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student study time

Assist and encourage your students to review all class material. Teachers and courses are only a certain percentage of your course. Student must study until they feel confident of taking their final exams.

Stayin correct

Admission representative have the responsability to comunicate the students all information about the institution , for that reason is very important the agent training. Also information change every day and we need to continually refresh our knowledge as our profession.

Know my institution

In a 3 years working for my institution I have the opportunity to learn about the school programs, unsderstand the institution rules and policies, also the admission proccess, and help some students with a decition about a program.

Admission paperwork

I create a file with all paperwork and check list for all required documents, also update information of the commission rules or new policies.

Admission Course

For working in admission department the materials of the courses give you a way to stay current with all rules in your institution.

Know What is What and Who is Who!

Hi everyone! I am a new Admissions Rep. So far one aspect of my training that I've found to be beneficial to my success is knowing your staff. To be able to utilize your co-workers will only enhance your understanding of their functions, your school and its programs, etc. You just feel more confident in your abilities in assisting your students!

Be Aware and Keep Up!

Hi everyone! I am a new Admissions Rep. Please be sure to keep an eye out for new programs your school may implement. The world is constantly changing. My institution just added a new program to our IT School. How exciting! I feel that keeping up with trending demands in the work world only shows how up to date your school is!

No Sugar Coating

Hi everyone! I am a new Admissions Rep. I attended a meeting today to learn best practices utilized amongst our veteran Reps. In regards to the topic of tuition, I found that being honest with the prospective student definitely displays trust. Initially, a student will deem his/her tuition too expensive. However, we must remind them that Financial Aid is available to assist.

Frequency

Hi everyone! I am a new Admissions Rep and I understand we must keep our Resource Notebook updated. However, I'm curious to know on average how often do you reference your Resource Notebook day in and day out?

Automatic cross acceptance of credits

Does anyone have experience of the types of institutions which establish automaic acceptance of each others crdits?

Transfer of credits

All of the schools have a policy on how many credits they transfer and from where they will transfer it from. Most of those schools including my school do not take life experience for credit hours.

Marketing

It was important to me to know how as a school you can't just market everywhere. One example of that is that a school can't market in the job section.

Enrollment agreement

In the enrollment agreement at my school, there are a lot of documents that are required to be put in the file before a student can start a class. Some of them is like vaccinations, physical.... Is there a way to get the students to get everything together sooner or even help them with it?

Update to the Cartalog

How often can an catalog change and do the current students need to be notified?

Admissions Test

Admissions test are very important in the enrollment process. If a student was to be enrolled in a course without taking a test, especially for students without a High School Diploma or GED, the student might of been waisting their time and money by not having the intellectual requirements to succeed in the course. These test are used to avoid situations like those and they should be taken seriously.

Regulations

Being the Admission Representative it is my duty to keep up with all regulations. This will not only help me but will protect the school from licensed being revoked or put on probation for my misrepresentation.

Enrollment Agreement

Enrollment Agreement is very important to the student and prospective student as it outlines the information required upon admission. Admission representatives should always make sure that we know all information stated in the enrollment agreement so as to be prepared when student and prospective students has questions.

Admission Director

It is imperative for the Admission Director to be educated on all Policies and Procedures Rules and Regulation as it helps the transition in enrollment very effective to staff members, students and prospective students.

Rules and Regulation

It is very important to know the must and must not when giving information to a student or prospective student.

Best way to get info to prospective students

What are some successful ways to get information out to students? We have found hard-copies and online versions of everything are very successful, wondering what others have had success with?