<p>Middle of May? Really? I didn't ask mine when I'd hear back; I just assumed it would be around late April-early May, but when I checked the TASP website last night, I saw that it didn't give a specific time. </p>
<p>I think it would be rude to push notification to the middle of May; my family wants to take a vacation and they really need to know whether I'll be going with them.</p>
<p>Yeah, that sounds really late. Mine said May 2 specifically. They were from the Telluride house at Cornell, if that matters any.</p>
<p>i'm going to trust yours over mine, mostly because i want to hear may 2nd, not the middle of the month:)</p>
<p>Not that the first week of May won't be stressful enough already. I'm taking four AP tests that week!</p>
<p>I know! It's going to be an insane time. I have a major competition the previous weekend (april 29th) for a documentary I'm working on, two AP tests that week, and the SAT the following saturday. oy!</p>
<p>Bummpppp!!!</p>
<p>Agh...my interview is on Wednesday and I didn't find out until tonight.</p>
<p>Good luck Peter!!!!!!!!!:)</p>
<p>Are you guys sending thank-you notes to your interviewers? I was thinking it'd be a nice touch, though I only have the work address of one. I need new stationery--the cards I bought for Xmas thank-yous have glittery strawberries all over 'em.</p>
<p>Good luck, Bravos! I'm with you on the awfulness of short notice.</p>
<p>Ohhh that's a really great idea CLeighDrie! I only have one of my interviewers's e-mail addresses though. Perhaps I'll send her a thank you e-mail?</p>
<p>Yeah, I sent a follow-up email thanking them: it's good etiquette, I personally think. In a business situation, say interviewing for a job, one would definitely send a thank you note afterward. This isn't too different, and really, seems almost more deserving of a thanks-- we, after all, are the only ones gaining from the experience. (Hopefully, anyway!)</p>
<p>Good luck to all interviewing this week, by the way. Five weeks more waiting, to those who have already.</p>
<p>Err, stupid question but how exactly should we phrase these thank you emails to our interviewers without sounding like we're sucking up to them???:D</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! I hope you all get in - you're all so qualified and deserving. And, you obviously all want it really bad.</p>
<p>so GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Thanks, lollipop!</p>
<p>Evil_Asian, this is about what I wrote:</p>
<p>"Dear Mr. ____,</p>
<p>"Thank you for giving up part of your Saturday to interview me for TASP. I can honestly say that I enjoyed the interview, and that I spent the rest of the weekend thinking about the questions (and devising much more articulate answers!) Thank you also for your advice regarding leadership in my Newspaper class.</p>
<p>"Please pass my thanks onto Mr. ____, if you see him.</p>
<p>"Thanks again,
"CLeighDrie"</p>
<p>And I sent a card, not e-mail, and sent it care of the building and office in which I was interviewed. I asked if he would see the other interviewer because they joked around like friends, so I figure they know each other outside of interviewing.</p>
<p>I hope we all get in!!!</p>
<p>My interview is Sunday. I just found out for sure it today.</p>
<p>Now I'm nervous.</p>
<p>Hahah I was so nervous at the beginning of my interview that my legs could not stop shaking...literally. Somewhere along the line they did stop though. :] Good luck Ryan, though I don't think you'll need it.</p>
<p>I'm done with the interivew. It's so frightening that it's all out of my hand now and that I'm so close to experiencing TASP.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can definitely relate with that feeling. So(forgetting about TASP for a while), what kind of activities/hobbies/schoolwork are you guys busy with now???:)</p>
<p>I have the SAT coming up this Saturday followed by the ACT next Saturday. Then, I basically have Spring Break followed by like 7 AP tests during the first few weeks of May. Besides all of that, I'm busy with meetings/logistics at least 5 clubs and a weekly volunteer assignment. More fun than a human should be allowed to have I must say...;)</p>
<p>Still, once AP tests are over, it's smooth sailing from there on out. We basically watch movies in all of our school classes and just goof off. I also have to take my Road Test and finally a family vacation to San Fransisco to look forward to, which will hopefully be followed by 6 weeks of TASP!!!</p>
<p>lol Having had an interview, I feel a lot more relaxed. No worrying we do now will change the outcome in any way. :]</p>
<p>I'm just studying for APs right now and going through stacks of registration papers for incorporating my charity, not to mention planning future fundraisers. I'm also dealing with the change of board for KEY Club and preparing to get everyone's records to give out awards for the school year. Then there's also an application for this youth council and writing a piece for the school's literary magazine and one for the health and sciences newsletter. Plus coaching youth girls lacrosse 4 days/week when it's not raining (which really makes it 1-2 days/week). And of course, there's a plethora of clubs that I'm involved with but we'll just pretend that they don't exist for now. :]</p>
<p>BUT YES! Spring break is in 2 weeks for us too. I was planning to go to the East Coast and tour Ivies, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to do that. So I'll just keep plowing away at all of those things and catch up on some much-needed sleep.</p>
<p>After APs, I get to prep for my SATII Lit. Otherwise, I still have two honors classes to worry about (ironically, they're my two hardest classes), but the end of the year will be filled with fun school events (choir, Powderpuff, etc.) and taking 1342834729 pictures with the seniors.</p>
<p>Man, chillaxin! You have a lot of ECs. When do you sleep? I took the SAT-II Lit last May; easy-schmesy. I finished way early and actually enjoyed some of the poems. I'm sure that you'll do fine.</p>
<p>I decided to self-study APUSH, so I'm trying to plow through that. I'm also taking the April 1 SAT, so I'm taking practice Math SATs. Great fun, that is. :-P</p>
<p>I'm taking over the Senior editor post on my school's Newspaper--we have the worst paper in the world. On the front cover, we misspelled a teacher's name, discussed "Rode v. Wade," indicated the wrong issue number and had two comma splices. I currently read every article for grammar, but no one ever corrects the errors I point out and our teacher is rather apathetic--she doesn't even read the articles before they are placed. It's pretty bad. I'm determined to make it an excellent paper, though. Anyone have leadership suggestions, while we wait?</p>