By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services The topic for my article this week comes from a conversation I had with an Associate Director yesterday at SACAC. He wanted to pick my brain about creating urgency without pressuring his admitted but undecided students.His fear was …
Stop Asking Them These Questions! Do This Instead
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A few months ago I told you to avoid using the words, “I was just…” in your recruiting conversations. If you missed that article, it’s definitely worth three minutes of your time and you can access it right here.The words you use …
We Have No Melt Plan, Help Please!
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services That’s literally what the first line of the email said when I opened it last week. It came from a Director of Admissions in the South, and a regular reader of this newsletter. Her school is slightly ahead year over year in both admits …
Breaking a Tie Between Your School and Others
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services If everything is pretty much apples to apples, how can you help your undecided admitted students break the tie in your school’s favor?One of the ways that I’ve shared with you before has to do with caring more than your …
You Should Assume These 6 Things
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s that time of year when admitted students are telling admissions counselors, “You’re in my top 3,” or some version of that.In my experience, hearing a statement like that leads some counselors to assume everything is going …