Is Yale a Tourist Attraction?

24 Mar

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Ivy League, Student Life, Travel, Visits, Yale

Thinking about schools as possible tourist attractions seems to be in line with the marketing and school “branding” talk that I try to discourage. However, any Harvard student would counter that it’s just a fair description of their state of affairs: sit down in a lawn chair with a notepad and a sharp eye for […]

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Do Looks Matter? Thoughts on the Admissions Office Aesthetic.

05 Oct

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College, Teenagers, Visits, marketing

Norman Kraft of Zen Writes Inc. keeps a higher education marketing blog called “Zen and the Art of Higher Education Marketing” which I read regularly (or at least as regularly as he posts–happily, the last couple of weeks have been pretty consistent) and generally find to be very on the mark. Two weeks ago he […]

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Yale Multicultural Open House: Some photos

14 Oct

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Visits, personal

I forgot that I took some pictures with my phone (1.3 megapixels!) while I was at the open house. They came out decently–especially if I were to retouch them a little bit–but I didn’t end up taking very many because I didn’t have the energy to do so. These pictures capture most of the essence […]

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Yale Multicultural Open House rundown: part 2

10 Oct

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Visits, odd & fun, personal

This is part 2 of my recap of Yale’s Multicultural Open House. You can find part 1 right here.
This is more a fun, quick note than anything else.
We were given meal tickets to go eat in residential colleges’ dining halls during the day, and I got a nice picture of dining at Yale. This was […]

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Yale Multicultural Open House rundown: Part 1

08 Oct

Posted by Sam Jackson as College, Teenagers, Visits, odd & fun, personal

Saturday’s multicultural open house at Yale was… informative. I wish I could write paragraph after paragraph about how exciting it was, but it wasn’t particularly thrilling. I do not think this was entirely Yale’s fault–I felt like a zombie half the day, because getting up at 6 AM was not a good way to cap […]

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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.

Kind words about my blog:

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

Christian Long says it has “dramatically inspired college admissions folks to take notice”

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.”