Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) 2012

Pre-College Issues Summer Programs
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<p>DONE! What a satisfying end to my week. Finished midterms and JUST finished the tasplication, and tomorrow’s the start of a new semester at my school! HUUGE burden lifted off of my shoulders :slight_smile: wish I edited the essays a bit more, though. </p>

<p>But there wasn’t much that I could do. Three of my essays were 1499 or 1500 words, and the other two (excluding book list) was around 1,200. Oh well. I guess my fate’s in the hands of the admissions officers now. </p>

<p>I don’t know what else to say…good luck, everyone? Use your time wisely. Don’t procrastinate. If you’re doing your essays right now (like me), you’ve procrastinated enough. It’s time to get working on those essays, haha. </p>

<p>That’s all I have. Good luck, you guys. I’ll hopefully see you all at TASP! :D</p>

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<p>Well. Mine essays are at last complete, and I shall now heed to command of those who shall soon command the fate of us all and no longer cast mine eyes upon this thread. However, I may check back as I hunker down as hordes of rabid super-bowl fans swarm past mine domicile, hence I have a query for the most noble ToastofDestiny and any others who care to respond: as the seminars transpire alongside each other within the two realms, how are they sundered? Or do the denizens of such lands intermingle, akin to blood and water, in an instance where blood is intermingled with water? (it’s 6 am, forgive the analogy- and I just broke character from my previous High English forms. Ah, well, so much for that reputation)</p>

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<p>When I come home, I have to write a critical analysis & edit five other essays. & math homework.
Joy to the world.
It’s what I get for procrastinating, though.</p>

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<p>Starting now…I shall do it!</p>

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<p>^You will! I haven’t got much less to do myself. :D</p>

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<p>Today’s goal: Finish the essays (one and a half left, then editing!) and study for a psychology midterm. Agh, the stress!
Astaldo, you make me giggle. Just thought I’d say.</p>

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<p>Something tells me that of the 1000+ applicants, 75% or more of them started no later than a week ago. </p>

<p>I started before Christmas and I only submitted a couple of hours ago. Worse yet, I had been working on them at least a couple times a week since I first started. If only I had the mental prowess or literary skills of those who end up going to TASP, then I would actually be satisfied with my work. All I can hope for is that my essays somehow prove to Telluride that I am a truly insightful, knowledgeable individual with varied and pertinent interests, as I personally know I would be a great fit for the program. Unfortunately, we feel the same way. It’s hard not to get attached to this program when a) you have someone on Facebook who did the program last year and you’ve uber-stalked to the point where you know the layout of the Telluride Michigan House and b) you’ve invested so much time, thought and energy into the essays that you don’t want to see all those late-nights go to waste. Also, I’m not even in this for the college app boost, as based off my experiences lived vicariously through past TASP threads and Facebook stalking, I’ve realize how much better this is than college, regardless of where you go. Very few places offer the monastic atmosphere and intellectually driven students, faculty and factotum that Telluride does, and at a high school level nonetheless. </p>

<p>Looking at what a critical essay is (according to this forum), I can’t help but feel that I did it completely wrong. I didn’t quote a single line, though I did refer to the text quite often, and I never cited any sources in the span of my 8K words…frack. Although, the TASP FAQ says I neither need to know what a critical analysis is nor do I need to cite sources. IDK though… I feel like its good game regardles, i’ve lost already. :frowning: :frowning: :(. I wish more than anything to be able to go to any of the four seminars, but when i pressed submit, I had a very bad gut feeling. I’ll still feel nervous before the results, but I know the ultimate decision.</p>

<p>/rant. </p>

<p>I know i sound drunk… im inebriated by pure exhaustion (did i even use the word correctly?). Yayyy… time to sleep and then study for the SAT!!!</p>

<p>This has gotta be the goood lifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. (ooh ooh ooh). I’m going to come back to this post in a couple of hours and probably delete it, so enjoy the inner-ramblings of an anonymous person on the internet who you’ve never met or never will meet. Or so you think. How do you know I’m not your mother? How do you know I’m not Wacka Flacka Flames? Who knows what he does in his free time. Maybe he likes chancing people too!!! Peace out children and remember, this is Vince with ShamWow and you’re gonna love my nuts. Also, beating up hookers</p>

<p>Be happy that you did this application anyways. What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger… more behind on your schedule, exhausted and usually disappointed. But hey, if Kanye West said it, it’s got to be true. He said George Bush doesn’t care about black people and few would disagree with him.</p>

