<p>Inkling,
Cool. What contest?
The yes-then-no thing has applied to me too. yow.</p>
<p>they're making decisions this very minute</p>
<p>River of Words, poetry, but I have no idea which poem! (They just stuck my name up there and didn't even bother to send me a letter or anything, but my English teacher had a heart attack!)</p>
<p>Everybody, QUICK, think good vibes to the admissions people! Then again, that might backfire if they aren't discussing you right now, but whatever...</p>
<p>Anybody here taken IB Math Methods exam? Prob. not. Anybody taking AP or IB in the next few weeks, good luck. I don't envy the AP people! (IB is a lot easier for writers.)</p>
<p>what is tasp?</p>
<p>"A TASP is a six-week educational experience for high school juniors that offers challenges and rewards rarely encountered in secondary school or even college."</p>
<p>They Are Deciding Our Fate!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>i hope we get these letters by monday--id rather be stress free for aps</p>
<p>I'm more worried about TASP than APs/SATs.</p>
<p>lol.</p>
<p>Why? SATs and APs (or IBs as the case may be) you can still do something about. TASP is literally out of our hands. My philosophy: worry yourself sick over something in your power; check the mail box daily for that which is not.</p>
<p>I hope I get my letter by Monday too. If I don't, I have to come up with something quick or else be doomed to another consecutive summer of babysitting little brothers while my mother goes to class. (Last summer, I even lied about the hours so that she didn't have to pay me as much.) I WANNA DO SOMETHING THIS TIME AROUND!</p>
<p>you could always do volunteer work/internships-- try volunteermatch.org</p>
<p>i'm going to either research for a child abuse center or work at the DC Holocaust museum if i don't get into TASS. but it's totally not the same! :[ i've never had an intellectual experience like this before.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help, but the problem is that, if I don't go to TASP, there is no way I can get out of helping my mother. She needs me at home. Volunteering, but not the kind that looks good on college admissions.</p>
<p>guys, a totally inane question i know--
does envelope size matter?</p>
<p>yes claret the longer the envelope the greater your chance of getting in</p>
<p>i think the... performance of the envelope is more important in this case. the quicker it arrives, the greater your chance of getting in.</p>
<p>i think so too, but id still get scared if i got a skinny little thing.</p>
<p>of course size matters. whoever is saying it doesn't has a pretty tiny envelope.</p>
<p>God...reading this right now makes me so nervous...</p>
<p>I applied for TASP but didn't make the first cut, and I'd just like to wish all of you good luck. I can imagine how stressful the application process has been and I know you all deserve to get into this program.</p>
<p>you get an email if you get in-- last year, mine was sent on a tuesday. letters for everyone arrive a few days later; my acceptance letter was in a normal sized envelope and had 1 sheet of paper.
good luck!</p>
<p>thanks for the info (and the luck).</p>
<p>psst -- Richard, when you call them, could you ask them when (or if, should that be the case) they're sending out emails this year?</p>