By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 4 minute readLove them or hate them, phone calls still need to be a part of your student recruitment communications strategy in 2022.You might be wondering why, so let’s talk about it.A lot of admissions counselors believe …
Tips For Evaluating Your Phone Calls
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services3 minute readI got a lot of great feedback about last week’s article in which I outlined a strategy for talking with the parents of your admitted students about financial aid and paying for college.One of the follow-up questions …
Tips For Improving Your Phone Calls
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services4 minute readHere’s something that probably won’t surprise you. Most admissions counselors don’t enjoy making phone calls to prospective students.The most common reason? They’re time consuming and oftentimes nobody picks up their …
Understand These 7 Things About Prospective Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Students choosing their college (or even where they’re going to apply) because of a boyfriend, girlfriend, the food, the weather, or the size of the dorm rooms might seem completely ridiculous to you. I get it, but it’s going to continue to …
Wow! Are Your Communications Making Them Feel Like This?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services "I got through 10 lines of the handbook and just put it down because it became so frustrating and overwhelming at times.”That quote came from San Antonio Spurs forward DeMar DeRozan last week when he was asked about the 113-page health …