<p>List your main areas of intellectual interest. </p>
<p>^ Like, subjects?</p>
<p>How far is everyone on their essays?
I’m currently working on my critnal, started #4, and basically finished the final draft of #3.</p>
<p>I originally wasn’t going to apply to TASP - I figured it would just be a futile exercise. But I got the flyer in the mail, and standing there in the kitchen reading it, I made a snap decision to go for it. Writing the essays has been fun, at least. </p>
<p>I’ve got about 200 words left to add to the education/career one. Mostly done with critical analysis. Completed first drafts of the problem in a field that interests me essay and the conflicts I’ve faced essay.</p>
<p>Gah… I’ve done all except for the critical analysis (which I don’t think should be terribly hard).</p>
<p>Random question: Under the activities & interests section, it asks for the hrs/week for everything listed. What if it’s a monthly activity (like one 2 hr meeting per month)?</p>
<p>@watchmesoar–I’m not an expert but I’d say break it up? So like, .5 hours a week?</p>
<p>Two questions:
- Do we write the critical analysis as if we are assuming the reader has read the book (or song or whatever) we are analyzing?
- What if we have no “concerns” about being placed in any of the seminars? Do we just leave that out of our answer? What kind of concerns are they interested in–basically why we would not want to do a seminar? I honestly don’t have any reasons against any of them…</p>
<p>So, I have a question for the past TASPers:
When it came to word count on your essay, how close to the max did you guys go? I feel comfortable with my essays (as in, they answer the questions fairly thoroughly) but they’re only about 1200 or 1300 words. Is it a big deal or did you guys just go with how well you answered the prompts?</p>
<p>Started my application the day before yesterday. ^^,</p>
<p>Critical Analysis: Umm. I have 2 different possible subjects. Not sure. Really like both, though. :)</p>
<p>Issue of Choice: In love with my subject. 
Probably my favorite essay.</p>
<p>Personal Conflict: 70% Just need to fix up.</p>
<p>Education/Career: Blah. Corny. I hate it, but I have a rough draft.</p>
<p>Seminars: Favorite by far is the Moral Complexities in Lit seminar at Cornell I. The others are all really interesting, though. After Cornell I, I don’t really have an order of preference.</p>
<p>Reading List: 10-ish books? No periodicals…meh.</p>
<p>I’m basically done with everything. I copy/pasted all of the essays to the form…One more serious read through, and then I’ll submit. I liked how everything turned out, especially the personal conflict and education/career pieces. I think they’ll see a bunch of different sides of me as a person. </p>
<p>First choice = Cornell II: Diversity and Democracy. I said that I wouldn’t be interested in going to Michigan II: Modern Art/Theater. Honesty, I believe, is the best policy.</p>
<p>I wish my book list was stronger, but eh, it is what it is.</p>
<p>Hey hows everyones essays doing?
and quick question…
Do you rly need 1500 words for all the essays? im finding it hard to write 1500 words for my educational/career essay… i have a solid essay thats 1000words and i simple cant think of anything else to write. Will this essay play a significant role in the admissions process o.O?
Everything else 1500words is easy.
Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>I think I’m in love: Cornell I</p>
<p>I got a flyer last week, gonna try to make a go for it, 3-4 essays in 2 weeks. Sounds like fun!!!</p>
<p>Will probably try for Cornell I.</p>
<p>Written an essay a day so far.<-- living heck
Nearly done w/ first drafts.</p>
<p>Can’t imagine getting in, though! Hope they like me…</p>
<p>I don’t know if someone’s asked this, but I’ll assume that the essays are more personable than formal, right…?</p>
<p>:1</p>
<p>@xlazy357</p>
<p>1500 is the upper limit for the essays. So you definitely don’t need to hit that high, especially since they are asking us to be concise. If you’ve said what you need to say, then there’s no need to add any more.</p>
<p>Quick question… For the essays, does it matter what perspective they are written in? Like, is it acceptable to write them in the first person or should they be formal and third person?</p>
<p>OMG
concise?</p>
<p>haha guess I’ll be doing some editing!</p>
<p>From the TASP FAQ:
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<p><a href=“http://www.tellurideassociation.org/programs/high_school_students/tasp/tasp_faq.html#essays[/url]”>http://www.tellurideassociation.org/programs/high_school_students/tasp/tasp_faq.html#essays</a></p>
<p>@nawtsocliche Personally, I wrote my analysis and issue I’m interested in essays in the third person. The rest were first person. I think the most formal one is the analysis. But then again, they never said anything about perspective, as far as I can tell. So maybe you should do what you feel most comfortable doing.</p>
<p>@watchmesoar Great, thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>I’m hoping the book argument doesn’t have to be crazy smart. >_<</p>
<p>THIS IS SO HARD</p>