By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read The “feel” of campus and the visit experience continues to be one of the two most important factors for students when they make their college decision. Our ongoing research also shows that after the campus visit …
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 …
5 Big No-No’s
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Lately I continue to find myself repeating the same important reminder to admissions counselors – it’s your job to lead prospective students (and their parents) through the college search process from start to finish. Far too many …
Tips So That You Don’t Sound Too Scripted
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last month I wrote an article about the importance of authenticity in your recruiting conversations. It was the one where I referenced the Shawn Mendes concert that my wife and I took our daughter to. If you missed that one, here it …
Advice About Large Campus Visit Events
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Each year colleges and universities across the country are tasked with large visit events. It’s a recruiting reality that isn’t completely going away anytime soon. This despite the fact that we all know individual visits have a much better …
Advice On Getting Juniors to Visit
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services In any given week there’s a pretty good chance that you can either learn a valuable lesson or stumble upon an important reminder that can help make you a better recruiter or leader. It can come from a television show, social media, or in …