February 1, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
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 [...]
January 9, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
As covered by the Yale Daily News, Yale University has elected to continue its Early Action program.I'm not sure I like their reasoning. The decision was made by weighing the benefits of joining Harvard, Princeton, UVA etc. vs. sticking it out with MIT and Stanford (who both vowed to keep Early). Opinions of those watching [...]
December 20, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is coming to my school to give an assembly on January 26th. This is because he was an alum, '02. Phillips Exeter Academy is running some year-long assembly series for the 75th anniversary of the Harkness method at Exeter--the discussion-based teaching around a table that was made possible through the [...]
December 8, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
This was on the front page of the Exonian today, reported by my super-excellent best buddy and fellow senior Boaz Chandrasekhar: 64% of Exonians applied early to schools this fall. This is up from 58% last year. There are 315 people in the class of 2006, 30 of whom are postgraduates. Boaz wrote "early decision" [...]
November 29, 2006
Posted by Sam Jackson
Remember how before Thanksgiving break I said I had to do all my essays and applications for every school on my list? I had two essays written then: one common application essay and one generic 'supplement open response' essay. Fourteen schools left for which I had not yet prepared applications. Where do I stand now? [...]
I'm currently a rising senior 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. Click here to read my extended 'about' page.I'm currently a junior 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. I just got back from studying abroad at Peking University this past Fall 2009 in Beijing, China! Click here to read my 'about' page.