Sorry for the downtime (?)

01 Feb

Posted by Sam Jackson as Exeter, Irrelevance

Sorry about the downtime today–or did no one notice? I have no idea what caused it to happen, but an important Wordpress file disappeared off the server entirely and so nothing was working properly until I discovered what was missing and solved it. Really, really strange since I wasn’t FTPing anywhere near there and it [...]

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Thank you readers! All three thousand of you!

02 Jan

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, Irrelevance, personal

I’m writing this post from the past but I should be heading back into school right about now… classes start on the 3rd and I need to unpack and catch up with friends. I have some other writing I have to attend to in the short term getting ready for the MLK Day assembly and [...]

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Quick picture of me for readers

28 Nov

Posted by Sam Jackson as Exeter, Internets, Irrelevance, personal

For very sad reasons, I don’t get to do very much art here at Exeter (my first and only course will be next term, Painting 204) but that doesn’t mean I’m not an artistic person! Even my creativity is more generally expressed through words, I’m not completely hopeless when it comes to graphic arts. I [...]

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Quick vacation update

21 Nov

Posted by Sam Jackson as Irrelevance, odd & fun, personal

Sorry, dear audience, for my absence of late. I’m currently trying to get as much relaxation out of my thanksgiving break as possible, which means sleeping and reading books. And not blogging since I don’t have all that much at hand to write about.
I was looking forward to this vacation quite a bit a few [...]

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Weekend reading, college admissions history style

04 Nov

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College, Irrelevance, Ivy League, Teenagers, odd & fun, personal

Sorry I have not been posting very much this week, I’ve been catching up with schoolwork some (ahh, what a diligent student I am!). The library has finally got in Price of Admission, Daniel Golden’s book that I requested when it came out. I am going to cuddle up with it along with my copy [...]

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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.”