by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services It’s that time of year again for college admission professionals…aka crunch time. Everybody has their list of admitted students who have yet to deposit, and if you’re like most, you’re trying to connect with those students and figure out …
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. …
Dealing With Illogical College Decisions
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 …
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 …
13 Things Your Recruits Told Us That You Need to Know
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services When an admissions department brings us to campus to lead one of our popular training workshops, part of what we do is conduct extensive focus group research with their student body, specifically their freshmen. The questions we ask produce honest, …
How to Win Your Prospect’s “Bracket Challenge”
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services How’s your bracket? If you’re one of the tens of millions of people like me who filled out an NCAA tournament bracket, hopefully it hasn’t been introduced to the shredder just yet. While the nations top college basketball teams try to figure out how …