<p>If you submitted your app late, does your application status say “Data sent, received, and confirmed!” ? <em>sigh</em> I submitted it at 11:59 on the dot, so I was a little concerned about that… guess it worked!</p>
<p>@iluvbooks94</p>
<p>I’m really hoping the emphasis is more on content rather than the presentation. The prompts seem to imply that what they really want to know from your essays is what kind of person you are - not just your writing skill. I mean, it probably would matter if the whole thing was written like… well, like what majority of the teenage population types like, but small errors should be fairly irrelevant. 
The fear of noticing something wrong is actually why I’ve decided that I’m never going to open my essay files again, unless I’m selected for an interview. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity… how did everyone with the tech issues make out? Did they accept the late application?</p>
<p>I hope writing skills count for something in admissions, not just content. </p>
<p>Otherwise I’m screwed. :</p>
<p>@silencefell:
the marie walsh program is free if you like visual arts.
@somesmores:
i am somewhat artsy but not quite enough to qualify for such a program. thanks anyway though!</p>
<p>I’m planning on volunteering at a museum if I don’t get into TASP. I’d love to get into TASP but I don’t think it’s the end of the world if I don’t. </p>
<p>Everyone’s essays that I’ve seen were fine. Stop panicking!</p>
<p>@156ela</p>
<p>Yeah, hopefully. Besides those few errors I felt that my grasp on writing was shown. It was just so embarassing to see those little errors. :(</p>
<p>I hope some people on this thread make it in. I would be great if we all got in!</p>
<p>That’s what makes it complicated. </p>
<p>All of you seem amazing, and I would love to spend the summer with you. <3 </p>
<p>Yet since we’re kind of competing, I feel like I should hate everyone on here. :P</p>
<p>missed essay opportunity: making my topic of interest essay a word-for-word rewrite of a gingrich speech</p>
<p>eh, would’ve been irrelevant by march, i suppose</p>
<p>this may sound weird but i love all of you guys in a non-creepy, purely platonic way. </p>
<p>you’re all intelligent young people striving to make a difference and to stand out, and it drives you insane because you’re also nervous and unsure; I hope you guys get in, and if not, you’re all sure to have a bright future</p>
<p>Oh, wow. There’s supposedly around 1,350 applicants this year. </p>
<p>That takes that 6% of hope down to about 4.7%. =/</p>
<p>That’s ironic, since this is the shortest TASP thread ever. How did you find out?</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s kind of odd. Someone asked how many applicants there were on the TA Facebook page.</p>
<p>@silencefell and @156ela: I definitely agree; I feel like you’re all amazing.</p>
<p>Well, hey. Guys? Do you think there might be some merit in the fact they told us not to communicate online?</p>
<p>As a note, is it possible to check what you wrote into the form? >___></p>
<p>I’m not sure how to feel about the communication rule. I totally respect it in some ways. We shouldn’t have prejudgments of each other as individuals. I don’t really believe that anything on this forum would make us identifiable to each other, though. We shouldn’t really have a huge discussion about anything of content, but could simple remarks about the program really hurt us? </p>
<p>I honestly think that I would have given up on my application if I hadn’t made an account on here. If anything, it’s only made me want to go to TASP more… yet also reassured me that it’s not the end of the world if I don’t. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, a lot of incredible individuals are going to be rejected. Silencefell’s post had me really emotional, to be honest. There is definitely a bright future ahead of all of you. If not at TASP, there’s still a chance we’ll encounter each other later in life. Maybe college? (: </p>
<p>We all have a similar mindset and, while our paths are unique, they still have led us here together. It has truly been an honor to become a TASPlicant with everyone. </p>
<p>As far as checking the form, they took down the sign-in on the website. I haven’t been able to find it again. If you have your confirmation email, there’s a link about checking the status, though. After you log on to there, next to the form that’s submitted, it says about “View Print Copy.” It should show you what you submitted if you click that. :)</p>
<p>…when was I told not to communicate online?</p>
<p>I really don’t think a summer program hype thread deserves this much emotionality.</p>
<p>Hey guys, reading this message has made uber excited 
You all sound like incredible people and I wish we were all accepted so I could actually see genius in person. Haha, wishful thinking of course. My sole regret is not participating in the thread earlier 
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<p>Curious: is there anyone here who’s applying outside North America?</p>
<p>I’m applying from… the Philippines! but I’m Korean. Sent in my essays days ago. I’m so nervous I’m already starting look for other programs haha</p>
<p>@Philovitist: Indeed, a summer program hype thread deserves no emotionality whatsoever. </p>
<p>@silencefell: “you’re all intelligent young people striving to make a difference” - If by making a difference you mean getting into a prestigious summer program for our own personal gain, then yes, yes we are.</p>
<p>Ha! So cynical when you put it that way.
As for me, I’m using all my know-how to make a less egoistic difference, so the result is all the same.</p>
<p>@inaweoflacs I think you underestimate what a summer program could actually do for someone; sure, some (and I’m assuming you and philovitist fall into this category) see it as nothing more than an addition to an already beefy resume to be submitted to highly ranked colleges and universities. Others, like myself, see it as an opportunity to actually meet people with the same intellectual passions and curiosity. I’ve never been offered an opportunity like this, and if I were accepted I’d consider it the utmost honor. This has to do a lot with my economic situation, where I simply don’t get these kinds of chances. Maybe some people don’t value what TASP could do for them, and I don’t think any of these people would actually get accepted. TASP is meant to change people’s lives, to challenge young people on their way to college, and to serve as a catalyst around which they’ll be successful.
If I got into TASP, believe me, it wouldn’t be for personal gain. My plan for the future is all about helping others and contributing to society. After I pay off any student loan debt, I couldn’t care less about my salary. I’m actually in awe that you would make such a statement because it leads me to wonder what sort of selfish goals are motivating your education. Nevertheless, I wish you the best of luck, and any cynicism aimed toward me is taken without a grudge; I’m sure I’ve felt the same way about other people at one point and time. However, I do think both you and philovitist underestimate what could happen in one summer.</p>
<p>Ha, beefy resume. Oh, no. My economic sitch is probably a lot like yours. Even if I do get into Telluride, I’ll be struggling to find some way to actually get there.</p>
<p>Telluride, if I am blessed with luck, will permit me into a world I’ve only been able to observe the periphery of. Not only might it be the best six weeks of my life…but 75% of the courses I’m aiming at will help me reach my ultimate goal of making life seem less mysterious and absurd. I’m hoping Telluride will allow me a greater and more profound leap in my studies than I’ve yet experienced. </p>
<p>I have no idea where you get the assumption that I’m some prestige-obsessed grade grubber who-must-get-into-top-college-and-lucrative-career-and-bull. I really am the exact opposite of that. I want UChicago over Ivy League. The only thing I care about these days is intellectual stimulation. ^^</p>
<p>The only thing.</p>
<p>But really, super passionate posts like this and that just seem a bit awkward to me here on CC. My objection to them come from aesthetic grounds. It all seems so ludicrous that a thread like this supposedly results in proclamations of bonding experiences and extreme joy from simply applying. Exclamations like those might be reserved, you know, for the actual program.</p>
<p>I feel like I’m caring too much, now. Getting rejected is supposed to be this “oh, well” thing, but my mind doesn’t seem to be oriented that way. I’ve already invested too much in the thing, I guess. Oh, well. I’ll deal with it.</p>