<p>LOL I have 4 and 1/2 essays to go dangit. But I have half-days all week and no school at all on the 26th so hopefully I can cram it in then. =]</p>
<p>Finished, Finished, Finished, Finished!</p>
<p>Yeah, I have a lot to do still but I'm going to skip school on Tuesday to work on the TASP app. No worries.</p>
<p>I'm working on my Critical Analys. right now.</p>
<p>I spent like, 3 hours editing all my essays lol.
I'm going to get almost no hours of sleep today, I can tell. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>But yes, Critical Analysis and finish up on why I want Foreign Policy and i'll be DONE!</p>
<p>I'll finish by midnight - and have it sparkling for tomorrow....</p>
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I'm going to skip school on Tuesday to work on the TASP app.
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Only a CCer. lol.</p>
<p>Anyways, I had questions on the whole picture thing. I'm pretty indecisive about which one of 3 pictures to use. I know, it seems petty, but what the hey. lol. So the three that I can't decide between.</p>
<p>1) It's the prettiest of the three and it has me looking very calm looking indoors with this kinda odd smile. I guess it's odd because it's not a full big teeth-showing smile, just a small smile. The coloring is rather plain for this too - nothing very bright. It's pretty much black and white except for my skin and face and whatnot.
2) I love how I captured the light in this picture. It's actually a mirror picture (very myspacey I know) where you can see half my face in the mirror and the other half not in the mirror. The light makes it look like I'm glowing or something and you can actually see the light bending or doing something funky anyways. So basically it looks like I'm bathed in this golden light and my sunglasses on my head don't look like sunglasses because you can see the light reflection. This one is very creative though.
3) I'm not exactly sure why I like this one. I'm kind of off-balanced but it's a very natural picture because I didn't even know I was in the picture. The quality is kinda bad because I had it blown up. Basically, I have a huge smile on my face and I'm looking to the side. The background is just GORGEOUS -- I didn't notice it at the time. It's at this ice rink but all you can see are these trees overhead making it look more like a ski lodge.</p>
<p>Anyways, if anyone can help me decide, that's awesome. And you can PM me if seeing the actual pictures would be better.</p>
<p>I know, again, very petty little thing, but hey, whatever will make me stand out, right? =]</p>
<p>I say Picture #2. Added creativity is always a bonus. I was actually resisting the urge to take artsy-type pictures to go along with all my essays. Photography is the only thing I'm good at. </p>
<p>I thought I might have a chance of getting into this thing, but basically wrote all of my essays today. Not my best work. Oh well, it was good practice. I might as well send it all in now. </p>
<p>Good luck everyone. My fingers will be permanantly crossed until mid-March.</p>
<p>I say the first one.</p>
<p>The admission's officers are not looking for a creative picture ( i don't think because you're not expected to take creative pictures of uhm, yourself, you know?) creative pictures will probably be someone else's kudos so i think a picture that is the nicest picture of you will do you the best =]</p>
<p>After all, if i were pictures of something else, than yes a creative picture would be good (because it shows that you're a good photographer) but <em>shrugs</em> </p>
<p>I just took tons of pictures today of myself lol and took out the best one where i smile demurely and stuck it on there.</p>
<p>Tomorrow will be a busy day for me (getting my rec letters, my transcripts, essays, mailing it in...ahh!)</p>
<p>My Crit. Analy is going to be my weakest essay, I can tell. And for that, I'm very afraid and scared. <em>gulps</em></p>
<p>NO ONE knows if they're truly going to get in or not, so its kinda scary.
Good luck to everybody and yes, my fingers are also crossed (triple, ten-fold crossed) until March. </p>
<p>But even if i don't get in, it was good practice for essays and such. I will never again postpone my Critical Analysis essay till the night before...baaaad.</p>
<p>This has probably been asked already but in regards to the "assembly" of the application, is anyone else really confused?</p>
<p>Do you staple or paper clip the original since they specifically tell you to paperclip the copies?</p>
<p>Why/How do you fold the original...you're placing it in a manilla envelope...it requires no folding?</p>
<p>help please?</p>
<p>As I was writing my seminar choice list, I started to realize all these seminars sound really cool, and I'd be so lucky to go to any of them. Made me sad because TASP is sooo hard to get into and I'm probably going to get rejected come March. Plus, the other girl applying from my school (one of my close friends, actually) is a lot smarter than me and her essays could probably destroy my essays. Oh well! I have to try.</p>
<p>paperclip everything.</p>
<p>you basically turn the folder inside out, so that the first page you see is the one that your picture woudl go in.</p>
<p>you put your letters of rec and yoru essays inside, then paperclip the whole thing.</p>
<p>they take your two copies of the application form and the essays and paperclip them each and put them behind it.</p>
<p>and the photo, apparently, is so the interviewer can recognize you. so make it one where they can see who you are.</p>
<p>wow, its 2:35 in the morning, and Im still not finished. I think Ill hang it up for now and finish after school tomorrow. I guess if I sent in the app online I'd have more time, but I just feel better sending it through the mail.<br>
I'm afraid my essays suck. On the Issue one, Ive been hammering away at the same topic for what seems like forever and I seem to only be rambling. Oh well... Do yall think around a page for the conflict is sufficient? Also, does it matter if you apply online or by mail? Anything for more time, haha.
Good-night</p>
<p>I'm still here. Only 2:05 here, and finishing up my Crit. Analy.
I plan to atleast be in bed or doing my physics homework (coughs) by three.
<em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>I JUST NEED TO GET IN lol.</p>
<p>Mailed it. </p>
<p>Phew, the whole application process (starting from only Pt I and Pt II #1, 2 done) to completely finished took me only just a little over a day. =/</p>
<p>Already? Damn...</p>
<p>FINIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (3:05)</p>
<p>FINISHED!!!!!! FINALE!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!
A week of TASPing..finally over!</p>
<p>I'm sorry, but where on the site does it say how to send the rec letter and the transcript if you're applying online? I'm sorry, I just can't find it (long night).</p>
<p>Checking in....I'm finally finished.</p>
<p>I nearly died.</p>
<p>...quick question</p>
<p>i highly doubt my teacher included 2 extra copies of her rec (the envelope is rather skinny)
should i call tasp and let them know?
i have it postmarked by today and i really don't know what to do :(</p>
<p>ALL MAILED AND BEAUTIFUL!!!! I finished at 5:00 AM this morning and went to bed for an hour before I had to get back up for school lol. I'm trying to be pessimistic about TASP since it's so hard to get into like the rest of you...but I can't help having a really GOOD feeling about my essays!!!:)</p>
<p>Anyway, now that we're done with the TASP Application process, I think that it would be fun to share our essays with each other. It will be really interesting to see how various CC'ers approached/analyzed the prompts that TASP gave us.</p>
<p>My AIM sn is monster31989 if any of you want to send me your essays or want me to give you any of my essays for TASP. Good luck you guys, all of you worked very hard for this!!!</p>
<p>so i've been a lurker on this thread, but i sent in my app today and i hadta ask my teacher two open up his rec and add two more copies. and this guy who heard me ask figured out i was applying to telluride. he goes 'yeah, i decided to not waste my time applying to something when theres a 91% chance i'll get rejected'</p>
<p>.............i thought about that when he said it, and yea thats true. but when i was writing my essays all i thought about was how i had a nine percent chance of getting IN (i dunno if this is even the right statistic, but you get the point) and it made me really try my best. So what im trying to say is, its all in the outlook- be optimistic and hope for the best. my essays were crazycool and i enjoyed writing them - if i dont get in at least i'll know i had fun writing a rockin paper.</p>