<p>Hey guys! Quick question!</p>
<p>Alrighty. For the critical analysis, I am doing a poem. Should I include the poem at the beginning of the essay? I guess that'll make sense, but the poem is a bit long...</p>
<p>Future plans essay: Two pages
Book List: One page
Critical Analysis: A little less than two pages
Issue: A little less than two pages
Conflict (predicted): Two pages
Ranking: One page</p>
<p>Future plans essay: 1 1/4 pages
Book List: One page
Critical: (Not sure yet...lol)
Issue: Two lines off-of two pages
Conflict: Two pages
Ranking: (Not sure yet)</p>
<p>OK, quick question--</p>
<p>I'm guessing that for the academic/awards, you can list anything from 9th grade. Can anyone clarify this for me?</p>
<p>Can anyone, perhaps a former TASPer or a TASP app reader, answer this question: on the last essay, where we rank the programs, how detailed do the explanations for choosing each program need to be?
For example, for my first choice, I told a little story about me and my friends, and then tied the story into specific reasons for why I liked one of the programs. Then, for the rest of the rankings I gave very brief reasons. Overall, It was about 3/4 of a page, single spaced. Does this seem appropriate? Do they want detailed explanations or are we just supposed to give very short reasons why?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hey guys, I remember this time last year I was scrambling to put together my TASP application too...good luck to all of you! I know the essays are challenging but I'm sure you're up to the task.</p>
<p>And if you don't get in, it's really not the end of the world. I got straight up rejected to TASP (pretty bummed about it for a while) but eventually wound up accepted EA to Stanford. So your TASP decision is in no way a sure determinant of your future.</p>
<p>Chillaxin: It never said anywhere that you <em>had</em> to print out the application sent page and mail it. I'm just figuring that it might be easier administratively for them to have my application ID/number information physically with my rec & transcript, rather than just having two random sealed envelopes inside a giant manila folder, you know? </p>
<p>Billybob: I did the anecdote/explanation thing for all of my seminars; my explanations are about 10 lines each, I think. I don't think it needs to be superlong.</p>
<p>Future plans essay: One page
Book List: One page
Critical Analysis: One page (the poem I'm analyzing is only 12 lines, so it's kinda short)
Issue: Don't know yet
Conflict: Two pages
Seminar Choice: One page</p>
<p>The issue essay is definitely giving me the most grief...I've been thinking about it for a couple of weeks, but I'm still not sure. Argh. What essay are you all having the most problems writing?</p>
<p>I haven't had too many problems with a specific one (although I'm still not sure what conflict I'm going to write about... I have a few ideas ><), I just feel like they need a lot of revising.</p>
<p>Did you all write yours formally or not: The problem-in-a-specific-field one, anyway? I'm writing it formally, and I wrote them all SOMEWHAT formally (no contractions, anyway, I think XD)... But now I'm starting to get a little worried about the research-paper thing. It's only two pages or so, and it's all my own opinions and thoughts... But what do they want? I don't want it to seem too stiff, with me laying down the facts with random biased comments and then explaining my point of view...... But it seems like it's a formal-type essay, not one that you go "I think this" in... What do you think/What are you doing?</p>
<p>Josh, don't worry; that's exactly what they want.</p>
<p>LOL, I haven't done 3, 4, 5, and 6 yet.</p>
<p>School had been too hectic. </p>
<p>However, I've been thinking about the topics for the past few weeks so I guess it's just a matter of putting my thoughts on paper now.</p>
<p>those of you that did poetry analysis for essay #3, or even if you analyzed a book: When you answered the prompt: "What goals does this test have and by what means does it achieve them" did you talk about literary devices, the author's diction? </p>
<p>Basically, how did y'all analyze your poems? There's a poem that I really love that I want to analyze, because it has influenced my life, but I don't know where to begin (btw, should I how it has effected me or keep it super-academic sounding?)</p>
<p>Please, I'd really appreciate some advice!</p>
<p>What do they mean by number the pages? Is it consecutive numbering or do I start over with each essay? Also should I only print one essay per page if there are sections of two essays on one page? Should I seperate them?</p>
<p>We don't need to do any numbering if we're applying online right?</p>
<p>prob not,, u might as well though...</p>
<p>bravos: u jsut number the individual essays. i went, Essay One: Essay title, page x of x</p>
<p>How do we number it online, exactly? Also, is it possible to bold/underline/italicize/center things on the online app?</p>
<p>You don't need to number pages online, because the only reason that they ask you to number pages is so they don't get them mixed up in a paper-based setting. Online apps, however, don't need this because they're already superbly organized.
Also, as far as I know, you can't underline/bolden/italicize...which annoys me because I can't add accent marks to a book that I read in Spanish.</p>
<p>Done with all essays after six hours =p </p>
<p>Plans: 1 page
Books: 1 page
Analysis: 2 pages
Problem: 2 pages
Conflict: 2 pages
Preferences: 2 pages</p>
<p>Total of 10 typewritten pages.</p>
<p>Proofreading time. =p</p>
<p>whooohooooo!</p>
<p>DONE. application in an envelope and ready to go.</p>
<p>it only took me 3 hours to get it printed. sooo many copies...</p>
<p>Done and placed in envelope! Well 2 hours later it will be 1/23 here in Taiwan; gotta get it off tomorrow!</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else who is applying!!</p>
<p>Im still not close to being done, I still have to do the essay about the literary analysis. Hope I finish it in time so I can proofread my other essays. GL to everyone else!</p>