01 Dec 12月1日
Posted by Sam Jackson as张贴萨姆杰克逊 Admissions 招生 , , CCO 庆典统筹办公室 , , College 学院 , , personal 个人
I have spent far too much of my time in the last 24 hours looking for school mailing addresses to label Teacher Recommendation letters.我已花了太多的时间在过去24小时内找学校邮寄地址标签,老师推荐信等。 I am in fact only giving one teacher a complete set of stuffed envelopes, since of of my two teacher rec-writers is in the Nicaraguan jungle right now and has hers on file with the College Counseling office.实际上我只是给每名教师制定一套完整的装进信封,因为对我的两名教师伦理-作家是在尼加拉瓜丛林中,现在并已对她的档案与高校咨询室。
The common app website “共同的亚洲浆纸网站" info page信息页 ” is full of terrible lies. " ,是充满可怕的谎言。 I checked for some of my schools and while some matched up with the addresses there, others were quite different.我查了,为我的一些学校和一些匹配与地址,因此,其他人则完全不同了。 As such this page is not to be trusted in my mind so I had to go and find independent confirmation for every address.因此这一页是不被信赖的 ,在我看来,让我不得不去寻找独立的证实,为每一个地址。 This is something that I should have done earlier but it is also something that schools should make simpler.这是我应该做的较早,而且也有一些学校应作更简单。 I find myself despairing under a tsunami of paper and it’s not even as if I’m printing out any applications (yet)!我发现自己绝望的下一个海啸的纸张和它的不作为,甚至如果我打印出了任何申请(但) !
You don’t believe me, do you?你不相信我,你呢? Or, if you’ve spent time volunteering for political parties, you are probably scoffing at this sort of envelope stuffing.或者,如果你花时间志愿为政党,你大概scoffing在这样的信封馅。 Fine.罚款。 I know it isn’t that bad but it’s tedious and frustrating–especially since this is one instance where people should be really trying to help you find their address.我知道这并不很糟糕,但它的繁琐和令人沮丧的,尤其是因为这是一处人们应该真正想帮助你找到了自己的地址。 Colleges shouldn’t make it a puzzle or riddle just to find out where to mail things.高校不应该使之成为一个谜谜或只是为了找出何处邮寄东西。 I can only imagine the misery anyone disabled might have trying to get this information.我只能想象苦难的人伤残,可能试图获得这方面的资料。 I know not everyone has 15 schools on their list, but this is still ridiculous.我知道不是每个人都拥有15所学校对他们的名单上,但是这仍是荒谬的。 Even half the time I have spent is far too much.甚至有一半时间都花费远远太多。 Do I blame the common app?我责怪共同亚洲浆纸? I don’t know.我不知道。 It helped, certainly, for the 10 schools that used that form.它帮助,当然,为10所学校使用那种形式。 A little.一点。 If I were at home the labels would be printed out and we’d just do the postage on the machine, so it would be faster.如果我在家里的标签将打印出而且我们非常刚刚做的邮费就机,因此,如果能够快一点。 Too bad.太差。
Look, an envelope-fan.你看,一个信封范。
6 Responses六日回应
Kofi 科菲。
December 3rd, 2006 at 9:31 pm 2006年12月3日在下午9点31分
1 一Two months ago you posted the first comment to my blog.两个月前,你贴出的第一个评论我的博客。 I’m still blogging, anywhere from once a week to once a day.我还是博客,随时随地从每周一次到每天一次。 It’s very cathartic.它的非常泻剂。 Should have started years ago.应该已经开始年前。
So fifteen colleges… wow.使15个学院…哇。 I applied to six and couldn’t take it. i适用于6个,并可能不会接纳。 Of course, I waited until the night before the deadline.当然,我等待,直到前一天晚上的最后期限。 Hated the common app.痛恨共同流明。 I don’t think I used it, and from what I remember I was able to recycle the same two essays for most of them.我想我没有用过它,从我记得我能够循环再用同样两杂文,为他们大多数。 Got in everywhere but Brown (wait-listed).得到的,但到处布朗(等待上市) 。 Wasn’t that upset.是不是不高兴。
