By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read Every prospective student regardless of stage or grade is scared, nervous, or worried about something during college search. For most it’s actually multiple things according to our survey research. If you’re looking …
They’re Scared! Ask Them About That
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Fact – Every prospective student regardless of where they’re at in their college search is scared, nervous, or worried about something. For many, according to our ongoing focus group research, it’s actually multiple things. And those fears …
Ask Them About This ASAP
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Over the past two weeks I’ve done a lot of FaceTime and Zoom calls with college admission professionals at every level. As you might imagine, a lot of different fears, worries, and concerns have been shared with me. Every prospective …
This Needs to Be a Part of Your Recruiting Conversations
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services A couple of weeks ago I spoke at the Indiana ACAC Conference in Indianapolis. In addition to giving the opening keynote, I led a session for about 60-70 college admission professionals on a topic that continues to not get enough …
A Scary Conversation
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Let me start by wishing you a Happy Halloween! It sounds like many of us will need an extra layer of clothing to trick or treat tonight or possibly an umbrella. In today’s article, I want to revisit a super important topic that still doesn’t get …
This 4-Letter Word Really Needs Your Attention
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last week I was in North Carolina on the campus of Duke University for our National Collegiate Recruiting Conference. I stood before the room of just under 90 college coaches and admission professionals and told them the same thing I’m going to tell …