By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services As we hit mid-October, a lot of admissions leaders and counselors are struggling with two big problems as they work with this next class of students – a decrease in applications year/year, and low turnout for virtual events, college fairs, and …
5 Big No-No’s
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Lately I continue to find myself repeating the same important reminder to admissions counselors – it’s your job to lead prospective students (and their parents) through the college search process from start to finish.Far too many …
Tips So That You Don’t Sound Too Scripted
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last month I wrote an article about the importance of authenticity in your recruiting conversations. It was the one where I referenced the Shawn Mendes concert that my wife and I took our daughter to. If you missed that one, here it …
Advice About Large Campus Visit Events
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Each year colleges and universities across the country are tasked with large visit events. It’s a recruiting reality that isn’t completely going away anytime soon. This despite the fact that we all know individual visits have a much better …
Advice On Getting Juniors to Visit
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services In any given week there’s a pretty good chance that you can either learn a valuable lesson or stumble upon an important reminder that can help make you a better recruiter or leader. It can come from a television show, social media, or …