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2010 TASP Programs will be held June 27 - August 7
Test scores and transcripts have only a limited influence on our impression of a candidate's potential to contribute to and profit from TASP.Far more important to our decision are the essays written for the application. These essays give applicants a chance to characterize themselves and to demonstrate their independence of thought, curiosity, and concern for social and political issues.
The students whose personal and intellectual abilities make them excellent TASP participants do not necessarily have a sophisticated educational background. We try to evaluate the accomplishments of all applicants in light of their circumstances. In this way we hope to ensure geographic, economic, and racial diversity. Because TASP is an experience in community living as well as in intellectual growth, we try to select students who seem concerned for the welfare of others and who are flexible enough to enjoy the challenge of interacting with people whose perspectives and experiences vary enormously.
The application process is more rigorous than most college admissions procedures, and each application is given serious, thorough attention. Completed applications are due near the end of January. Each application is evaluated by two or more of our trained readers, most of whom are current college students who have participated in TASP. Between 110-130 of the most promising candidates are interviewed in March or April by regional representatives of Telluride Association. If you are selected for an interview, you will need to request a transcript and letter of evaluation immediately following notification from Telluride Association in early March. (Further instructions will be given at that time.) In early May, using all the accumulated information about each candidate, the Summer Program Selection Committee makes the final selection of participants and alternates.
In the important summer before a student's senior year in high school—a year in which students often make significant decisions about the future—the value of a summer spent learning, thinking, and comparing ideas in good company cannot be overestimated. TASPs have provided this opportunity for fifty-five years, and we expect the 2010 programs to continue this extraordinary tradition.
Download the 2010 TASP Brochure (pdf format)
To request more information, please contact us.
Application materials for the 2011 programs will be available in December.
Telluride Association does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical disability.
Telluride Association occasionally shares applicants' names and addresses with our partner institutions for the purpose of informing them of scholarship and other opportunities.
It is the policy of Telluride Association to not grant any special consideration, positive or negative, to students who apply to summer programs when those students have a parent or sibling who has participated in or been employed by a TA program. Immediate family members of current TASP faculty are ineligible to apply.