Welcome to the TASP and TASS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for high school teachers, counselors, and other educators! Here, you can find answers to questions we commonly encounter. This page will be updated periodically during the application cycle.
How do I nominate students?
Full instructions for nominating students can be found
here.
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Do I need to receive a nomination form to be eligible to nominate students? Can I be added to the list of nominators?
Anyone may nominate students for TASS or TASP. We send annual letters and nomination forms to teachers and counselors who have nominated students in the past or who have requested to be on our nomination mailing list. Please email
telluride@tellurideassociation.org if you would like to be added to this list.
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Can I nominate students who are not in my classes?
Certainly!
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What do I do if I missed the nomination deadline?
If you missed the current year’s nomination deadline, you may still send nominations to the Telluride office, but we cannot guarantee that your students will be included in our nominee mailings. Students do not need to be nominated to apply, and we encourage you to direct them to the TASS or TASP
website for electronic copies of our brochure and application.
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What kinds of help can I give students with their essays?
As a guideline, most forms of help you would give a student on an ordinary writing assignment are appropriate for the TASS or TASP application. In particular, you may discuss with them their ideas and essay structure or help them with conventions for referencing other works. All writing and editing, however, should be the student’s own.
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Do I need to write a letter of recommendation when I nominate students?
We do not require a letter of recommendation for students until they are selected for an interview. Fewer than one in five applicants receive an interview, so we do not suggest that you write letters for your students unless they request them from you after having reached that stage of our application process. It is not required that students receive letters from the same person who nominated them. Students will receive specific instructions to give to letter writers when they are notified of their interview status.
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What are the eligibility rules for TASS and TASP?
To apply to TASS you must be a current high school sophomore (or equivalent) and to apply to TASP you must be a current high school junior (or equivalent). There are no other requirements, and there are no exceptions. If your student is in a program that does not follow the typical U.S. high school grade system and calendar and you are unsure of her or his eligibility, please contact
tasp-queries@tellurideassociation.org. As a guideline, TASS applicants generally have at least two full years of secondary school remaining before entering University at the time of the application deadline, and TASP applicants generally have at least one full year remaining.
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