01 Dec 12月1日
Posted by Sam Jackson as張貼薩姆傑克遜 Admissions 招生 , , CCO 慶典統籌辦公室 , , College 學院 , , personal 個人
I have spent far too much of my time in the last 24 hours looking for school mailing addresses to label Teacher Recommendation letters.我已花了太多的時間在過去24小時內找學校郵寄地址標籤,老師推薦信等。 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.實際上我只是給每名教師制定一套完整的裝進信封,因為對我的兩名教師倫理-作家是在尼加拉瓜叢林中,現在並已對她的檔案與高校諮詢室。
The common app website “共同的亞洲漿紙網站" info page信息頁 ” is full of terrible lies. " ,是充滿可怕的謊言。 I checked for some of my schools and while some matched up with the addresses there, others were quite different.我查了,為我的一些學校和一些匹配與地址,因此,其他人則完全不同了。 As such this page is not to be trusted in my mind so I had to go and find independent confirmation for every address.因此這一頁是不被信賴的 ,在我看來,讓我不得不去尋找獨立的證實,為每一個地址。 This is something that I should have done earlier but it is also something that schools should make simpler.這是我應該做的較早,而且也有一些學校應作更簡單。 I find myself despairing under a tsunami of paper and it’s not even as if I’m printing out any applications (yet)!我發現自己絕望的下一個海嘯的紙張和它的不作為,甚至如果我打印出了任何申請(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,如果你花時間志願為政黨,你大概scoffing在這樣的信封餡。 Fine.罰款。 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.我知道這並不很糟糕,但它的繁瑣和令人沮喪的,尤其是因為這是一處人們應該真正想幫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.高校不應該使之成為一個謎謎或只是為了找出何處郵寄東西。 I can only imagine the misery anyone disabled might have trying to get this information.我只能想像苦難的人傷殘,可能試圖獲得這方面的資料。 I know not everyone has 15 schools on their list, but this is still ridiculous.我知道不是每個人都擁有15所學校對他們的名單上,但是這仍是荒謬的。 Even half the time I have spent is far too much.甚至有一半時間都花費遠遠太多。 Do I blame the common app?我責怪共同亞洲漿紙? I don’t know.我不知道。 It helped, certainly, for the 10 schools that used that form.它幫助,當然,為10所學校使用那種形式。 A little.一點。 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.如果我在家裡的標籤將打印出而且我們非常剛剛做的郵費就機,因此,如果能夠快一點。 Too bad.太差。
Look, an envelope-fan.你看,一個信封範。
6 Responses六日回應
Kofi 科菲。
December 3rd, 2006 at 9:31 pm 2006年12月3日在下午9點31分
1 一Two months ago you posted the first comment to my blog.兩個月前,你貼出的第一個評論我的博客。 I’m still blogging, anywhere from once a week to once a day.我還是博客,隨時隨地從每週一次到每天一次。 It’s very cathartic.它的非常瀉劑。 Should have started years ago.應該已經開始年前。
So fifteen colleges… wow.使15個學院…哇。 I applied to six and couldn’t take it. i適用於6個,並可能不會接納。 Of course, I waited until the night before the deadline.當然,我等待,直到前一天晚上的最後期限。 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.我想我沒有用過它,從我記得我能夠循環再用同樣兩雜文,為他們大多數。 Got in everywhere but Brown (wait-listed).得到的,但到處布朗(等待上市) 。 Wasn’t that upset.是不是不高興。
My friend and I (we’re ex-Yalies) noticed you’re a little stressed.我的朋友和我(我們當然yalies )注意到,你是一個很少強調。 We’ll do our best to help you out.我們將盡我們所能來幫助你。 You have a 2350 and you are ethnically diverse.你有一個2350 ,你是由不同族裔組成。 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/或您的政府採購協定是低的,你肯定是進入別人的長春藤盟校。 Probably more than one.也許不止一個。 You’re DEFINITELY getting into Tufts.您肯定進入塔夫茨。 Ditch GWU, Brandeis, BU, Wesleyan and possibly NYU too.溝gwu ,布蘭德斯,布赫,衛斯理和紐約大學可能太。 I know people who went there and they’re students of an entirely different caliber.我知道的人,去和他們的學生完全不同的口徑。 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夠充分利用她的埃克塞特經驗和仍然進入杜克。 Don’t stress.沒有壓力。 Just do your work and you should be fine.剛剛做你的工作和你應該罰款。 Any other questions feel free to ask.其他任何問題都感受到這種自由的要求。
Sam Jackson 薩姆傑克遜
December 3rd, 2006 at 9:58 pm 2006年12月3日在下午9點58分
