By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services “That was completely unexpected!” Those were the words that a good friend of mine told me he thought to himself after having a conversation with an undecided senior at his school’s admitted student day event. My friend doesn’t work in admissions and …
An Intangible Thing in Student Recruitment
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Over the weekend I came across a newspaper article in which college admission counselors and EM leaders shared recommendations and what they wish students knew about the college search process. I always find these pieces interesting, and this one was …
Are Undecided Students Giving You These Buying Signals?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s crunch time for college admissions. Schools all over the country are entering the final weeks of battle for this next class of students. And right now I’m working a streak here in the office. Each of the past 17 days I’ve received at least one …
Two Student Recruitment Secrets
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services When was the last time you sat down either by yourself, with your admissions colleagues, or with your school’s marketing team and really took a hard look at the recruitment communications that you’re sending out? It’s an important question, and if …
Is It Time to Change Your Approach?
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services How did the past 7 days go for you? For me they were even busier than I anticipated…some last minute on-campus admissions staff training, prepping for a couple NACAC affiliate conferences, recording a podcast episode, and a ton of phone …
Student Recruitment Tiebreakers
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s that time of year again…you know, the time when students take to social media and share how stressed and confused they are about making a college decision. One student even joked on Twitter this past weekend, “I give up I think I'll make my …