September 26, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
This Wednesday is the biggest of the four mini-fairs this fall; this week is pretty interesting in general, college-wise here on campus. Here are the colleges coming for the fair. Alfred University, Bard College, Barnard College, Belmont Abbey College, Binghamton University, Bryn Mawr College, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western University, College of William & Mary, [...]
September 23, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
NPR had a report last week about higher education marketing (NPR: Marketing Higher Education Gets Sophisticated), a short 5 minute piece which wasn't really new to me in any way except for the fact that it highlighted some really startling figures. Namely, that private schools spend close to $2200 per admitted student--public universities about a [...]
I don't like paying for postage very much when it comes to this college admissions business, just because I'm already preparing myself to fork over tens and tens of thousands if I matriculate somewhere. It doesn't cost very much to mail return postcards. I don't know what the dollar cost of printing off little inserts [...]
Headlines don't lie--so what's the quick payout from student blogging? Why, awesome video game kitsch, what else! Christian Montoya of Cornell had a photo contest on his student blog I Have Senioritis a few weeks ago, and on the spur of the moment I decided to enter it. As it turned out, I won, and [...]
September 20, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
I'm registered to take the October 1st SAT, since I wasn't totally thrilled with my leftover scores from my 10th grade year. A year and a half later, I think I can improve on that original score... After all, that was the first time I had ever taken the SAT. I think it's reasonably well [...]
I'm currently a rising 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.