By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read About once a month I get asked by either an admissions counselor or leader if I believe prospective students (as well as some parents) don’t always reveal the whole truth during various college conversations. My …
Try This If You Want More Responses
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read If the language and tone you’re using in your emails and text messages to different groups of students is overly formal, feels robotic, and is completely transactional, it’s going to be harder to get engagement or …
5 Questions You Should Ask Your Admitted Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read One of the biggest things I continue to emphasize to admissions counselors and leaders is the need to consistently ask different groups of prospective students (in-person, in emails, texts, and on the phone or video …
Time To Find Out What’s Wrong
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Over the past few weeks you’ve got new high school seniors, or new transfer students looking at a January start, who have shown interest in your school. They’re interested, but many don’t know what to do or say …
Breaking This Bad Habit
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read Want to know something that prospective students say gets really old fast and quickly becomes annoying? “Hi Jeremy, how are you doing? How’s school going? What did you do last weekend? Do you have any questions about …
Advice That Will Help You With Inquiries
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Whether you have application deadlines approaching or you offer rolling admission, I’m guessing you currently have a large group of inquiries that haven’t taken the next step. If the majority of your communications …