by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services You can put away the countdown clock and stop checking your deposit portal every fifteen minutes. ‘National College Decision Day’ has come and gone.If you haven’t taken a deep breath and exhaled yet, please do it at some point …
Admissions Newsletter – Reader Q & A: May 2, 2017
This is an opportunity for readers of this newsletter to anonymously ask me a question about any aspect of student recruitment, leadership, and professional or personal development. I will pick one question to answer each week and post my response in the following week's newsletter for everyone to …
Trial Close Questions Will Help You With Yield
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesTell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve got one or more undecided students that haven’t officially told you they’re coming, and they haven’t submitted a deposit either…but you feel really good about your chances. Plus you haven't asked them if …
More Questions to Ask Undecided Students Right Now
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesA couple of weeks ago I told you to ask your undecided students an important question. If you did that you should have a better feel for how each student will make their final decision.Remember, at this point in the process it’s less about …
Dealing With Illogical College Decisions
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services“That was completely unexpected!” Those were the words that a good friend of mine told me he thought to himself after having a conversation with an undecided senior at his school’s admitted student day event.My friend doesn’t work in admissions …