Brace Yourselves. Enrollment Season is Coming.
Do you recognize the image to the right? Your students sure do. This is a meme and you’ll find countless varieties of these are all over the internet. If you haven’t already, it may be time to jump on...
View ArticleAdmissions Directors – Find Your Voice!
This past week at NJAIS, I had the opportunity to meet Admissions Directors from all over New Jersey. We had conversations ranging from shop talk, to how North Jersey isn’t anything like South Jersey,...
View Article10 Signs your Admissions Software is Holding You Back
#10: You have to export contact lists to send emailsIf you are still exporting from your database to excel in order to send a simple email, you are using the wrong admissions software. New software...
View ArticleNew SchoolAdmin Feature: Online Teacher Recommendations
Over the past year, the team here at SchoolAdmin has been working diligently to build a new feature into our Admissions Module that we are all really excited about: Online Teacher Recommendations. We...
View ArticleWhich Came First: The Waitlist or the Selective Admissions Office?
We all know that it’s pretty easy to be selective in your admissions process if you have a long line of eager candidates begging to get in the door. If you are one of those lucky schools, you may even...
View ArticleI Hate to Say It, but Admissions is Sales
Salespeople. Ick. You’re in admissions because you are passionate about education, you love building relationships with families, you love watching all the kids you recruited over the years grow,...
View ArticleVideos are Worth a Thousand Pictures
Videos are increasingly becoming one of the most talked about pieces of “marketing” for independent school admissions. There are a lot of questions around when and how to use videos, but it’s really...
View ArticleHas Your Online Inquiry Lost Its Mojo?
It’s a pretty common story across schools that the number of admissions “inquiries” tends to be decreasing. These days, candidates are getting the information they need online, without picking up the...
View ArticleAn Exciting New Partnership: SchoolAdmin & FACTS Management
We are so excited to announce our partnership with FACTS Management. Together we have built an integration enabling single-sign-on (SSO) and real-time transfer of demographic and transactional data...
View ArticleCommon Applications: The Solution to Declining Enrollment?
In an effort to counter declining enrollment, some Independent schools are considering the idea of implementing shared regional online admission systems that allow candidates to apply to multiple...
View ArticleHow to Personalize Admissions Emails with Videos
It wouldn’t be very practical to send your staff door-to-door to greet prospective/current students and parents. However, with the right tools, you can still deliver an extremely personalized...
View ArticleAdmission Directors – Find Your Voice!
This past week at NJAIS, I had the opportunity to meet Admission Directors from all over New Jersey. We had conversations ranging from shop talk, to how North Jersey isn’t anything like South Jersey,...
View ArticleManaging a Remote Team at Your Independent or Private School
Last week I led a discussion on managing remote admission and enrollment teams in a breakout session during our Virtual Revisit Day. I’m the Director of Sales at SchoolAdmin and have been managing a...
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