A couple of weeks ago I asked you to answer two very important questions.Q1: What one quality do you value the most in a leader?Q2: What one piece of advice would you give a new admissions professional or tell your past self?The survey was 100% anonymous, and I think the feedback will be …
Do You Have the Answer Yet?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services “Apps are up” is something I’m hearing a lot this fall as I talk with college admission leaders. Our conversation then quickly turns to how their staff will manage a busier than usual application load.When a student applies to your …
How to Persuade Them Through Small Wins
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s important to take your time and lead prospective students through the process of understanding all the different reasons why they should want to choose your school over the other colleges on their list.That involves persuasion and …
We Need to Talk About Those Emails and Letters
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services We need to talk about them because words like confusing, overwhelming, and boring continue to show up in our surveys way too often when we ask students about the emails and letters they receive, and the conversations they have, with …
Doing This After the Campus Visit??
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services During a workshop I led last Friday, one of the things we discussed was personalizing the campus visit experience.Part of that has to do with what you do, or don’t do, in the days following a student’s visit (i.e. your post-visit …