Naked Parties at Yale: a random note

15 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Esoterotica, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, odd & fun

Some of you may be familiar with the concept of naked parties popular at college campuses across the nation but perhaps especially Yale; in any event, I thought I would attach a relevant email sent to the freshman class about something its anonymous author purports to be the first Pundit-sponsored prankish naked party of the […]

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I updated my ‘about’ page, but it’s still not exciting

14 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, personal

It’s still pretty boring–check if you don’t believe me! My edits mainly consisted of changing ‘Exeter’ to ‘Yale.’ I also changed the tagline from ‘all the exciting parts, none of the rejection’ to ‘all the exciting parts, none of the heavy debt burden.’ It would be funnier were it not for all that debt! These […]

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Good news on the extracurricular front

11 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Internets, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, personal

First, I got a callback for one of the improv groups that I tried out for last night, The Purple Crayon! The Purple Crayon is the only group on campus that does long-form improv, which is where they take one suggestion and then create a whole show out of it. I think it’s absolutely fantastic […]

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I’m busy at Yale but happy, let me describe how and why

10 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Blogging, Campus, College, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, personal

I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been really busy here at Yale, in a very good way. Many nights so far I have looked at my schedule of things to do on any given night extracurricularly etc., things that I am interested in–and find that I have four or five things happening concurrently. There […]

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Yale is amazing beyond my wildest hopes and dreams in ways I never imagined!

05 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, education, odd & fun, personal

Today was the first day of classes at Yale, and I decided it was time to finally start getting back into the blogging spirit. What better way to start than a proclamation of my love for this new place?
I don’t know that I can sufficiently articulate my supreme delight and excitement for the next four […]

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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.”