By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s late April, and just like last year at this time, a bunch of newsletter readers have reached out looking for advice on how to handle things when their admitted students pick another school.Seeing as how no admissions counselor is …
If You Want to Create Urgency…
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 …
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 competition. It …
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 …