by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s official: Making phone calls to prospective students (and parents) continues to be a hot topic, and we’re not even two weeks into 2018. Last week my inbox had a handful of emails from admissions counselors and Directors seeking advice …
I Want You to Assume the Following
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Students across the country are telling admissions counselors, “You’re one of my top choices” or “Yes, I’m still considering your school,” and it cements the idea that the student is being honest and up-front about what’s really going on …
Something Different That I Need You to Read
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s 11:53pm EST on Thursday night and I just pulled out my MacBook in-flight on my way home to Indianapolis. You won’t read this article for a few days but I just can’t get these thoughts out of my mind, so I’m going to start typing …
How Are You Really Different?
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services That is one of the biggest questions that prospective students want you to answer for them during the student recruitment process. Just about every college and university has a campus, classrooms, professors, residence halls, a …
More About Phone Calls to Prospective Students
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Back in June I wrote an article about the value of phone calls in student recruitment. That article included some interesting statistics and direct student quotes about phone calls from incoming and current college freshmen. It’s since …
Admissions Newsletter – Reader Q & A: December 5, 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. Each week I’ll post my answer for everyone to read. Q. An Associate Director asks: “This year I started managing …