September 15, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
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 [...]
September 5, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
Today was the first day of classes at Yale, and I decided it was time to finally start getting back into the blogging spirit. What better way to start than a proclamation of my love for this new place? I don't know that I can sufficiently articulate my supreme delight and excitement for the next [...]
July 31, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
Just a quick mention to get out this scary / funny word out: Our friends at ePrep wrote way back in February that SAT tests were being recycled, and no, I don't mean the paper. FairTest Examiner wrote in April about the same issue: The College Board cancelled the January 28, 2007 SAT scores of [...]
June 6, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
First I got the NetID, then I went into Webmail (interestingly called Horde, I discovered--apt given the number of new Yalies about the log in) and, having set a password, I sent first a test email, then a blanket 'hello world look at me' to friends and family from the new @yale.edu address. What's the [...]
May 22, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
Alexa Harrington over at EducatedNation refers us to a SF Examiner story about a San Francisco psych class which decided to have a competition with their rejection letters, ranking them for superlatives like "Least original rejection" and "Least number of words you need to read before you know you are being rejected." The story concludes [...]
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.