<p>The reading committee does have a diverse opinion. Although the Association tends to lean to the left-wing side, writing about conservative ideas is just as welcome as writing about liberal ideas. </p>
<p>To be completely honest in this situation, the Association may actually be looking for more conservatives since the liberals run wild at TASP. It creates something that the Association is definitely for: Diversity. Not only diversity in skin color, but also in the diversity of thought, ideals, experience, etc, etc. </p>
<p>Once again to emphasize, test scores play a very limited role in decisions. Although most of TASPers are high achievers, they will throw in people who don’t necessary do well in school or test.</p>
<p>@Gonnastop:
All students that do not have have a U.S. Green card, or permeant citizenship are considered international students. There have also been a few mainland chinese who have made it to TASP. I know a few of them. And as suggested before, don’t worry about TASP yet, you still have quite a few years. You don’t want to be one of those kids who has lined up their resume since 8th grade to apply to TASP. (Right Embee?)</p>
<p>@Quasi:
One of my fellow Telluridians once said “There are certain characteristics that all TASPers share, but that does not mean that only TASPers have them.” What this characteristic is, I can’t say, but I think some of my fellow TASPers can attest to this, when they meet a another TASPer, things just kinda fall into motion like they would with their own TASPers.</p>
<p>@Keilexandra:
Yes, I definitely agree with the fact that it’s more ideas and your thought process rather then how you write. I mean, if your essay is a bunch of goo that no one can follow the thought process with don’t be expecting to make it to far, but don’t worry about the writing so much. And I would hope that person would be quite important to almost everyone as are the rest of our TASPers.</p>
<p>I also believe that everyone sent to TASP is meant to be there for some purpose. The Association not only seeks intelligent individuals but also ones that show maturity. I believe that intelligence is on a spectrum of philosophical intelligence to social intelligence , with everything inbetween. Telluride goes and not only picks people who are philosophically intelligent but those who are also socially intelligent to balance the community. Each person contributes something, some more then others but everyone also gains something more significant then they contributed. </p>
<p>I feel like I’m just ranting now.
kthxbye.</p>