By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Earlier this month I ran my first half marathon here in Indianapolis along with my dad, my good friend Phil, and about 35,000 other people from around the world. Among the cool things that runners get to experience at the Indy Mini is taking a lap …
Dealing With Illogical College Decisions
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services “That was completely unexpected!” Those were the words that a good friend of mine told me he thought to himself after having a conversation with an undecided senior at his school’s admitted student day event. My friend doesn’t work in admissions and …
Prospects and Parents Will Open More Of Your Emails If…
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services …You use the right subject line. Think about it. Every time you go to your Inbox, what is it, other than who it’s from that ultimately leads you to open, scroll past or delete (without reading) each email? It’s the subject line. As a quick example, …
Are You Making These Recruiting Mistakes? (Ask Yourself Today)
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services She took a big step. Scratch that, I think she took an enormous step, and I was excited to be a small part of it! Let me explain what I’m talking about. Earlier this year we partnered with this particular admissions counselor and the rest of her …
How to Begin Telling Your School’s “Story”
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Whenever we go to lead one of our On-Campus Workshops for a college admissions department, a big part of our job is helping them to develop their “story”. I think stories are vital to the student recruitment process. And just to be clear, when I say …
Do You Really Know What Your Prospects Are Thinking?
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Prospective students think differently than you do. But you know this…or do you? I ask because a surprising number of admissions counselors that I talk to don’t realize it, and it’s preventing them from becoming dominant recruiters. Many of you are …