the Sam Jackson College Experience

I decided to try to write a column for the Yale Herald this spring semester about my time in China, since it didn't end up working out that I would write one while there. It's been a strange experience readjusting to Yale, and I've come to appreciate many things about it that I once took [...]

I will keep this short and focus on the content here, folks, because it's amazing. A few years back I wrote an angry letter to Yale Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzel for not being forward-looking enough with the admissions office. I will soon have to draft him a letter of congratulations for his support of [...]

After each semester, we have an opportunity to review classes before we receive our grades. These evaluations are multipart and one aspect is to provide a summary for other students to read in future semesters. As I search for classes to shop this semester, the evaluations of past students are very helpful. One course I [...]

First, let me say it's a pleasure to be back at Yale. I had a good time at PKU but it's still nice to be back on home turf. That and many many many other observations and mentions aside: I'm shopping a lot of classes this semester, mainly because of the terrible consequences of trying [...]