<p>Well, I finally got my app. </p>
<p>Anyone have any essay observations? The education one seems to only require about a paragraph. Am I mistaken in assuming this? Any advice on the conflict essay?</p>
<p>btw<br>
1st choice=Michigan
2nd choice=Cornell II</p>
<p>wow, tough choice</p>
<p>The essays are the same every year.</p>
<p>My first essay was only about half a page with considerable margins, two were the full two pages with tiny margins, and the others managed to fit on a page.</p>
<p>(I excluded the reading list essay from the above post for those of you who realize that my post only included 5 and not 6 essays.)</p>
<p>arg! I hate how the online app doesn't allow for any creativity. I copied and pasted a nice little bulleted list for my reading list, and the bullets confused the application program. I also can't do italics or accents (one of the books I read was in Spanish).</p>
<p>I feel more secure with a mailed application. Something about sealing it all up and sending it through old-fashioned snail-mail gives me satisfaction. Haha.</p>
<p>My first essay is about 2 pages, single-spaced. Well, it asks for career possibilities, if you have any in mind, and I do have some in mind, so I elaborated significantly on what influenced my decision (which I believe was part of the question, too). On the other hand, my last essay is considerably shorter...since I'm only considering one of the seminars. </p>
<p>Does it make me seem overly closed-minded if I'm only considering one?</p>
<p>savoirfaire: I dunno. I chose four I had an interest in and one I did not. You can't find two or three you wouldn't mind? Part of intellectual curiosity is being intellectually, curious.</p>
<p>But if you really have your heart set on one, then write a great essay for it.</p>
<p>Everyone else: I sent my tasp app by mail but my college apps online. Online is annoying, but convenient. Not to mention the fact that you know when they recieve it instantly, and mail can get lost. Do what's easier and
billybobbyk: I don't think they'll notice the presence or lack of accents, so online should be okay.</p>
<p>Oh man...my book list is suffering..and I thought I had read a lot more..;;</p>
<p>How many books have you guys read and are putting on your book lists? I know they said "some," so I didn't put everything I've read...I think about 40 books.
I'm sure having a tough time on my other essays though...I sure hope they're looking for content more than writing style.</p>
<p>I thought I'd just quickly brainstorm a book list, and I came up with about 30 off the top of my head/with a glance at my bookshelf. I know there are more, and I haven't even broken into the non fiction I've read yet. I figured I'd list all the books I can remember reading and then narrow the list I send in from there. Should your final list include only literature you'd be very comfortable talking about at the interview?</p>
<p>Hah, don't worry about trying to hide anything in your list or strategically place them. I only had 15 books in my list, and about half of those were for school. I think the reason they ask you to list only the books you've read in the past year are so you are somewhat familiar with them. However, we never talked about my reading list in the interview.</p>
<p>I just filled up a page with my book list and stopped there. A significant portion of my list is non-fiction--political stuff. I also included literature and mainstream non-fiction (e.g. "freakonomics" and "the world is flat").</p>
<p>So I started my first TASP essay tonight- the one on a topic or issue that interests you. Out of curiousity, what did the '05 TASPers write that essay about? And was it a major point of discussion in your interview?</p>
<p>^ Hey, fellow Colorado dweller!</p>
<p>I've started my essay also, and I have a similar question.
From a lot of the PMs I've sent and received with former TASPers, the interviews varied--some talked a lot about their book list's novels, while others talked about their choice for a certain lecture.</p>
<p>It's the essay for analyzing a book that's stumping me right now. I have no idea which novel to do it on, I just hope no one else does the same book with whatever I choose ;)</p>
<p>Hey! I feel like maybe I've asked you this before, but where in Colorado do you live?</p>
<p>Centennial, CO!</p>
<p>No one really knows for sure. Some say Centennial, some call it Aurora...</p>
<p>But either way, the boring part of CO, IMO.</p>
<p>hah, yeah, not too much going on in Centennial. Denver's okay, but really everyone knows the only reason we exist is to keep Boulder and Colorado Springs from declaring nuclear war on each other :)</p>
<p>i may be venturing into private message territory here, but do you go to public school or private?</p>
<p>Public School, with some 2500 students. I never attended a private...</p>
<p>How about you?</p>
<p>(Perhaps PM would be better, :))</p>
<p>public magnet school. ~1100 kids, grades 6-12.
and yeah, i guess PM is probably the way to go here:)
I'll send you one, but if i don't respond until the morning, it's because I've fallen asleep at my computer (2:51 am christmas eve and we're both on CC. see what winter break does to us?)</p>
<p>Hey, I also had about 15 books on my book list, maybe even slightly fewer. And like Globber, we never talked about what was in it. We spent my entire interview talking about one essay I had written and going off of that. The others were scarcely mentioned.</p>
<p>I guess it just really varies from person to person and from application to application.</p>