By Ethan Penland, Director of Admissions Services4 minute readI just returned from the Southern Association for College Admission Counseling (SACAC) annual conference, and many conversations I had or listened in on with individuals were on virtual information sessions and events. These …
Check Out What Else These Seniors Said
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last month I shared the results of how 31,000 high school seniors were feeling about their college search. The massive survey project that we partnered with Niche on produced some pretty eye opening feedback.Along with those insights, I …
Stop Sounding So Scripted
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services If you want to increase engagement and have more productive conversations with prospective students and parents, it’s important to not sound scripted and robotic.I’ve been reminding admissions counselors about this lately as they prepare …
Help Is On The Way
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services As we hit mid-October, a lot of admissions leaders and counselors are struggling with two big problems as they work with this next class of students – a decrease in applications year/year, and low turnout for virtual events, college fairs, and …
A Growing Problem
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A lot of the emails that colleges and universities send prospective students and families continue to be filled with generalized facts, figures, phrases, and features of their campus, academic programs, etc. The same thing is also happening …