By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Soon after today’s high school student begins to explore their college options or takes a standardized test, that student and his or her parents/family are inundated by information from colleges and universities – Letters, emails, …
When In Doubt They’ll Play It Safe Just Like My Daughter
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It doesn’t matter where we go, when our family goes out to eat, 99% of the time my daughter (she’s 10) gets one of four things – PB&J, Mac ‘N’ Cheese, a plain hamburger, or plain spaghetti. And just to be clear, it’s got to be blue box …
Here’s When You Should Be Sending Those Emails
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Back in September I sent you an article with email subject line tips in it. That article quickly became one of the most read in 2019, and a number of readers have reached out to let me know that making one or more of those changes led them …
Advice if You’re Getting the Silent Treatment
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Dealing with unresponsive students is a common problem every fall, especially as we get closer to the holidays. These past few weeks a number of readers have been asking me for more information and ideas on how to handle this group. …
Important You Do This From Start to Finish
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services One of the key pieces of data we’ve uncovered from our focus group surveys with students around the country is that most of them have no idea what they’re supposed to ask a college admissions counselor or how they’re supposed to ask …
Helping You With Seniors Who Aren’t Responding or Taking Action
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s a common problem every fall for most admissions counselors. They’ve got a bunch of students, specifically seniors, who at one point showed some level of interest in their school, but have since gone silent and aren’t taking any …