By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Successfully recruiting your next class of students ultimately comes down to 10 or 11 little things. Here’s one that I haven’t written about before, but often discuss during staff training workshops or 1-1 …
Quick Tip To Help With Undecided Seniors
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Every year when students go through their college search they end up being scared or concerned about something, usually multiple things. According to our ongoing survey research, making the wrong decision continues to rank …
Are You Focusing On Parents Enough?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services As I’ve been talking with admissions leaders and counselors these past few weeks, way too many schools still haven’t introduced their admissions counselors to the parents of this next class of students in a personalized way. If that sounds …
We Need To Talk About Parents
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services We all know how important a role parents (and families) play during the entire college search process. As I explain to admissions teams during the workshops I lead, they’re either your biggest asset or your biggest obstacle. Right now …
Ideas on Improving Your Parent Communications
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Every year we’re reminded how important of a role parents play in the college search process. A lot of them are involved from start to finish. That includes reaching out to colleges, helping to arrange campus visits, completing applications …
4 Common Parent Frustrations
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services This past spring I spoke at four NACAC affiliate conferences. During each of those, I made it a point to connect with a lot of high school counselors. I got their thoughts on a number of topics including the value of high school visits by …