By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Too often college admissions professionals don’t give prospective students and parents enough context when sharing different parts of their school’s story and value proposition.Here’s what I mean. A lot of admissions counselors start a …
The Shorter the Better
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services You’ve probably heard this but it bears repeating. The human attention span is at its lowest ever…lower than a goldfish according to some studies.Depending on which study you read, our attention span is between six and nine seconds …
Important Changes That You May Need to Make
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last Thursday I got an email from an Associate Director that made me get a little emotional. Even though we’ve never met she wanted me to know that part of the reason she felt like she blew past her territory goals this year was my weekly …
Readers Have Been Asking Me About This
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services May 1 has come and gone. Whatever that particular date meant in your office, I’m guessing that you’re still dealing with a bunch of undecided, admitted seniors. Today I’m going to offer you some advice on how to proceed with that group …
Advice On Getting Juniors to Visit
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services In any given week there’s a pretty good chance that you can either learn a valuable lesson or stumble upon an important reminder that can help make you a better recruiter or leader. It can come from a television show, social media, or …