By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services More often than not it still comes as a surprise when I talk about the importance of getting different groups of prospective students to reveal what they DON’T want in their future college.A lot of admissions counselors continue to try …
Sending You These 20 Things for 2020
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services If we’ve met before or you’re a frequent reader of this newsletter then you know how much I love helping people grow and win. There’s never a catch. All you have to do is reach out and we'll start a conversation.On this final day of …
Do You Know These 5 Things About Your Admits?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A majority of the staff training workshops I led over the past month had a specific focus on yield. That included an in depth discussion about the different groups of students that the admissions counselors were currently dealing …
Getting Students to Choose Your School Over Their Other Options
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Soon after today’s high school student begins to explore their college options or takes a standardized test, that student and his or her parents/family are inundated by information from colleges and universities – Letters, emails, …
When In Doubt They’ll Play It Safe Just Like My Daughter
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It doesn’t matter where we go, when our family goes out to eat, 99% of the time my daughter (she’s 10) gets one of four things – PB&J, Mac ‘N’ Cheese, a plain hamburger, or plain spaghetti. And just to be clear, it’s got to be blue box …