<p><strong>God Bless your magnificent souls, and I wish all of you the best of luck working against the looming 11:59 EST deadline</strong> If you don’t submit it in time, just think, you are helping someone else get in, changing their lives, enabling them to do great things, and as a result, potentially changing your life. Isn’t that swell!!</p>

<p>UHMERICA!</p>

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<p>Ok, for my conflict essay, I can think of an internal conflict in my life, but I didn’t ACTIVELY try to resolve it…it just came to be one day in a class. In the prompt, it tells you to discuss a conflict that you “attempted to resolve”. Will this not work?</p>

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<p>Just submitted my app!</p>

<ol>
<li>darthbarf</li>
<li>stats47</li>
<li>theaudone</li>
<li>watchmesoar</li>
<li>secondwind95 </li>
<li>Astaldo</li>
<li>kdengg </li>
<li>cupcakelover373</li>
</ol>

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<p>I have to finish my critical analysis and my special topic essay… just 1500 more words… gogogo</p>

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<p>@Gratisfaction I’m confused about why you’ve written 8K words for the critical analysis essay. Is that a typo? :)</p>

<p>How’s everyone who started their essays today doing? </p>

<p>Critical Analysis: Half way through-ish. Unedited. Not very good. Hmph. Leaving finishing it until last so I can see how much time I have left. May require a massive re-write or last minute change of topic. :confused:
Future Plans: Done, edited, phew!
Seminars: Done and edited, yay!
Book List: Done!
Personal Conflict: About to start this. My topic’s pretty good so wish me look!
Problem: Not started, no ideas. I’m screwed. (:</p>

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<p>@AnnieZ</p>

<p>I think that means you at least tried to resolve it even if it didn’t work, not necessarily a lot of sitting around thinking about how you could resolve it. That was my interpretation anyway. Not sure if that makes any sense to you. (:</p>

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<p>One to go! Am I the only one having immense difficulty coming up with a topic for the personal conflict essay? I feel like the only conflicts I’ve had to endure will seem petty compared to what some applicants will undoubtedly write about. First world problems?</p>

<p>For the academic interests segment, is it just a list? Or are we supposed to write actual paragraphs of coherent thoughts?</p>

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<p>@nawtsocliche</p>

<p>You have to think of it like this… what are the chances you will run into anything other than “first world problems” at TASP? Besides, I don’t think the problem itself is what is important but what you’re showing you learnt from it.</p>

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<p>@Gratification:
I could have written that post, word for word, including the part about Facebook stalking. Who’s to say you and I will never meet? :wink: Best of luck to everyone.
Amen!</p>

<ol>
<li>darthbarf</li>
<li>stats47z</li>
<li>theaudone</li>
<li>watchmesoar</li>
<li>secondwind95</li>
<li>Astaldo</li>
<li>kdengg</li>
<li>cupcakelover373 </li>
<li>tongxiang77</li>
</ol>

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<p>Well, I don’t really know how to categorize it. Basically, my essay was going to be about how I was having conflicting views with my grandma, and I was narrow minded, but eventually a history class changed me. </p>

<p>I don’t really know if this constitutes me “attempting to resolve” he conflict, of you know what I mean?</p>

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<p>@nawtsocliche</p>

<p>I also just found this on the TASP FAQ under “Should I explain my areas of intellectual interest? What should I include?”</p>

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<p>@AnnieZ</p>

<p>You learnt something about yourself. It was a conflict so most of the essay will be you explaining the story behind in, then you can describe the moment it clicked and how it changed what you thought and simultaneously resolved the conflict of minds/ideas/views between you and your grandma. Say what you learnt about yourself and how you think it would help in other situations and how it could help you at TASP (you’ve learnt to let other people’s views shape your own, etc). </p>

<p>I would consider it a conflict, if that makes you feel better about writing it. I think it would constitute a more intellectual essay than what you are considering a conflict and I think that’s a good thing because of what you can say you learnt. Good luck! :)</p>

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<p>@SimpsonLisa</p>

<p>Thank you so much! It does help me feel tremendously better.</p>

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<p>@AnnieZ</p>

<p>Aw, I’m glad it makes you feel better! Good luck with the essay and let us know how it goes! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I’m going to have a cookie to motivate myself into working on my next essay… :P</p>