By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services “Apps are up” is something I’m hearing a lot this fall as I talk with college admission leaders. Our conversation then quickly turns to how their staff will manage a busier than usual application load. When a student applies to your school …
Doing This After the Campus Visit??
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services During a workshop I led last Friday, one of the things we discussed was personalizing the campus visit experience. Part of that has to do with what you do, or don’t do, in the days following a student’s visit (i.e. your post-visit strategy). …
Have You Asked These Questions Yet?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Today’s article will take you about 60 seconds to read and will give you a massive ROI if you follow through. Here we go! Every time a college brings me to campus to lead a recruiting training workshop, I ask at least a couple of the …
Last Week I Forgot to Tell You
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last week I gave you some advice about fall travel. As I was responding to many of your emails about this topic, it got me thinking that it might be helpful for me to expand on something I said in that article. Part of the problem in …
A Better Way to Answer Questions
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services I would argue that the most successful admissions counselors are able to get prospective students and parents to communicate more with them throughout the college search process than they do with their counterparts at other schools. Besides …
Yes, You Can Learn From Howard Stern
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services No, that’s not a misprint. There are actually a number of things that you can learn from Howard Stern that will make you a better recruiter and/or a better leader. The shock jock, as he’s known to many, has amassed tens of millions of …