Regular Decision notice for the Yale Class of 2012 comes out this Monday, March 31st. 定期公告決定，為耶魯大學班級的2012年出來，這週一， 3月31日。 This post is addressed to both the regular decision and early action members of Yale 2012, and is posted on the admitted students website as well as my own blog. 這個職位是針對既有經常決定，並及早採取行動的成員， 2012年，耶魯大學，並張貼於承認學生的網站，以及我自己的博客。

This is my first for the Yale admitted students web site, so if you are reading this there–congratulations on your admission!這是我第一次為耶魯大學承認，學生網站，所以如果你正在閱讀這有-祝賀你入學！ My name is Sam Jackson and I am a member of the Yale class of 2011.我的名字叫山姆傑克遜和我的成員之一，耶魯大學班級的2011年。 I’m from Newton, MA (right outside Boston) and I’m in Trumbull college here at Yale.我從牛頓，馬（右外波士頓） ，我在trumbull學院在這裡耶魯大學。 Some of you may already know me from ‘real life’ or might have been reading my blog already–others know me only as some random member of Yale 2011.你們當中有些人可能已經知道，我是從'現實生活'或可能已經閱讀我的博客已被他人知道，我只是作為一些隨機的成員，耶魯大學在2011年。 This post is addressed to all of Yale 2012 but also applies to anyone who is wondering whether my credibility is impacted by my new role as an ‘Undergraduate Recruitment Coordinator’ on the Yale payroll with the admissions office.這個職位是針對所有的耶魯2012年，但也適用於任何人，是不知道我的信譽，是影響我的新角色，作為一個'本科生招募協調員'對耶魯發薪與招生辦公室。 I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and explain some of my motivations in blogging.我只是想藉此機會自我介紹並解釋了我的一些動機志。

I’ve spent the last two and a half years我已經度過了最後兩年半時間 blogging博客 about college admissions and higher education marketing trends, reaching (among others) an audience of admissions officers and professionals as well as higher education marketers.關於普通高校招生和高等教育市場趨勢，達到（等） ，觀眾的招生人員和專業人士，以及高等教育的營銷人員。 I’ve used that access to call for more honest and authentic marketing efforts and for greater transparency and access in general.我用獲得呼籲更多的誠實和真實的營銷努力和更大的透明度，以及獲得的一般問題。 I also blogged about my college admissions process since it began, and today continue to blog about life here at Yale.我也博客網站對我的大學招生過程，因為它開始時，和今天繼續博客對這裡的生活在耶魯。 As all of you readers are no doubt intimately aware, applying to college sucks.因為所有的讀者，你是毫無疑問關係密切知道，在申請大學吸收。

I wish it didn’t have to be like that.我想，它沒有以這樣的。 My efforts to convince people to change their ways haven’t exactly had an instant payoff.我的努力，以說服人們改變自己的方法並沒有確切了即時回報。 Right now I’m organizing a way to offer large sums of money for a scholarship to the student who can think up some of the best solutions (more on this later!) but that won’t affect what you have already had to suffer through… and I can only offer my condolences for the painful, stressful process.現在，我在籌備一個單程可提供大量的錢用於獎學金的同學可以想出一些最好的解決方案（了解更多關於本稍後！ ） ，但這將不會影響什麼，你已經不得不承受通過… …我只能提供我的哀悼，為痛苦的，沒有壓力的過程。 It’s not quite over yet, but the worst is behind you.它的不太尚未結束，但最糟糕的是你身後。 Choosing can be maddening, but it’s better than having no choices at all… and if you’re reading this at admits.yale.edu, it means one of your choices is Yale.選擇可以maddening ，但它的較沒有選擇，在所有… …而且如果你讀這admits.yale.edu ，它意味著一種聰明的選擇，是耶魯大學。 So, could definitely be worse.因此，可以肯定會更糟。

