<p>One rec, if (when!!) you get an interview, I think.</p>
<p>My book list keeps expanding as I remember books I read during the summer (I don’t normally have time to read, so I positively devour books during those two months free). Should have done a Keilexandra and kept a book log. O_O</p>
<p>Well, I finally decided what I’m going to analyze. Now I have to do it. </p>
<p>I’m still having issue coming up with a topic for the one about a problem in any field. Argh! How did you guys come up with one?</p>
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<p>I track everything on the website [Welcome</a> to Shelfari! Read, Share, Explore! - Shelfari](<a href=“http://shelfari.com%5DWelcome”>http://shelfari.com) — you can track books you’ve read and books you want to read. Unfortunately for me, the latter dwarfs the former.</p>
<p>You’re too cool, Kam. That looks awesome. Thanks :D</p>
<p>mny: Mine’s about a figure of speech that I really hate. Just think about what you’re mainly interested in. Sports? Music? Politics? Science, even? Pick something you’d complain to people about or just discuss with people.</p>
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<p>For the issue essay, does it have to be from a specific field? Mine is more of a societal problem which spans multiple fields.</p>
<p>That’s fine. After all, you could fit mine into linguistics, or from a less stringent point of view, sociology or even politics… As long as it’s a topic that you can write at length about, I think the readers will be fine with it. Well, that’s the impression I got from the prompt, at least…</p>
<p>yes, I thought it could literally be about anything. Mine fits into politics mostly, but maybe also sociology.</p>
<p>How do we italicize/underline things (since the form to submit the essays erases all formating)?</p>
<p>@ analogous DO NOT write an analysis on a book you havent read. If you get to the interview stage your discussion can be based on that essay, which could branch off into a discussion about the book itself. It’s just not a good idea.</p>
<p>For all of you worried people I sent in my last essay the day before the due date. Some people I know did it on the day of. You’ll finish.</p>
<p>not to mention it being unethical to lie and say you’ve read a book that you haven’t…</p>
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how many of those last-day people made it?
it seems to me like staying away from writing until the last minute
would probably dull my skill. unfortunately it never stops me though.
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<p>I’m actually one of the last day people, and I can say that I know for sure at least two other fellow TASPer did her application on the last day too.</p>
<p>It seems to be a theme now that we’re doing college applications.</p>
<p>Yes, I recall 2-3 UT TASPers who were last-day applicants.</p>
<p>Issue essay can be anything. I think it’s funny that all of you are calling it the ‘what makes you tick’ essay…</p>
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<p>And yeah, there were three of us at least at UT that did them the day before/day of. I, unlike Antagonist, learned my lesson and actually didn’t do that for college apps, thank Bokonon. I don’t think I’d suggest that route at all, though. I think my essays would have been way better had I put time into them, but at least I got that experience out of my system.</p>
<p>I was also one of those “last day” people, and I didn’t repeat myself with college apps (been done for ~nine hours). I did the app over the course of about two weeks but was still making substantial changes on one of my essays the day it was due.</p>
<p>^That’s 4 UTers, then, since I’m 90% sure J.Ro did hers last-minute.</p>
<p>I think I write much better under pressure, but then again, I’ve never written anything for school with any time to spare at all. I guess my TASP essays are going all right even though we’re still weeks from the deadline, but you could also say that we’re just under pressure throughout the entire app process…</p>
<p>haha I’m also being lazy and lagging majorly and only finished half of one essay, yet to do the rest.</p>
<p>And since I’m sending my computer for repair for a few days, I won’t get to write my essay for like 5 days (I’m one of those people that strongly, irrationally prefer to type essays on the computer). I’m expecting I’ll be last-minute as well…not because I’m busy, but because I’m generally a ridiculous procrastinator (i.e. doing literally most/all of my hw on the morning before it’s due and throughout the day of school).</p>
<p>Nice to see I’m not the only one that’s lazy/lagging…and looks like a lot of us haven’t made substantial progress in our essays. Lol.</p>
<p>I wrote one of my essays today and I like it. I don’t think I’ll change the thrust of the essay completely. It was the what do you want to be essay. I took a risk and decided to argue that the question was a bad question and i couldn’t answer it. So nervous. But my essay made my smile and that felt good.</p>
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<p>It’s irrational? Eep, I’ve been delusional all these years!</p>
<p>ND: Wow, I like your take on it. I made myself write that one first because I found it really difficult and I still think it’s crap. Giving it a complete rewrite after I finish my lit analysis.</p>
<p>I’m proud to say that I’ve finished the first draft of my topic of choice essay—10 minutes before 2010 starts! Whew, two to go.</p>