My friend and I (we’re ex-Yalies) noticed you’re a little stressed.我的朋友和我(我们当然yalies )注意到,你是一个很少强调。 We’ll do our best to help you out.我们将尽我们所能来帮助你。 You have a 2350 and you are ethnically diverse.你有一个2350 ,你是由不同族裔组成。 Unless you do no extracurriculars and/or your GPA is low, you are definitely getting into someone’s Ivy League school.除非你不extracurriculars和/或您的政府采购协定是低的,你肯定是进入别人的长春藤盟校。 Probably more than one.也许不止一个。 You’re DEFINITELY getting into Tufts.您肯定进入塔夫茨。 Ditch GWU, Brandeis, BU, Wesleyan and possibly NYU too.沟gwu ,布兰德斯,布赫,卫斯理和纽约大学可能太。 I know people who went there and they’re students of an entirely different caliber.我知道的人,去和他们的学生完全不同的口径。 My sister wasn’t able to take full advantage of her Exeter experience and STILL got into Duke.我和妹妹是不是都能够充分利用她的埃克塞特经验和仍然进入杜克。 Don’t stress.没有压力。 Just do your work and you should be fine.刚刚做你的工作和你应该罚款。 Any other questions feel free to ask.其他任何问题都感受到这种自由的要求。
Sam Jackson 萨姆杰克逊
December 3rd, 2006 at 9:58 pm 2006年12月3日在下午9点58分
2 二Hey!嘿! Thanks for dropping by.感谢下降。 You know, a week or two after I commented on your blog I said to myself “hmm, I wonder what is up with that blog” and went and looked for it.你知道,一,二个星期后,我对你的博客我说:我"哼,我不知道什么是发展与博客" ,并去寻找它。 I have a frighteningly sharp memory for search queries that I’ve used from years ago; a few weeks was no problem.我有一个令人震惊的夏普记忆搜寻疑问,我所使用的,由几年前的几个星期,没有问题。 Google saves my searches but I found you through Technorati. Google公司节省了我的搜查,但是我发现你们通过technorati 。 However, it seemed to be… gone.不过,它似乎是…没有了。 The site wasn’t indexed by google or anyone, so I figured you had deleted it–ironic, since I recalled commenting about short blog lifespans.现场并没有收录Google或任何人,所以我想通了,你删除它-具有讽刺意味的,因为我记得在评论关于博客短寿命。 Happily, I was wrong.令人高兴的是,我错了。 Glad to see you caught the disease–in this virtual sick ward that is the blogosphere, the more the merrier.很高兴看到你引起疾病,在这个虚拟病区是博客,更是越多越好。
Thanks too for the encouraging words… but take heed, should your predictions fail to come true, I’ll just feel all the worse and will blame you!感谢太为鼓励的话… …但是人注意,如果你的预言未能成真吧,我只是觉得所有的坏,并会责怪你! Just kidding, just kidding.只是在开玩笑,只是在开玩笑。 You offer a money-back guarantee, right?您是否提供原银奉还,对不对? Scattergrams don’t always inspire confidence, though admittedly they don’t tell the whole story. scattergrams并不总是鼓舞信心,虽然他们不知道整个故事。
Everywhere on my list is on my list for good reason–more even than just ‘balance’ (as far as selectivity is concerned).无处不在我的名单上,是我的名单上有充分理由的,更甚至不仅仅是'平衡' (就选择性而言) 。 Though, I will say, your words about the students does strike fear into my heart… because I never got a chance to overnight anywhere (yet) I don’t know what the students or student life is really like and have had to operate on skimpy impressions.虽然,我会说,你说的话对学生是否敬畏我的心… …因为我从来没有得到机会在一夜之间任何地方(但)我不知道这是什么学生或学生生活,是真像,并进行了经营,对轻薄的印象。 O.o The only time student life has come into play as a consideration has been fears of too much pre-professionalism at a few unnamed schools still on the list.面向对象的唯一的一次学生生活生效发挥作为一个考虑一直担心太多学前教育专业性,在数个未命名的学校名单上还有。
I probably didn’t write this anywhere, but for BU I’m applying to the University Professors program, which is neatly interdisciplinary.我大概没有写,这在任何地方,但对于卜我申请到大学教授的计划,这是整齐跨学科的。 For NYU, can you guess?为纽约大学,你能猜? Gallatin, where the school of Individualized Study / University Without Walls would excellently serve my educational goals. gallatin ,凡学校的个性化学习/大学无围墙,将很好地服务于我国的教育目标。 Hey, I’m writing in essay-speak… what has become of me?嘿,我在写作征文发言… …什么,已成为我的? This is almost as bad as when my blog prose style bleeds into English papers.这几乎是差劲的时候,我的博客散文风格流血成英文论文。
Thanks again for stopping by and joining the conversation–or starting one, even.再次感谢制止,并加入谈话或创业,甚至。 College students and recent college grads are usually too busy or having too much fun to comment on the blog, it’s always nice when they do.大学生和刚大学毕业生通常都太忙或有太大的乐趣就博客,它的态度一直很好的时候,他们做的。 The last memorable exchange were some current Yalies and Harvard kids fighting over whose school I should attend more.过去难忘的交易所目前的一些yalies和哈佛孩子们争夺的学校,我应该参加更多。 Ahh, the beauty of the internet.稀释,美丽的互联网。
