October 26, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
The wonderful* people at www.collegescholarships.org have set up an interesting scholarship that I just have to share. The Twitter 140 Scholarship is short and sweet: All you need to do, in 140 characters or less, is write a Tweet highlighting how we can use Twitter to improve the world. Here's my application: I did put [...]
October 17, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
Hey everyone - as has happened in the past, my site was recently hacked! : ( This doesn't seem to be the same thing that happened last winter, but is rather just some strange little exploit that allowed someone to insert some evil javascript into some wordpress files. It only affected www.samjackson.org/college, not any other [...]
September 29, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
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 [...]
September 26, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
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 ; )
I'm currently a rising senior 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. Click here to read my extended 'about' page.I'm currently a junior 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. I just got back from studying abroad at Peking University this past Fall 2009 in Beijing, China! Click here to read my 'about' page.