By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It happened again, this time during a staff training workshop that I led for a college in Illinois yesterday.During a break, one of the admissions counselors came up and asked me if his peers at other schools are also dealing with …
If You Want to Rekindle Their Interest
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services This time of year admission departments are either really happy with how their recruiting efforts are going, or they’re frantically looking for ideas on how to re-kindle interest from students who at some point this cycle demonstrated …
Recruiting Reminders From the NCAA Tournament
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A historic upset. Check. Buzzer beaters. Check. A 98-year-old nun becoming famous. Check. And friends of mine tearing up their brackets and uttering some choice words after a weekend that could only be described as complete madness. …
They Want to Know More About These 4 Things
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesCollege admission departments throw them around all the time. The “them” I’m talking about are facts.Admissions counselors and tour guides use facts to sell their college or university, and they brag about facts in an attempt to separate their …
This 4-Letter Word Really Needs Your Attention
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesLast week I was in North Carolina on the campus of Duke University for our National Collegiate Recruiting Conference.I stood before the room of just under 90 college coaches and admission professionals and told them the same thing I’m going to …