I am going to slink back to my desktop and the essays I have been vainly trying to complete all weekend long.我要slink回到我的桌面和散文,我一直妄想试图完成所有的周末长。
Kofi 科菲。
December 5th, 2006 at 10:11 pm 2006年12月5日在下午10时11分
3 三Good luck with the essays.好运与杂文。 A fight over whether Harvard or Yale is better is immaterial.争是否哈佛大学或耶鲁大学,是更好地无关紧要。 I’m sorry you couldn’t find me… I’m still around… I’m actually re-editing from the beginning now that I no longer have sororicide (is that a word?) on the brain.我很抱歉,你无法找到我… …我还是靠近…我实际上重新编辑从一开始就是现在,我不再有那些sororicide (这是一个字吗? )对人类大脑。 If you have any suggestions how I can register my site on search engines, it would be a great help to me.如果您有任何建议如何,我可以登记我的网站上的搜索引擎,那将是一个很大的帮助。
As far as Yale or Harvard I don’t know what the difference is anymore.据耶鲁或哈佛,我不知道有什么不同,是了。 You’d do fine at either one, from what I can see.你做的很好,一,从我能看到的。 (Although I think Harvard undergrad is easier by reputation. And Cambridge/Boston has a better city/night life.) But I seriously doubt you’ll have any problems. (虽然我认为哈佛undergrad是比较容易通过的声誉。剑桥/波士顿有一个更好的城市/夜的生活。 ) ,但我严重怀疑你有任何问题。 Unless you choke at interviews, or you have two toes or are otherwise unapproachable (all things your blog seems to disprove), I will be very, very surprised if come May you don’t get in somewhere good.除非你呛在采访中,或你有两个脚趾或以其他方式不可接近(所有的东西,你的博客似乎反证) ,我会非常,非常惊讶,如果今后可能你不会在某处好。 Just be down to earth and intelligent.刚降到大地和智能性。
I’m sure you’ve done a lot of research on the programs etc. If you haven’t gotten a chance to see the schools, definitely GO; it helps.我敢肯定,你们已经做了大量的研究,对节目等,如果你还没有得到一个机会,看看学校,一定去,它有帮助。 I went to Yale’s Multicultural Openhouse (after some convincing) and knew it was where I wanted to be.我去了耶鲁大学的多元文化的开放参观日(经过一些说服力) ,并知道这是我想要做的。
What I say is primarily opinion and from my personal experience.我怎么说,主要是舆论和从我的切身感受。 But most of the people I knew who went to those other schools you mentioned were bright people who, to be blunt, didn’t get it together in time to get admitted to more competitive schools.但大多数的人是我知道谁给了那些其他学校,你所提到的都是光明的人,说白了,并不十分明白这在一起的时候得到承认,以更具竞争力的学校。 I’ve met people who turned down offers from Yale to study at other schools, but not many.我找到了我的人,拒绝提供,由耶鲁大学学习,在其他学校,但并没有多少。 The programs look really attractive in the brochures, but ultimately they’re only as good as the professors you learn from and the students you study with.节目看看是否真的有吸引力,在宣传册,但最终他们只不如教授,你学习和学生,你学习。 Just a thought.只是一个思路。
Sam Jackson 萨姆杰克逊
December 5th, 2006 at 10:45 pm 2006年12月5日上午10时45分
4 四Well, they both presumed I would get into their respective schools, which was the friendly part.不好,他们都假定我会马上到各自的学校,这是友好的一部分。
Soo many people here at Exeter enjoy trash-talking the Harvard undergraduate experience… it’s helped by recent alums who come back and complain.洙有很多人在这里享受埃克塞特垃圾桶-谈哈佛本科的经验, … …它的帮助下,最近明矾的人回来抱怨。 Perhaps because they had overly high expectations, perhaps because it actually isn’t so great.也许是因为他们有过高的期望,也许是因为它实际上不是那么大。 I couldn’t say, not having gone through it myself.我不能说,没有经历过它自己了。 The “Harvard undergrad sucks, don’t apply” routine gets pretty darn old though. "哈佛undergrad sucks为,不适用"例行性得到相当石坝岁了。 I suppose that’s the only way to really go about judging people for applying there in this situation–you can’t really say “oh, you’re so elitist!” given the sort of numbers that apply and matriculate to top schools here, I guess.我想这是唯一的出路,要真正去判断人的申请,有在这种情况下-你不能真的说: "哦,你长得很帅,所以精英! : "鉴于这类号码申请和生源顶部学校在这里,我猜想。 Fish in a barrel.鱼桶。 A post for another day.后为一天。
