By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 5 minute read This week I’ll be in the New York City area to lead my thirteenth and final summer training workshop. As you might imagine, fall travel season has been a popular topic lately, especially as I’ve been speaking with …
What Makes You Different Than Everybody Else?
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read Most of the emails, letters, and brochures that colleges and universities are sending prospective students right now are filled with facts, figures, history, and blanket, generalized statements. You know the ones I’m …
They Want To Know About These 4 Things
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read College and universities love to share tons of facts, figures, and bullet points when they communicate with inquiries, prospects, admitted, and committed students. The problem is, often times you end up vomiting …
5 Reasons Why Students Are Ghosting You
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read It’s a common frustration for admissions counselors every single winter. They email or text a group of seniors who showed some level of interest in their school last fall, and instead of a response (or an application …
They Need You To Explain These Two Things
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read One of the biggest things prospective students at all stages struggle with during their college search is being able to differentiate between schools, especially colleges that are similar in size and/or …
Time to Reconsider Your Conversation Starters?
By Ethan Penland, Director of Admissions Services 2 minute read When I first started recruiting students, I thought I had the perfect lead-in into every conversation. What was it you might be asking? Well, it went something like this, “So, what interests you about [my …