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<p>what other summer programs are you applying to? I honestly don’t know of ANY other summer programs besides this</p>
<p>All done with essays w00t! :D</p>
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<p>You are in the summer program forum. Look around.</p>
<p>Gah. I’m going to have to crunch so much tomorrow. So much homework and I still have to write an entire essay…</p>
<p>Whew, finally mustered up the courage to press the “Submit” button on the app. </p>
<p>Since this seems to be a TASP CC tradition: Who else is applying this year? Shall we start the list? </p>
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<p>are we allowed to curse in our essays? not extensive use, but I want to say that a book is a “screw you” to media but i feel it would be much stronger if i used the “f” word to get my point across.</p>
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No saying it was flippant to the media shouldn’t hurt you.</p>
<p>No but really that’s definitely a poor choice of wording, but it can’t possibly be the difference between your getting and not getting in.</p>
<p>Sooo… I’m a bit confused about what they want for a critical analysis.
I was going to do a report on An Abundance of Katherines by John Green & explain why he thinks mattering matters & how I think he’s right.
Is that… valid?</p>
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<p>i’m actually restructuring and changing my argument altogether and throwing away that sentence but thanks!</p>
<p>I’m not doing my analysis on it but in my essay I talk about Two Treatises of Government by John Locke, and I might quote it. Do i need to cite my sources and if so does it count as part of my 1,500 words?</p>
<p>Never posted here, but I’ve been reading this thread and I just applied tonight. Good luck everyone! =]</p>
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<li>darthbarf</li>
<li>stats47</li>
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<p>Any suggestions on how honest one should be in their essays? I think I’m showing more of my personality than I ever have in my writing. I’m a bit torn of whether this could be a positive attribute or make me appear psychotic, though.</p>
<p>If all of my essays are excellent, but one’s a little off-topic, is that okay?</p>
<p>Also, does race/socioeconomic status play a role in admission to TASP?</p>
<p>and how ‘succinct’ is ‘essay’ 5 supposed to be? I have about 400 words for the first two programs…</p>
<p>How long are your conflict essays?</p>
<p>@educatedfools: mine was about 1100 words. and @silencefell: I wrote a lot for my first choice, but I wrote like 4 sentences for my last.</p>
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<li>darthbarf</li>
<li>stats47 </li>
<li>theaudone</li>
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<p>And now we wait.</p>
<p>Do they look at your SAT and PSAT scores?</p>
<p>@custardapple101 no
@educated fools 1400 words
@silencefell even tho they say succint, just make it as long as it needs. i would spend more time on the top 2 pref essays and less on the bottom 2. you probably shouldn’t write an off-topic essay regardless. race/socioeconomic does not play a role because you don’t report it.
@splazsh no, you don’t need to report your sources; just cite the info where needed.</p>
<p>There is a space on the app where you state your race and whether or not you qualify for reduced/free meals at school. And from the brochure:</p>
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