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 …
This Needs to Be a Part of Your Recruiting Conversations
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A couple of weeks ago I spoke at the Indiana ACAC Conference in Indianapolis.In addition to giving the opening keynote, I led a session for about 60-70 college admission professionals on a topic that continues to not get enough …
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 …
They Think Some Aren’t Telling the Truth
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Transparency matters more than ever in the 2019 world of college admissions.I say that because I’ve noticed an unfortunate trend over the last two years in our ongoing survey research with students. Many of them think colleges …