you did for school. Trust me; they can tell.</p>

<p>all of my essays were anecdotal. even the issue one started with an anecdote. whatever works for you. there's no set format.</p>

<p>and my lit analysis was about the poem "Things I Never Knew I Loved" by Nazim Hikmet, this awesome turkish guy who wrote in the 40s-60s.</p>