by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Sometimes even your best isn’t going to be enough to convince an admitted student that your school is the “best fit” for them. The reasons will vary. Some will be legitimate, and some will make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Anytime you …
Ask Your Undecided Students These Questions
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Thanks for checking out this week’s newsletter. I’m sending good vibes your way as you finish putting together your school’s next class of new students. Last week I received a bunch of emails from admissions counselors looking for advice …
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 …
Important Recruiting “Tiebreakers”
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Here’s something interesting that I continue to both hear and read about. There comes a time towards the end of the college decision-making process where students (and parents) start to think about, and discuss, how much of a sincere …
Are You Creating the Right Kind of Urgency?
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services The topic for this week’s article is the result of a recent phone call I had with an admissions counselor who also happens to be a frequent reader of this newsletter. She reached out to me looking for ideas on how to create urgency and not …
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. Check, …