the Sam Jackson College Experience

CollegeScholarships.org kindly sent along this really nice graphic about students loans today and the way their costs accrue to students over time. It just scratches the surface of some of the issues about student loans, but it's a valuable quick-look-tool. I wish it included information about financial aid, which I think is a very important [...]

Yunnan Province (云南, "South of the clouds"), located in southwest China, is home to some of the middle kingdom's most beautiful sights and scenery. The Yalies of the Fall 2009 Yale-PKU program had the pleasure to take a 5 day trip to southern Yunnan before our classes started and roommates moved in (Sept 6-10). For [...]

We treat our own very well! And... I have reason to be afraid for my upcoming birthday : ) (Oct 31st - if you are confused about how to best send me gifts or cash favors, just leave a comment or use the contact form ; )

你 好 from Beijing! I have been here in China since the start of September, and this week classes finally got started here at Beida (Peking University), a week behind Yale's schedule. So far my experience in the Peking University-Yale Joint Undergraduate Program has been quite good, though China has a lot to take in. This is the first of an ongoing series of letters / updates I'm going to do my best to issue regularly while I am here for the semester.

I am studying at Beijing University for this fall semester as part of the Yale-PKU Joint Program. I've been in China since September 1st and have been having a great time. I'll have more updates to come, and pictures to boot, but just wanted to remind everyone that I am very much out of the [...]