By Jeremy Tiers, Vice President of Admissions Services 3 minute read No matter how good you and your colleagues are at storytelling and making a logical case as to why it makes sense for a student to consider or choose your school, there are two opinions that are almost impossible to change when …
How To Deal With This Common Excuse From Admitted Students
By Jeremy Tiers, Vice President of Admissions Services 1 minute read It’s a frequently heard excuse that admitted students give each spring as to why they aren’t ready to make their decision. They’re thinking about visiting another college that’s on their short list. It’s a fair reason, but …
Advice And Tips For Preventing Summer Melt
By Jeremy Tiers, Senior Director of Admissions Services 3 minute read As deposits for the fall continue to trickle in, a big focus for most enrollment leaders and admission teams is preventing ‘summer melt.’ Losing 7-10%, or more, of your incoming class can turn a winning year into a down …
Important Changes That You May Need to Make
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Last Thursday I got an email from an Associate Director that made me get a little emotional. Even though we’ve never met she wanted me to know that part of the reason she felt like she blew past her territory goals this year was my weekly …
We Need to Talk About New Year’s Resolutions
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services People tend to talk a lot about their New Year’s resolutions during Christmas break. Unfortunately research shows that less than 10% ever achieve those resolutions. Change can be hard. You know it, and I know it. Why is that? I think …
Have You Asked These Questions Yet?
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services Today’s article will take you about 60 seconds to read and will give you a massive ROI if you follow through. Here we go! Every time a college brings me to campus to lead a recruiting training workshop, I ask at least a couple of the …