Happy New Years everyone, I will soon be away on vacation… in Russia!

28 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Travel, personal

Hope Santa treated everyone well this year, and that new year’s goes swimmingly too: I am off to New York for new year’s Sunday and then January 1st I will be jumping on an Aeroflot flight to Moscow and will be gone for about two weeks in RUSSIA! Which I am very excited about. If [...]

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DNA testing in College Admissions: A Little Affirmative Action talk for Christmas

25 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College, Testing, education

Should you worry about the collaboration between DNA test marketers and anxious students and parents eager to get their way into top schools? David over at EphBlog certainly thinks so (EphBlog is an unofficial Williams community blog which I mention here frequently as an excellent example of an unofficial school blog that adds lots of [...]

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Wishing Samuel L Jackson a Happy Birthday!

21 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Esoterotica, Internets, personal

Today, December 21st, is Samuel L Jackson’s birthday! I actually got to chat with him on his website today and wish him a happy birthday, stop by over the weekend to try to do the same! I only got in touch with him briefly, but I’ve always been a huge fan of The Man, not [...]

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A messsage to everyone awaiting Yale 2012 Early Action Results:

13 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College, Harvard, Ivy League, Teenagers, Yale, stress

I know a lot of people have recently been coming to the site via CollegeConfidential or panicked “Yale 2012 how to survive after deferral” googling. It’s amazing for me to remember where I was last year this time (Exeter, NH) what I was doing (finals) and how I was feeling (more stressed than any other [...]

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Major site redesign over the weekend! Exciting change list…

09 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, personal

So I have a big 15 page paper due next Friday, and unfortunately for me but fortunately for readers everywhere I spent a chunk of time procrastinating by redesigning this website. You could also say that it’s something like a 2-year anniversary-of-blog birthday present. Feedback much appreciated!
Some of the changes!

Most impressively, the site is now [...]

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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.”