Despite slurs, Jughead U still less prestigious than Yale

31 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, marketing, odd & fun

Special hello to my readers from Thunder Bay–what, didn’t think to cloak your IPs? Moving on.
Looks like that publicity stunt I wrote about earlier overlooked a large portion of its audience in targeting young people. What a perfect example of the risks of edgy marketing that Morgan Davis and others have been reminding me about […]

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All the mail that’s fit to print (in a day)

31 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, marketing

This is a follow up to a popular post I made few days ago, “Spend a Week inside my mailbox!” which offered readers the chance to see everything I got in the mail over the course of a week. There have been some budget cuts, and in this installment we can only offer one […]

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Donor dollars trump interests of prospective students in student blogging arena

31 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, marketing

Let me begin this post by thanking Morgan Davis of Erelevant for a very insightful comment which has once again conjured a response from me which I am reappropriating for the front page. I love the discussions I have with readers, which is why I would encourage more of you to interact a little bit! […]

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Curious blogosphere Yale posts imply online smut?

31 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as odd & fun

This is utterly bizarre to me, and whether it reflects a mistake on Technorati’s behalf or the oddities and eccentricities of those blogging about Yale, I have no idea. I found myself looking at the Technorati tag page for the tag “Yale” and found some really weird results. To see if it was a fluke, […]

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Cornell Student Blogs Crashing and Burning

30 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, marketing

Remeber those Cornell admissions-sponsored blogs I wrote about a few days ago? The Cornell Student Blogs are crashing and burning in public opinion, and there are a fair share of people who are more than happy to start roasting marshmallows and dance around the corpse. Strong language, but I’m seeing some strong […]

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a freshman 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, and am an official Yale blogger. Click here to read my 'about' page.

Kind words about my blog:

Andrew Careaga calls it “a service to all of us in the higher ed marketing business.”

Christian Long says it has “dramatically inspired college admissions folks to take notice”

Bob Johnson says “I like [it] because I agree with so much of what he says.” and that “Paying attention what Sam writes will let you focus more closely on students who will actually attend your school.”

Karine Joly says my witty and fresh style “offers a rare glimpse at the mind of our elusive prospective students”

and TargetX calls my blog “good reading” and me “wise-beyond-my-years.”