By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Throughout the year you want to find out why an inquiry who visited campus hasn’t applied, why a prospect is hesitating on coming to visit campus, or just in general why students aren’t engaging or taking any …
Short Attention Spans Are Everywhere
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read In case you haven’t already heard, the human attention span has fallen to an all-time low of eight seconds – that’s one second lower than a goldfish. Our brains just can’t keep up with the amount of content and information …
Don’t Make The Wrong Assumption
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read Here’s an assumption that a lot of colleges, universities, and admissions counselors are currently making when it comes to their admitted student population. They believe this group of students has everything they need to make …
Important Reminder From A 101 Year-Old Nun
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read Prior to the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball tournament, you had probably never heard of Sister Jean Dolores-Schmidt unless you worked at Loyola University Chicago. That all changed in a matter of weeks when 11-seed Loyola made a …
Advice If Students Aren’t Responding
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read One of the biggest questions I’ve been getting from my newsletter community the past few weeks has to do with inquiries and prospects who haven’t responded or taken action despite numerous emails, texts, and phone …
Are You Getting The Whole Truth?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read During a conversation I had last week with a Director of Admissions the topic of lying came up. Specifically she asked me if I believe prospective students (as well as some parents) don’t always tell admissions counselors the …