By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read How many young people like starting conversations? That’s one of the questions I ask during the recruitment workshops I lead. Along with some chuckling from the room, the responses typically are “Zero” and/or “None.” For …
You Probably Need To Do More Of This
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 1 minute read Today I want to focus on something that most admissions counselors and student tour guides need to do more consistently. Understanding why a prospective student is interested in your school or how they’re feeling about …
Here’s A Simple But Important Reminder
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Today I’ve got a simple but very important student recruitment reminder to share. Consistent, personalized communication with this next class of prospective students is the #1 way to increase your number of campus visits, …
Don’t Make This Mistake With Your Late Applicants
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Last week I received an email from a Director who’s part of my newsletter community asking for advice on how to best proceed with “late” applicants who have recently been admitted. The biggest thing I cautioned her and her …
3 Mistakes I Want You To Avoid
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read Last week while I was leading a training for an admissions team in Georgia, one of the topics we discussed was effective early communication with the next class of students, namely your 2024 inquiries. I shared a number of …
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 …