Why can’t Yale recruit low income students? [Pell Grants]

20 Feb

Posted by Sam Jackson as Financial Aid, Harvard, Ivy League, Yale, marketing

There has been a 14 percent decrease in the number of Yale students getting Pell grants in the last 8 years, according to Pell Institute senior scholar Tom Mortenson study, reports the Yale Daily News. Dean of Admissions Jeff Brenzell disagreed by citing more limited data which statistics professors at Yale argued were statistically invalid. [...]

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A messsage to everyone awaiting Yale 2012 Early Action Results:

13 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College, Harvard, Ivy League, Teenagers, Yale, stress

I know a lot of people have recently been coming to the site via CollegeConfidential or panicked “Yale 2012 how to survive after deferral” googling. It’s amazing for me to remember where I was last year this time (Exeter, NH) what I was doing (finals) and how I was feeling (more stressed than any other [...]

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Keeping Busy at school: Read my Yale Herald column!

21 Oct

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, odd & fun, personal

Sorry to have been out of the loop, it’s just midterm season here. I have been doing some other writing, though (and feel a little like I’m cheating on my blog-readers as a result) and thought I would share it to tide you over for a little bit.
My column in the Yale Herald is about [...]

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Yale: where famous people like David Pogue visit and share stories, tea

18 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, Ivy League, Student Life, Yale

This afternoon I had the pleasure of going to a cozy Yale Daily News workshop with David Pogue ‘85 where we all gathered around a table in the boardroom and learned about Pogue’s unusual path to becoming the technology columnist for the New York Times (from musical comedy to tech journalist!) and then had a [...]

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Naked Parties at Yale: a random note

15 Sep

Posted by Sam Jackson as Campus, College, Esoterotica, Ivy League, Student Life, Teenagers, Yale, odd & fun

Some of you may be familiar with the concept of naked parties popular at college campuses across the nation but perhaps especially Yale; in any event, I thought I would attach a relevant email sent to the freshman class about something its anonymous author purports to be the first Pundit-sponsored prankish naked party of the [...]

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a sophomore 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.”