by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Lately I’ve been getting a lot of emails and phone calls from Directors and Associate Directors who describe the following scenario. Their school is getting ready to deliver financial aid awards, and call campaigns are about to commence. …
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 …
They Didn’t Deposit to Your School Because
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services You can put away the countdown clock and stop checking your deposit portal every fifteen minutes. ‘National College Decision Day’ has come and gone. If you haven’t taken a deep breath and exhaled yet, please do it at some point today. …
Trial Close Questions Will Help You With Yield
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve got one or more undecided students that haven’t officially told you they’re coming, and they haven’t submitted a deposit either…but you feel really good about your chances. Plus you haven't asked them if …
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 …
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 …