For the why TASS essay I wrote about how each of TASS’s core values mean a lot to me (Education. Service. Democracy.) I really dug deep for that one and it was my favorite of the three. Told very interesting and personal anecdotes.
For the one where you discuss an issue relating to African American society I wrote about how a lack of representationt in mainstream media can be dangerous and I discussed how it is increasing but how it has a long way to go.
My last essay was written last minute so I didn’t get much time to proofread and edit. It was about how my sister and I never saw eye to eye and about one time I hurt her deeply and how we’ve worked on fixing our relationship and stuff.
What about you guys? What did you write about? I’m actually really curious.
For the first essay, I wrote about how TASS can help me with my leadership skills and building up my confidence to speak out more/be more comfortable giving speeches. I said that I can bring diversity, my experiences in my environment, my inclusiveness and my culture to TASS.
For the second essay, I wrote about police brutality primarily against the black community and the impact on our world today.
For the last essay, I wrote about my friend and I working on a project. She was really distracted and wasn’t doing the work and I hurt her feelings by yelling at her and telling her to do the project on her own, nothing that serious. Just focused on saying that I care about my education and that comes above all else as it will benefit me in the future.
My first essay, I wrote how in my community, education about African Americans can help me make a platform for education about AA (bc my community is mostly white ppl) and by learning about AA I can help change the rhetoric in my community about AA. I wrote about my diversity as a debater and as a female.
For the second essay, I wrote about fem/race intersectionality, specifically about the “Welfare Queen” and how WOC in poverty are stereotyped and oppressed.
For the last essay, I wrote about an argument me and my debate partner got in. The main gist was that we blamed each other and fought, but at the end, we gave each other constructive criticism and grew from our mistakes.
For the first essay I talked about how I would bring my ethnic background to add a different perspective to discussion. I also discussed balance as a common theme and how the program would help me find it in various areas of my skill set and life in general.
The second essay I focused on homelessness and the reasons the black population in America is especially susceptible to falling into it. I managed to get some poetry in there, but I don’t know if that was a particularly good move.
My last essay was actually kind of embarrassing: it was about a guy I stopped liking and hurt his feelings by, instead of talking to him about, just stopping all contact with. I learned to ask for forgiveness however hard that may be.
I think my second essay was my favorite, but everything was also pretty last minute for me. Learned my lesson for the future!
For my first essay, I talked about what TASS stood for and how will improve me, particularly the emphasis on self-governance, leadership skills and academic skills it focuses on. The perspectives I spoke to was that everyone thinks differently and I described myself as a “radical humanist realist”, maybe an oversell.
In the second essay, I tackled the state of black politics. I discussed the importance of developing a personal political philosophy. I discussed how systematic discrimination has caused inequality and I discussed how to fix the problems in black politics.
In my final essay, I spoke of the time that I lost my tennis match and kept my team from winning sweepstakes. Essentially, I talked about the importance of practice, perservance and the acceptance of constructive criticism.
I did write all of my short answer questions in essay format, and I thought that all of the short answer questions were incredibly straightforward.
For my first essay, I wrote about my experiences from living in two countries, in addition to travelling, and how that has affected my perspective. In regards to why I wanted to attend TASS, my primary reasons were: the interesting topics offered and self goverance.
My second essay was on the portrayl of African-Americans im popular media, with specific regards to stereotypes in television. I cited a few sources and gave statistics, but I feel that the topic is on the weaker side.
In my last essay, I wrote about a time I shut out my friends because I was about to leave and I wanted to avoid getting hurt, but how I learned that it didn’t help and I should have valued the time we had together.
I also wrote the optional esaay, because I tool a gap year between grade 8 and 9 and wanted the chance to explain.
My choices were: Cornell I, Indiana, Cornell II and Michigan. Not sure how to feel, it’s going to be a long two months of waiting.
For my first essay, I wrote about how I constantly felt influenced to be a certain type of person in certain situations because of my race, culture, and personality. I said I wanted to go because I wanted to work on the skills necessary to successfully help others in my community who might otherwise go unheard.
My second essay was about why it would be beneficial for the African-American community to embrace inter-sectional feminism and how we wouldn’t be able to move forward as a race if we ostracized women and members of the LGBT community. Pretty much the same thing as @notoriousrbg .
My third essay was about this time that one of my close friends got upset with me because they learned that I didn’t believe in the Bible. I wrote about how this made me aware of the factors that tear us apart and keep us from embracing and learning about what we have in common.
@Hamlon yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas intersectionality!!! As a WOC I was so excited to write about that! My list is probably Michigan, Cornell II, Indiana, Cornell I
So nervous for the results. Does anyone know whether the notifications come by email or snail mail, particularly for international applicants? By the way, best of luck to everyone!
Yeah, I got rejected too. I’m honestly not too surprised though since it’s so selective and I didn’t have too much time to think over the prompts (esp. #2). Good luck and remember there’s always TASP next year!
Sorry for the rejections. I am really excited, I got accepted as a finalist! Good luck- try for TASP next year. Good luck to everyone else, check your emails.
Just checked my email now…they did it so early this year. But I got accepted as a finalist. Estatic for those who got accepted as well and regretful that not all of us got this chance.
