By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Colleges and universities everywhere are currently flooding high school seniors and their families with FAFSA emails, letters, postcards, and text message reminders.Despite all of that, as of about two weeks ago, the FAFSA completion …
This Is Always The Hardest Part
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Prospective students (and parents) continue to tell us in our ongoing survey research that the hardest, most confusing part of the entire college search process is figuring out financial aid and the FAFSA.Talking about money and filling …
Helping You Get More Students to Fill Out the FAFSA
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s that time of year again. Colleges everywhere are flooding high school seniors with FAFSA messages and reminders. And just like last year, my Inbox has been filling up with questions from admissions and Marcom leaders asking for ideas …
Making Your Financial Aid Conversations Less Confusing
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services In our ongoing survey research, the majority of students continue to list financial aid and specifically the FAFSA as the hardest and most confusing part of the college search process.What concerns me even more is, outside of …
The Most Confusing Part for Students and Parents
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services In our focus group surveys throughout the year we ask what one part of the college admissions/college search process was or is the most confusing. The winner by a wide margin, every single, time continues to be financial aid or …