I went to Yale’s multicultural open house too!我去了耶鲁大学的多元开放的房子太! It was quite nice.这是相当不错。 Here were my impressions (part 1:这里是我的感想(第1部分: http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/10/08/yale-multicultural-open-house-rundown-part-1/ and part 2:和第2部分: http://www.samjackson.org/college/2006/10/10/yale-multiculturual-open-house-rundown-part-2/ ) )
What I find most fascinating, however, is your feelings about New Haven v. Cambridge nightlife.我觉得最有趣的,不过,你的感受,新的避风港诉剑桥大学的夜生活。 I’ve been in Cambridge at night at various times of the year, so I have some idea of what it is like–and Boston generally, at night, since I’ve been out sorta late–limited by how late I could catch a train back home, at least until very recently when friends of mine have started getting driver’s licenses.我一直在剑桥晚间在不同时期的一年,所以我有一些想法究竟是什么样和波士顿一般来说,在夜间,因为我已经走出sorta晚有限公司如何晚我可以钓列车回家,至少直到最近,当朋友的矿井已开始使用驾驶执照。 (I should go take the test some time, since I have my permit… though I haven’t driven in ages.) I suppose just from College Confidential, that TREASURE TROVE of accurate opinions and facts, many people seem to feel New Haven has a better nightlife. (我应该去参加考试,有的时候,因为我有我的许可…虽然我还没有驱动,在年龄) ,我刚刚从大学机密,而宝库准确的意见和事实,很多人似乎觉得,新的避难所,有更好的夜生活。
As for getting your blog indexed, well: It takes two things–1.至于你的博客索引,以及任务:它两件事: 1 。 time, which you have no control over, and 2., links, which you do.当时,你有没有控制,而2 ,环节,你怎么做。 To a point.到一个点。 If you go around the internet commenting (like this!) you will get people who read the comments and go visit; you can also induce site-owners into then posting something about you (I’ll give you some link-love sometime soon, don’t worry).如果你去走一走,在互联网上发表评论(喜欢这个! ) ,你会得到人阅读的评论和前往访问;您也可以诱导工地业主,然后张贴一些有关你(我给你一些链接-爱有时候很快,不要担心) 。 I don’t know exactly what niche your site might fit in, but I’m sure there is one out there that suits it.我不知道究竟利基您的网站可能会在合适的,但我可以肯定,有一列有适合它。 ‘Know your audience’ as I keep telling the higher education marketers who make up the bulk of this site’s visitors–so simple that I even I forget it all the time. '知道你的观众' ,因为我不断地告诉高等教育营销弥补散装本网站的访客那么简单,我什至忘记了它的所有时间。 So: Participate in the conversation that is the blogosphere.所以:参加谈话说,是博客。 It’s like influence-trading in Washington!它的影响力一样,交易在华盛顿! Except with search engines instead of pork.除与搜索引擎而不是猪肉。 Link others, maybe they link you back.连接其他人,也许他们联系,你回来。 I mean, your site is more of a diary, so I don’t know what exactly you might do.我的意思是,你的网站更多的是一本日记,所以我不知道究竟你可能做的。 Those are the “big tips” I guess.这些都是"大秘诀: "我猜想。 #1 Has started kicking in for me for this site, thankfully. # 1已经开始拳打脚踢,在我为这个站点,值得欣慰的。 I was so annoyed that google took so long to revalue my new domain–when I moved my blog over to samjackson.org (which had been sitting unused) from jabberwocke.com.当时,我非常恼火Google公司花了这么长的升值,我的新域名-当我提出我的博客给samjackson.org (已坐在闲置)由jabberwocke.com 。 It still has 10x more indexed at the old site, blah!它还有10倍以上索引,在旧的网站,等等! But even after 4 months it’s way, way up.但即使是后4个月内,它的方式,方法。 So patience, persistence, and conversation.如此的耐心,毅力,并交谈。
Jen 仁
December 9th, 2006 at 5:53 pm 2006年12月9日在下午5时53分
5 五Nice visual.尼斯视觉。
Shelley 雪莱
December 14th, 2006 at 5:18 am 2006年12月14日在上午05时18分
6 六“Colleges shouldn’t make it a puzzle or riddle just to find out where to mail things.” "高校不应该使之成为一个谜谜或只是为了找出何处邮寄东西" 。
Maybe this is their way of weeding people out?也许,这就是他们的方式除草的人呢? Part of the application process you never knew about…..:)部分的应用过程中,你永远不会知道… .. : )
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