Marketing and Sales in College Admissions: A Worrying Trend

14 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, Teenagers, marketing

I don’t think sales and marketing go hand in hand with teaching, and I question whether they are the best match for honesty in college admissions.
That’s why I’m a little annoyed when I read through old posts like this one, delving into the past some: TargetX mentioned in an Email Minute back in January that [...]

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Yet Another Reason Facebook is not a Safe Place for Photos: Ingenius Firefox Extension Rips Complete Albums

01 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, Student Life, Teenagers

Mashable had a great post today, “DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING: 30+ Firefox Add-ons For Downloading Images, Videos & Files” many of which are very useful–check it out if you’re a Firefox user (and if you’re not, check it out so you can see why you ought to be). But nestled within those embedded video downloaders and screen [...]

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Fact: Your SAT may be recycled.

31 Jul

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College Board, odd & fun

Just a quick mention to get out this scary / funny word out: Our friends at ePrep wrote way back in February that SAT tests were being recycled, and no, I don’t mean the paper. FairTest Examiner wrote in April about the same issue:

The College Board cancelled the January 28, 2007 SAT scores [...]

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Why I never took the ACT, despite liking it better than the SAT

25 Jul

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College Board, Teenagers, Testing

I was looking through my folder of old posts and I saw one from ePrep mentioning some Senate pressure last December for the ACT. I had a very interesting discussion about the SAT with some midwestern readers last year, and I thought I would just make a quick post for the record to explain why [...]

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The Yale Online Course Listing is live– goodbye, free time!

24 Jul

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, education

The Yale Online Course Information listings went live a little awhile ago but I had resisted the urge to start checking out classes–until now. I knew that if I dove into the thousands and thousands of course offerings, I would never escape! How right I was. But it sure does put a smile on my [...]

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a sophomore 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.”