March 7, 2008
Posted by Sam Jackson
As a Yale student, it's a nice reaffirmation of the resources available when I load the New York Times webpage and find a nice photo of the squash courts in an article about schools with massive endowments. Only in late January, when that happened, it wasn't Yale at all--it was my high school, Phillips Exeter [...]
June 4, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
Sorry for the delay, folks, I've been busy of late coming back from D.C. and then gearing up for yesterday--my high school graduation. I don't have any good digital photos from the diploma-grabbing itself, but I'll upload some from the random goodbyes afterwards later today hopefully. If I am feeling particularly sharing I will put [...]
April 30, 2007
Posted by Sam Jackson
Hey everyone! I'm sorry that I have not been posting for more than a month, but I've just been really involved in everything going on here in Washington. I'm having a pretty great time and learning a lot and experiencing tons of new things. I'll be posting as I can, skirting the NDA of my [...]
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 [...]
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.