<p>Hi,
I just got accepted into the interview stage of the application for Tass! I was wondering if any Tasp/Tass alumni had any tips on the interview? Anything you could say about it would be very helpful!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Congratulations. </p>
<p>I would recommend that you find someone to give you a practice interview. They should read your essays, and ask you fairly direct/hard questions about what you wrote. You should be able to explain and extend your answers, even in the face of politely critical questioning. A teacher might be a good choice.</p>
<p>The interview won’t be mean by any stretch of the imagination, it may even be a fun conversation. But it won’t be strictly “creampuff” questions like “what are your favorite classes?”, “what do you like to do with your free time?” They will want to see what you have under the hood, intellectually speaking.</p>
<p>Congrats! </p>
<p>Also make sure you are familiar with each of the things you claimed to be familiar with (topics, reading material, things you mentioned in your essays, etc). </p>
<p>Good suggestions about running through a practice interview. The interview is to get you to really think and your analytical skills.</p>
<p>Dress appropriately.</p>
<p>Wonder when TASP interview notifications will be out. I know the date is down the road,but it is encouraging to see that TASS is decided :-).</p>
<p>Thank you all for your tips! I will definitely do a practice interview. By “dress appropriately” do you mean suit and tie? Or like khakis and a sweater?</p>
<p>khakis and a polo or a sweater or some other nice shirt would be good… just not jeans and a t shirt :-).</p>
<p>Hi, I was just wondering how diverse the students are at TASS. I do realize that it is targeted at african americans, but about how many groups are represented there.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>^^^Go for dress pants and a button-up. It never hurts to look too professional, but you don’t want the interviewers to think you don’t take the interview seriously. Both of my parents are interviewers for a prominent college and they’ve told me that a formally dressed candidate automatically elicits more interest.</p>