By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services“Confusing” and “overwhelming”.Those were the two words a high school junior used to describe the college recruiting process, namely the NCAA rulebook, to me this past week. The young man is a football player whose dad is the brother-in-law of …
How to Figure Out If All Those New Names Are Really Interested
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesDuring my travels the past few weeks, two clients posed the same question that’s probably on the mind of a lot of admissions counselors and directors as they comb through a new list of names for this next recruiting cycle:“How do I find out if …
The Power of ‘3’ When You Recruit Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesDuring my travels this month, I’ve heard from a number of admissions counselors who are trying to figure out how to best connect with today’s teenage prospect. Everyone wants a competitive edge as they begin to build relationships with this next …
Two Student Recruitment Secrets
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesWhen was the last time you sat down either by yourself, with your admissions colleagues, or with your school’s marketing team and really took a hard look at the recruitment communications that you’re sending out? It’s an important question, and if …
How to Make the Most of All Those New Prospect Names
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesAs your admissions team navigates through college fairs and high school visits I’m sure everyone has been accumulating plenty of new names to add to your database.A popular question I’m asked this time of year goes something like, “How do we …