by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services How did the past 7 days go for you? For me they were even busier than I anticipated…some last minute on-campus admissions staff training, prepping for a couple NACAC affiliate conferences, recording a podcast episode, and a ton of …
Student Recruitment Tiebreakers
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesIt’s that time of year again…you know, the time when students take to social media and share how stressed and confused they are about making a college decision. One student even joked on Twitter this past weekend, “I give up I think I'll make my …
Ask Your Undecided Admitted Students This
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services The question came from a second year admissions counselor who had attended my presentation at IACAC Congress earlier in the day.He found me during the conference social and asked if he could vent about something that was really …
Admissions VIP Extra: February 28, 2017
Do this now with juniors: by Jeremy TiersMy goal in today's VIP extra is to make sure you get started on the right foot with your current list of juniors.Here are two things that can help you take the early lead:Share both the positives and the negatives. Too many admission counselors …
Are You Making This Mistake?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesA couple of weeks ago I had a Director of Admission reach out to me. She was catching up on a bunch of my newsletter articles and came across one about recruiting communication plans.I came to find out after the fact that she had been worried …