I am blogging exactly as I always have been, only now I get paid for what I was already doing.我的博客正是因為我一直有被，現在我才得到報酬，為我是已經做了。 Truthfully, I would pay Yale if it meant that I could easily reach all of you admitted students!老實講，我將付出耶魯如果這意味著我可以很容易達到大家都承認學生！ (Coincidentally, so would a lot of other, less reputable people–Yale and other schools wouldn’t sell your information, but huge amounts of money are spent to buy up your contact information once you reach college-admissions age. When you took the PSAT or SAT, and then wondered how you subsequently got huge volumes of mail, it’s because the College Board sold your personal information if you consented to the ’student search service.’ Of course, the problems of the College Board are another story, one I chronicle often: eg, a year ago I detailed （巧合的是，所以很多其他方面，聲譽較差的人-耶魯大學和其他學校會不會賣你的資料，但大量的金錢都花在買了你的聯繫信息一旦你達到了大專入學年齡時，你上任psat或坐，然後問你如何隨後得到大量的電子郵件，這是因為美國大學理事會賣給你的個人資料，如果你同意，以'學生搜索服務' ，當然，這些問題的美國大學理事會是另一個故事，我常常紀事：例如，一年前，我曾詳細 51 ways your SAT could be mis-scored 51如何坐在你可錯得分 , none of which the College Board would want you to know about, because things like that might reduce public confidence in the security of their testing procedures.) ，其中沒有該學院董事會將要讓你知道，因為要的東西一樣，可能會減低市民對政府的信心保障，他們的測試程序） 。

I hope you’ll give me the benefit of the doubt when it comes to blogging credibility.我希望你給我把疑點利益歸於當談到博客公信力。 If it were about the money, after all, my main interest wouldn’t be Yale–I get an order of magnitude more money from direct advertising than I do by being paid $12.80 an hour to blog for Yale.如果它是關於金錢，畢竟，我的主要興趣將不會耶魯-我得到一個量級更多的資金從直接廣告比我所付出1 2.80美元一個小時，以博客為耶魯大學。 My bread and butter has always been leveraging my cynicism and negativity towards marketing efforts and institutions which I feel are not effectively serving students–especially prospective students.我的麵包，黃油一直是槓桿作用，我懷疑和否定，對市場營銷的努力和機構，我覺得是不能有效地服務於學生，尤其是在未來的學生。

I have a few posts on my blog explaining why I matriculated to Yale, why I wanted to go, a few cheerleading Yale, etc. But I also have quite a few more calling Yale out for all the things it does wrong, and things that could be improved.我有幾個職位對我的博客解釋為什麼我預科，以耶魯大學，我為什麼還要去，有幾個啦啦隊耶魯等，但我也有好幾個更呼籲耶魯出所有的東西，它是否錯了，事情可以有所改善。 In fact, the way I actually came to this position–blogging for you now–was through a post I made last July事實上，在道路其實我來到這個位置志為你現在是通過後，我於去年七月 attacking the admissions office for its position on official admissions blogs 攻擊招生辦公室為自己的立場上正式招生博客 – that is, blogs where the admissions officers themselves are blogging, but which can (and generally should) also incorporate student voices.那就是-博客那裡招生人員本身是博客，但可以（一般應） ，也把學生的聲音。 This admitted students website has student blogs, but they are not publicly accessible (ie, publicized).這種承認學生網站已與學生博客，但它們卻沒有公開查閱（即宣傳） 。 If you are interested in more of my writing on the subject, it’s what I’ve been writing about for years on my blog and the topic of my presentation at the 2007 College Board Forum in New York–I’ll stop ranting for now.如果你有興趣更多的我的寫作關於這一主題，它的是什麼我已經寫了多年對我的博客和專題發言，在2007年美國大學理事會論壇在紐約- i'll停止ranting為現在。
So… expect to see lots of posts on why Yale is failing to recruit more low-income students, problems about its admissions practices, and other problems along with all the nice things I have to say.所以…期望看到很多崗位上為何耶魯是無法吸納更多的低收入學生的問題，其招生的做法，和其他問題，同各尼斯事情，我要說的。 I have lots and lots of great things to say and write about Yale–I love it here.我有許許多多的大事，說，寫約耶魯-我愛這裡。 Maybe you’re already in love with Yale, too; maybe you’re not sure yet.也許你已經愛上了耶魯，太;也許你也無法確定。 Either way, you have a lot to look forward to next yearm whether it’s at Yale or anywhere else.無論哪種方式，你有很多期待下次yearm無論是在耶魯大學或其他地方。

(Whatever your level of excitement, congratulations on your admission to Yale– I am excited to find out more about everyone joining us next year!) （無論你的水平十分激動，祝賀你入學耶魯-我很高興能夠了解更多關於每個人加入我們的行列，在未來一年！ ）