<p>I’m applying :D</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that they’re cutting one of the sessions. Is that true? If it is, that sucks.</p>
<p>^ Yes, UMich is hosting only a TASS–not a TASP–this year.</p>
<p>So that’s going to make it even harder to get in. </p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>Keil, heartsiez (!).</p>
<p>Also, as an addendum to last post: if the CC thread for TASP had been “shut down” as early as yellowbelly is suggesting this one should be, I never would have known about TASP. I put up with CC shenanigans in homage to the fact that without it I would never have had the best six weeks of my life. Please, don’t prevent dozens of nerds from becoming TASPlicants. Viva la thread!</p>
<p>(UTers, please note Trotsky-factotum reference in last sentence. That is all.)</p>
<p>I have to agree. I too am from UT, and the CC thread in itself had no affect on anything socially for me. As long as you don’t use it as a get to know each other chatroom (we didn’t) I don’t see it causing any problems.</p>
<p>Hi wombat. UT '09 represent! We probably had the greatest quotient of ACTIVE CCers, too.</p>
<p>I’m definitely applying 
Really looking forward to it. How many sessions will there be then?</p>
<p>There will be three sessions this year, two at Cornell and one at the University of Texas. If the numbers are the same there will be sixteen people at each Cornell seminar and eighteen people at the UT Austin seminar.</p>
<p>I am seriously interested in this and would drop any commitment to go if I’m accepted (:</p>
<p>Hi, i’m a student from Singapore and would like to check the chances of an international student applying and getting accepted. thanks(:</p>
<p>As far as I know, international students are considered in the same pool as domestic. There are usually only a few internationals each year, though–UT had none–because of the tiny proportion of intl-domestic.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/789025-governors-school-v-tasp.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/summer-programs/789025-governors-school-v-tasp.html</a></p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>k, so wait, with UM not having a TASP seminar this year, does this mean the juniors this year get shafted because last year there were 4? Or did Cornell only have one seminar? But I thought there was a total of 4, but I could easily be wrong.</p>
<p>^ Yes, the number of TASP seminars this year will be 3 instead of 4.</p>
<p>Oh no! ): It’ll make it even harder for people to get in.</p>
<p>TASPers are pretty weird for the most part. Stay away from this if you have a soul. People there actually judge others off of internet experiences. Which is way creepy. I mean, we all knew each others usernames and stuff, and sometimes jokingly referred to each other as them, or at least I thought. It was funny for like, three days, then the fourth day it kept going…then the 2nd week…then the 3rd week…then the 4th. Don’t think that they won’t remember you from this cesspool of elitist one-ups-manship they call College Confidential. Haha.</p>
<p>Oh, and I can’t stress enough, if you go to UT Austin, break the bubble. Engage yourself in the city, and you will love the experience even more. Austin really makes the UT Austin TASP experience, IMO.</p>
<p>The instance to which Obstinate is referring is the exception, not the rule. Three other TASPers were also involved in CC threads (though to a far lesser extent than Obstinate, since he posted virtually every day and conveyed his internet personality very inconspicuously). We did not experience this “creepy…elitist one-ups-manship” phenomena at TASP, mostly because we were far less invested in the CC aspect of the TASPlication process. I honestly didn’t think it was weird for us past the first day or so. </p>
<p>Please note that the case Obstinate is making is hardly applicable to all, though again, see my leviathan of a post regarding Dos and Don’ts for intermingling CC and TASP. Post when it’s relevant, chill out when it’s not.</p>
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Strange advice, considering the messanger.</p>
<p>I will trust in Subtlety (:D) and simply quote myself:
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<p>TASP is the most amazing, enlarging experience. If you want six weeks with brilliant and interesting people then put your heart and your soul into your essays. TASP kids are recognized by top universities for their creativity and for having made it into TASP.</p>
<p>^ But remember that there are too many deserving people putting heart and soul into their essays for TA to admit them all. Don’t get TOO attached to the ideal. You could very well write the best essays of your life and still be rejected. It’s not personal. For instance, people have gotten rejected from TASP in the first round–not even to interviews–and accepted to Yale SCEA. (And contrary to popular belief, TASP alumni do get rejected from Yale et al, as well.)</p>