By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read About once a month I get asked by either an admissions counselor or leader if I believe prospective students (as well as some parents) don’t always reveal the whole truth during various college conversations.My …
How You Can Improve The Responses You Send Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute readOne of the things we’ve learned from tracking tens of thousands of admissions interactions over the past 8+ years is the more a counselor probes and digs, and the longer they can keep a conversation about a particular …
If Students Aren’t Responding, Try This
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute readBefore the break and into the new year I’ve been getting questions from my newsletter community about communicating with unresponsive inquiries – especially those who visited campus at some point.As you might …
Time To Find Out What’s Wrong
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute readOver the past few weeks you’ve got new high school seniors, or new transfer students looking at a January start, who have shown interest in your school.They’re interested, but many don’t know what to do or say …
Things You Can Do To Be More Authentic
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read“Stop making college life seem too perfect. We know it's going to be difficult, so be genuine and true about it, and tell us about challenges and your resources when we need assistance.”“When a college talks too …