March 14, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
Today my friend Greta and I decided to venture out to M.I.T. for a visit. We’d intended to do such things this week, and couldn’t conceive of anything else for today, so it wasn’t a bad idea. Greta came over a bit before twelve and we pondered for 30 minutes what we might do while [...]
March 9, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
College admissions officers in Massachusetts and elsewhere yesterday scrambled to deal with the applications of thousands of students whose SAT scores were too low because of a technical glitch, one of the biggest mistakes ever made on the high-stakes exam. Ooops! Someone messed up. Ostensibly, a computer, but really there’s a human behind it in [...]
I'm a current senior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. Click here to read my extended 'about' page.I'm currently a junior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. I just got back from studying abroad at Peking University this past Fall 2009 in Beijing, China! Click here to read my 'about' page.