I’m busy at Yale but happy, let me describe how and why

10 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Blogging, Campus, College, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, personal

I haven’t been blogging much because I’ve been really busy here at Yale, in a very good way. Many nights so far I have looked at my schedule of things to do on any given night extracurricularly etc., things that I am interested in–and find that I have four or five things happening concurrently. There [...]

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Yale is amazing beyond my wildest hopes and dreams in ways I never imagined!

05 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, education, odd & fun, personal

Today was the first day of classes at Yale, and I decided it was time to finally start getting back into the blogging spirit. What better way to start than a proclamation of my love for this new place?
I don’t know that I can sufficiently articulate my supreme delight and excitement for the next four [...]

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Getting ready for school means no blogging for a week or so

23 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as Student Life, Teenagers, Travel, Yale, personal

Just a head’s up: I’m busy packing, spending last moments with friends, generally panicking about getting ready for school. I am leaving on Monday for FOOT, freshman outdoor orientation trips, where I’ll be heading to the berkshires for 4 days of backpacking with classmates and a couple non-freshman leaders. On the 31st I will return [...]

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Remember that time I was on the front page of the Boston Globe?

18 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as Esoterotica, Teenagers, Travel

Here’s me at the Kyle Sampson hearings that I went to while I was in Washington D.C. interning–front page of theBoston Globe, March 30, 2007! I never got around to scanning it until I was just cleaning my room today.

Wait, what do you mean you don’t see me? Oh… well, you see, we had these [...]

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Yawn: U.S. News & World Report 2008 embargoed College Rankings Leaked, still deeply flawed

16 Aug

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Irrelevance, education, marketing

Our good friends at IvyGate, through what I assume must be great cleverness and sneakery, posted the top 25 overall and top 25 Liberal Arts colleges in the U.S. News’ 2008 rankings earlier today. At first had ethical reservations about saying really anything on the topic since I felt I could be indirectly promoting the [...]

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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.”