<p>Hmm interesting I wonder why they have 2 addresses with such similar names, it seems like they have the same purpose. I ended up just calling, everything turned out alright :-)</p>
<p>But I was looking at one of the old threads like back from 2007 or something and it seems like there were a lot more former participants commenting and giving advice. I wonder why that doesn’t happen anymore
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<p>could be that they are actually implementing some policies on limited online social networking haha.</p>
<p>Yeah, my mind went blank as well when it came to questions. I just asked two, one about the social scene and one about the independence/self-governed aspect of the program. </p>
<p>@River: I didn’t think they liked one of my essays because they were questioning me really hard on that one in particular - like I didn’t feel like I got “torn apart” at all or anything but the tone of their questions seemed much harsher than when they were challenging my other essays. It felt like with the others they were probing to see how I would respond and with this one they seemed to actually disagree.</p>
<p>I used the TA one, not the Cornell one.</p>
<p>Tomorrow we head into single digits for the countdown til decision date…wow, time does go by fast.</p>
<p>Nine days left… eep. And who knows, it could even come out on the 29th…</p>
<p>So we established that we think they meet on the last weekend of the month to decide? So then the soonest we’d probably find out is like that Monday?</p>
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<p>Yes. The last weekend of April is when the committee meets. Decisions traditionally come out the Monday or Tuesday after that weekend.</p>
<p>former tasper here, just lurking and watching.
what advice do you seek, riverx1?</p>
<p>yeah i pretty much have my fingers crossed for the 29th…</p>
<p>Woww, a former TASPer haha. Why do I feel like I just sighted a legendary pokemon or something. </p>
<p>And nothing specific at this point haha, I’m sure I would’ve had a lot more when I was still working on stuff to submit. Do they ask you guys to participate less in these online discussions? </p>
<p>And I guess, looking back on your TASP experience how do you feel about it?
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<p>I am also just curious about whether you get your first choice and how confident were you in your being accepted into the program?</p>
<p>lol i can practically smell the tension in the air (it’s banana-scented, if u wanted to know) so here’s a story about my tasp interview to hopefully lighten the mood:</p>
<p>my mom was trying to give me this motivational speech before i walked into the interview location so she was like “it’s okay honey, just MAKE THEM REMEMBER YOU” and i practically died because ~hunger games ~ reference right? and then once i was actually in the interview it became a scarily accurate metaphor for the whole deal so the moral of the story is your tasp interview was almost definitely better than mine.</p>
<p>hahahaha i was not all that nervous I guess… But pep talks are always delightful :P</p>
<p>My mom told me my outfit was awful, and that I wouldn’t make a good impression in it -__- </p>
<p>I was like thanks mom, love you too. But I refused to change because I spent a lot of time thinking about what I would wear haha, probably more than most guys. But you know, your body is a canvas and all that. </p>
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<p>My gay best friend, who I go to for absolutely everything, dressed me for my TASP interview…I didn’t feel overdressed necessarily (my interview was at an intimidatingly-fancy location,) but my interviewer was dressed much more casually than I was.</p>
<p>Also I don’t say “gay” like it should mean anything, obviously…just didn’t know if everyone knew the acronym “GBF.”</p>
<p>Moooooving on, yeah, I doubt there’s a need for this thread to be so tension filled. I think the point of the social networking policy is to discourage us from getting to know each other (as in, where we’d recognize one another if we were admitted) or exchanging essays. We’ve all managed to stay anonymous, so I doubt posting the way we have been is an issue…</p>
<p>Though, I think I’m checking this thread and posting out of anxiety for the coming results, and not for any greater purpose, so I may try to stay off until the results come out, and if accepted, not post…probably safest.</p>
<p>I’m feeling the tiniest bit nervous at this point haha. I really want to know the decision already and its kind of weird to think that it hasn’t actually been made yet. I wonder if one or two people decide on each individual application, or if its like a committee that goes through each app one at a time…the latter sounds cooler haha. </p>
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<p>I was also dressed much more formally than my interviewers, but not terribly so. I spent way too much time planning what I would wear, though. :P</p>
<p>stressed… APs are coming up…</p>