Happy New Years everyone, I will soon be away on vacation… in Russia!

28 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Travel, personal

Hope Santa treated everyone well this year, and that new year’s goes swimmingly too: I am off to New York for new year’s Sunday and then January 1st I will be jumping on an Aeroflot flight to Moscow and will be gone for about two weeks in RUSSIA! Which I am very excited about. If [...]

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Wishing Samuel L Jackson a Happy Birthday!

21 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Esoterotica, Internets, personal

Today, December 21st, is Samuel L Jackson’s birthday! I actually got to chat with him on his website today and wish him a happy birthday, stop by over the weekend to try to do the same! I only got in touch with him briefly, but I’ve always been a huge fan of The Man, not [...]

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Major site redesign over the weekend! Exciting change list…

09 Dec

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, personal

So I have a big 15 page paper due next Friday, and unfortunately for me but fortunately for readers everywhere I spent a chunk of time procrastinating by redesigning this website. You could also say that it’s something like a 2-year anniversary-of-blog birthday present. Feedback much appreciated!
Some of the changes!

Most impressively, the site is now [...]

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Should I publish an OPML file of my RSS subscriptions?

27 Nov

Posted by Sam Jackson as Blogging, Esoterotica, Internets, Irrelevance, Poll, personal

Reader Jay Collier recently contacted me and asked if I had ever considered publishing an OPML file of all my feed reader feeds. Feed Demon has such a feature, but I had never been able to really accurate gauge the ratio of reader-utility to pointless-egoism and had therefore refrained from posting one. But Jay inspired [...]

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“Admissions in the Internet Age” : my College Board Forum presentation reaction

05 Nov

Posted by Sam Jackson as Admissions, College Board, Internets, Teenagers, education, personal

Two weekends ago I was in New York because I was part of a panel about “Admissions in the Internet Age.” My part was a very compressed summary of my general admissions-internet-teenagers philosophy with some examples of blogs and other online tools which appeal to students and are also great for schools. I said I [...]

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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.”