Proudly Announcing a $1000 College Admissions Frustration Scholarship! Apply Today!

19 May

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Financial Aid

Today I am very excited to announce that the college admissions scholarship I originally outlined and later updated is finally off the ground: myUsearch has stepped up to the plate and is offering $1000 to the best student essay answering the following questions: What has been the most frustrating part of your college admissions […]

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End of Freshman Year!

13 May

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Yale

Finished my last final this afternoon, so I’m home free. After 55 pages of papers, 6 hours of sitting for testing, I’m all done. Just packing this evening (…all evening…) and moving things into college storage tomorrow. I’ll be back in Newton Tuesday night. It’s been a very interesting year, lots of new experiences, and […]

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My Yale Freshman Spring Finals Schedule - 2008

03 May

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Testing, Yale, stress

Two weeks ago I outlined all the courses I was taking this semester, and a few days ago announced that I was going to become a complete recluse while I worked on my final papers and studied for tests. Let’s combine those two thoughts, and take a look at what my finals schedule and workload […]

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a freshman 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.

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Andrew Careaga calls it “a service to all of us in the higher ed marketing business.”

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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.”