the Sam Jackson College Experience

E-mail we received this afternoon enclosed below. The bloodletting at Yale looks like it will really not be so bad; while market declines were comparable to Harvard, they were looking to freeze things more aggressively, while Yale is forging ahead (relatively speaking). We all knew that the downturn would affect Yale, the question was by how much. The answer: So far, about 25% of the market value of the endowment has gone down with the markets. This means there is a fairly significant budget shortfall next year, growing again the year after. But, relax - the endowment is now in the same place it was in 2006, and long-term, everything will be peachy. Right, President Levin? "17 billion is still a very large endowment."

It's that dreadful / wonderful time of year again - finals season, but more importantly, the time when early admissions decisions come out. Last year I borrowed a post from a friend to explain why, whatever happens, there is life after early admissions (and regular admissions, I might add). This year, I'll take a moment [...]

The answer to this question, posted below, is the application I submitted for the EP&E major, which should generally answer the question in a broader sense. Pragmatically, I am interested because I like many EP&E classes as well as many Political Science classes, and EP&E allows you to pre-register and/or get preferred placement for seminars [...]

Or, "It's not lying when admissions office does it" -- Just wanted to quickly highlight something which is not gross lying, but just mild misrepresentation. The Yale Admitted Students website has fantastic images of student rooms which are really really scrumptious and gorgeous and make you feel like everyone at Yale lives in wonderful palaces [...]