2 二Hey!嘿! Thanks for dropping by.感謝下降。 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,一,二個星期後,我對你的博客我說:我"哼,我不知道什麼是發展與博客" ,並去尋找它。 I have a frighteningly sharp memory for search queries that I’ve used from years ago; a few weeks was no problem.我有一個令人震驚的夏普記憶搜尋疑問,我所使用的,由幾年前的幾個星期,沒有問題。 Google saves my searches but I found you through Technorati. Google公司節省了我的搜查,但是我發現你們通過technorati 。 However, it seemed to be… gone.不過,它似乎是…沒有了。 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.現場並沒有收錄Google或任何人,所以我想通了,你刪除它-具有諷刺意味的,因為我記得在評論關於博客短壽命。 Happily, I was wrong.令人高興的是,我錯了。 Glad to see you caught the disease–in this virtual sick ward that is the blogosphere, the more the merrier.很高興看到你引起疾病,在這個虛擬病區是博客,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!感謝太為鼓勵的話… …但是人注意,如果你的預言未能成真吧,我只是覺得所有的壞,並會責怪你! Just kidding, just kidding.只是在開玩笑,只是在開玩笑。 You offer a money-back guarantee, right?您是否提供原銀奉還,對不對? Scattergrams don’t always inspire confidence, though admittedly they don’t tell the whole story. scattergrams並不總是鼓舞信心,雖然他們不知道整個故事。
Everywhere on my list is on my list for good reason–more even than just ‘balance’ (as far as selectivity is concerned).無處不在我的名單上,是我的名單上有充分理由的,更甚至不僅僅是'平衡' (就選擇性而言) 。 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.雖然,我會說,你說的話對學生是否敬畏我的心… …因為我從來沒有得到機會在一夜之間任何地方(但)我不知道這是什麼學生或學生生活,是真像,並進行了經營,對輕薄的印象。 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.面向對象的唯一的一次學生生活生效發揮作為一個考慮一直擔心太多學前教育專業性,在數個未命名的學校名單上還有。
I probably didn’t write this anywhere, but for BU I’m applying to the University Professors program, which is neatly interdisciplinary.我大概沒有寫,這在任何地方,但對於卜我申請到大學教授的計劃,這是整齊跨學科的。 For NYU, can you guess?為紐約大學,你能猜? Gallatin, where the school of Individualized Study / University Without Walls would excellently serve my educational goals. gallatin ,凡學校的個性化學習/大學無圍牆,將很好地服務於我國的教育目標。 Hey, I’m writing in essay-speak… what has become of me?嘿,我在寫作徵文發言… …什麼,已成為我的? This is almost as bad as when my blog prose style bleeds into English papers.這幾乎是差勁的時候,我的博客散文風格流血成英文論文。
Thanks again for stopping by and joining the conversation–or starting one, even.再次感謝制止,並加入談話或創業,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.大學生和剛大學畢業生通常都太忙或有太大的樂趣就博客,它的態度一直很好的時候,他們做的。 The last memorable exchange were some current Yalies and Harvard kids fighting over whose school I should attend more.過去難忘的交易所目前的一些yalies和哈佛孩子們爭奪的學校,我應該參加更多。 Ahh, the beauty of the internet.稀釋,美麗的互聯網。
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,我一直妄想試圖完成所有的週末長。
Kofi 科菲。
December 5th, 2006 at 10:11 pm 2006年12月5日在下午10時11分
3 三Good luck with the essays.好運與雜文。 A fight over whether Harvard or Yale is better is immaterial.爭是否哈佛大學或耶魯大學,是更好地無關緊要。 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,你無法找到我… …我還是靠近…我實際上重新編輯從一開始就是現在,我不再有那些sororicide (這是一個字嗎? )對人類大腦。 If you have any suggestions how I can register my site on search engines, it would be a great help to me.如果您有任何建議如何,我可以登記我的網站上的搜索引擎,那將是一個很大的幫助。
As far as Yale or Harvard I don’t know what the difference is anymore.據耶魯或哈佛,我不知道有什麼不同,是了。 You’d do fine at either one, from what I can see.你做的很好,一,從我能看到的。 (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. (雖然我認為哈佛undergrad是比較容易通過的聲譽。劍橋/波士頓有一個更好的城市/夜的生活。 ) ,但我嚴重懷疑你有任何問題。 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.除非你嗆在採訪中,或你有兩個腳趾或以其他方式不可接近(所有的東西,你的博客似乎反證) ,我會非常,非常驚訝,如果今後可能你不會在某處好。 Just be down to earth and intelligent.剛降到大地和智能性。
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,你們已經做了大量的研究,對節目等,如果你還沒有得到一個機會,看看學校,一定去,它有幫助。 I went to Yale’s Multicultural Openhouse (after some convincing) and knew it was where I wanted to be.我去了耶魯大學的多元文化的開放參觀日(經過一些說服力) ,並知道這是我想要做的。
