For the first essay, did y’all explicitly say TASP in your essay for the part where it asks “what unique perspectives you will bring to TASP”?
@jellypop I don’t see why not if it’s included in the question.
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20170124T235959&p0=179&msg=Submission+deadline&font=serif
Low key scream
I did email them before I posted here, hope it turns out alright
what do you guys think of 6.5k characters for the third essay? I can’t stretch it without being bloviated
Hey fellow procrastinators, do you guys know if the essays have to be exactly 1500 words? Or can it be less?? HELP
@hipsterical 9000 characters or less and you’re fine. They encourage being concise but with such a large character limit, you really should use it
OMG. How did I not find this thread beforehand? I can relate with so much of what you are all saying (also a 2017 TASP applicant who totally procrastinated after telling herself for a month she wouldn’t). BTW, I just came back from sending my essays to the post office :-SS. How’s it going for everyone else?
@ssn365 rewriting my first essay lmao hows everyone else
1 is done, #2 is halfway, #3 I have an idea, the others are mostly done. Will I finish? Procrastination at its finest =D>
@ssn365 finished 2 & 3, at 1494 and 909 words each, and off to essay 1 with exactly 11 words! 
GUYS WE CAN DO IT!!!
@soccer1235 I don’t mind if you’re against answering, but how what general structure did you use for your first prompt? I wrote about my experiences, but it seems to be like a brag sheet LOL so I’m rewriting.
Same here! Any advice for essay 3? I still have to write essay 3 and finish up 1
Why are we all so great at procrastinating on this thread; I’m halfway through one and havent started three
good luck guys
@jelllypop I would pick a conflict that showcases a certain aspect of your personality and helps the readers understand you. I generally avoid conflict so essay 3 was difficult for me too, but tbh if you only have a minor conflict - say when you get tired or stressed out you flat out ignore your sister (…definitely not taking from my life here)- and magnify it, like, relate it to the lingering thread of resentment you’ve always had for your sister and explain how maybe one particular incident changed your relationship with her.
if they say turn in by january 24 does that mean like California time zones or like new york time zones or is it just based on where u live?
@divastar6 your advice is really good, do you have any for essay 1?
thank you!! your advice is so helpful!
@immaballerhaha it means 11:59 PM over on the East Coast. If you’re in CA like me, it means before 8:59 PM
@candylover1005 aw thanks!
I love essay 1 so much because my education is basically my entire life because we’re still forming into whole people and I personally still have a long way to go. Just think about big and small moments in your life which changed or strengthened your viewpoint.
Just because I like hearing examples, I’m including things about Mane Stream, this horse riding place where I assist with patients with disabilities and how they taught me about life, not just through their ‘admirable’ endurance but how they were strong enough to be weak, to say no, how brave it is for them to communicate their feelings when a few pretty much can’t do anything else.
I’m also talking about my long history with sports (soccer for 10 years, then volleyball, then tennis), as well as my initial struggles playing the flute which abruptly came back in 8th grade and caused a bit of an identity crisis.
I’m also talking about my ‘education through literature’ and how I was obsessed with fairy tales and pretended one of the water tank things in my town was Cinderella’s castle and then expanding on how this influenced who I am as a person.
Also for the formal education, it can be anything from a favorite teacher to a teacher who wasn’t a good role model at all, a course that made you think about things you never have before, or the inherent issues of the education system.
Even your family has influenced you a lot I bet, maybe you got lost once in a Sports Authority and you went on an ‘epic adventure’ to find your family and this resulted in a tendency to be independent? Or you got catcalled or bullied?
I personally think the emphasis of the question is on ‘experiences’, not education. How did you become who you are?
Sorry this was so long, good luck! I personally found it was the brainstorming that was the problem for this essay.