What I say is primarily opinion and from my personal experience.我怎麼說,主要是輿論和從我的切身感受。 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.但大多數的人是我知道誰給了那些其他學校,你所提到的都是光明的人,說白了,並不十分明白這在一起的時候得到承認,以更具競爭力的學校。 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,拒絕提供,由耶魯大學學習,在其他學校,但並沒有多少。 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.節目看看是否真的有吸引力,在宣傳冊,但最終他們只不如教授,你學習和學生,你學習。 Just a thought.只是一個思路。
Sam Jackson 薩姆傑克遜
December 5th, 2006 at 10:45 pm 2006年12月5日上午10時45分
4 四Well, they both presumed I would get into their respective schools, which was the friendly part.不好,他們都假定我會馬上到各自的學校,這是友好的一部分。
Soo many people here at Exeter enjoy trash-talking the Harvard undergraduate experience… it’s helped by recent alums who come back and complain.洙有很多人在這裡享受埃克塞特垃圾桶-談哈佛本科的經驗, … …它的幫助下,最近明礬的人回來抱怨。 Perhaps because they had overly high expectations, perhaps because it actually isn’t so great.也許是因為他們有過高的期望,也許是因為它實際上不是那麼大。 I couldn’t say, not having gone through it myself.我不能說,沒有經歷過它自己了。 The “Harvard undergrad sucks, don’t apply” routine gets pretty darn old though. "哈佛undergrad sucks為,不適用"例行性得到相當石壩歲了。 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.我想這是唯一的出路,要真正去判斷人的申請,有在這種情況下-你不能真的說: "哦,你長得很帥,所以精英! : "鑑於這類號碼申請和生源頂部學校在這裡,我猜想。 Fish in a barrel.魚桶。 A post for another day.後為一天。
I went to Yale’s multicultural open house too!我去了耶魯大學的多元開放的房子太! It was quite nice.這是相當不錯。 Here were my impressions (part 1:這裡是我的感想(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.我覺得最有趣的,不過,你的感受,新的避風港訴劍橋大學的夜生活。 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.我一直在劍橋晚間在不同時期的一年,所以我有一些想法究竟是什麼樣和波士頓一般來說,在夜間,因為我已經走出sorta晚有限公司如何晚我可以釣列車回家,至少直到最近,當朋友的礦井已開始使用駕駛執照。 (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. (我應該去參加考試,有的時候,因為我有我的許可…雖然我還沒有驅動,在年齡) ,我剛剛從大學機密,而寶庫準確的意見和事實,很多人似乎覺得,新的避難所,有更好的夜生活。
As for getting your blog indexed, well: It takes two things–1.至於你的博客索引,以及任務:它兩件事: 1 。 time, which you have no control over, and 2., links, which you do.當時,你有沒有控制,而2 ,環節,你怎麼做。 To a point.到一個點。 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,在互聯網上發表評論(喜歡這個! ) ,你會得到人閱讀的評論和前往訪問;您也可以誘導工地業主,然後張貼一些有關你(我給你一些鏈接-愛有時候很快,不要擔心) 。 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網站可能會在合適的,但我可以肯定,有一列有適合它。 ‘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. '知道你的觀眾' ,因為我不斷地告訴高等教育營銷彌補散裝本網站的訪客那麼簡單,我什至忘記了它的所有時間。 So: Participate in the conversation that is the blogosphere.所以:參加談話說,是博客。 It’s like influence-trading in Washington!它的影響力一樣,交易在華盛頓! Except with search engines instead of pork.除與搜索引擎而不是豬肉。 Link others, maybe they link you back.連接其他人,也許他們聯繫,你回來。 I mean, your site is more of a diary, so I don’t know what exactly you might do.我的意思是,你的網站更多的是一本日記,所以我不知道究竟你可能做的。 Those are the “big tips” I guess.這些都是"大秘訣: "我猜想。 #1 Has started kicking in for me for this site, thankfully. # 1已經開始拳打腳踢,在我為這個站點,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.當時,我非常惱火Google公司花了這麼長的升值,我的新域名-當我提出我的博客給samjackson.org (已坐在閒置)由jabberwocke.com 。 It still has 10x more indexed at the old site, blah!它還有10倍以上索引,在舊的網站,等等! But even after 4 months it’s way, way up.但即使是後4個月內,它的方式,方法。 So patience, persistence, and conversation.如此的耐心,毅力,並交談。
Jen 仁
December 9th, 2006 at 5:53 pm 2006年12月9日在下午5時53分
5 五Nice visual.尼斯視覺。
Shelley 雪萊
December 14th, 2006 at 5:18 am 2006年12月14日在上午05時18分
6 六“Colleges shouldn’t make it a puzzle or riddle just to find out where to mail things.” "高校不應該使之成為一個謎謎或只是為了找出何處郵寄東西" 。
Maybe this is their way of weeding people out?也許,這就是他們的方式除草的人呢? Part of the application process you never knew about…..:)部分的應用過程中,你永遠不會知道… .. : )
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