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enrollment fees

In theory, a higher enrollment fee ensures more students showing up on the first day of class because they've already made an investment. But it can also discourage enrollment for some students.

Admissions Resource Notebook

The Resource Notebook is a great tool because policies and procedures are always changing. If you have record of important, if not all required policies, you have refer to it as needed. I print off everything important and place into a file because I will always need to refer to something sooner than later.

Knowing Your Stuff

It is so important to look knowledgeable when a prospective student is looking for information. However, never guess at anything; misinformation, even innocently, can ruin trust and possibly drive away the potential. The resource notebook is your saving grace. Even if you don't know the answer, off the top of your head, having a reference handy that does shows that you are on your game.

Admissions Newbie

Hello all. I'm a career changer and new to admissions, but very excited to be involved in helping others shape their futures. Even though I come from years of retail store management, one of my focuses, when guiding my employees, was to make their goals and aspirations my own. If they wanted to pursue an education, my support and encouragement was integral in maintaining a positive relationship and continuing their dedication to our company's mission. Yes, ultimately, they would leave and move on to another opportunity, but I knew that my attention to them would foster their future relationship with us as a consumer. Very much in the same fashion, heeding the call to be compliant with Ohio's provisions and following "the rules" at my college, ensures that each of my student's experiences remain consistent, equitable, and ultimately successful. In most ways, I am on the other end of an already paved path of support I've always given to people interested in pursuing an education. Glad to be here.

Ongoing Training

Having Trainings and team building experiences will definitly help when having to understand the work we do...even if the school as a whole dont hold them the indiviual teams should. What are your thought?

Product Knowledge

Each University, College and Institute has differnt programs that we offer to the communities that we live in, you have to know the talking points to be successful!

Guidelines

It is imporatant to know policy and procedure and in that when handling paperwork anmd following guidelines. These keep us in good standing with our accreduation snd students to make everything go well for our students!

Referrals

Getting referrals in admissions not only helps the company, it shows that yoyu love what you do and keeps you on top of your product knowledge. How often do you discuss your job to others?

Flyers

How affective do you feel flyers are in the tech savvy world of today. Has anyone had luck with them recently.

State Guidelines

How often if at all do the state guidelines for any particular area change.

Continually Updating your Notebook

When updating your notebook have you found that the most up to date and accurate information came from your own research and information obtained, or was it provided by your manager or institution.

Your Job

It is important to know what your job duties are. Being a part of student service is to be aware of what the college offers and to help the students and potential students. It is imporant as student service coordiators to know as much information about the college that they can.

Services

It is importnant for students to be aware of the extra assistace. Students need to be aware and attend sessions such as orientation. It is also helpful to be aware of services such as academic assistance, housing career services, and learning resource centers. Having students take advantage of services can help a studet tremendously.

Catalog

Reading and understanding the school's catalog is a vital part of the college experience. The catalog houses information about the college. It explains the policies, tuition and fees, enrollment dates, courses and any other item that pertains the college. It is a students responsibility to read the catalog and to use it as a reference guide.

Organization

I believe that staying organized can help you in your personal and professional life. I always like to keep binders or manila folders that contain any useful information that I might want to go back and look at. I have printed out the pages from this training and then can leave it at my desk. I will be able to go back to the binder whenever I want to double check any questions I might have.

transferable credits

Is there a list anywhere that shows what transfers from where? Or do you have to contact each individual school to find out?

The Notebook

What Notebook do you consider buying to help me keep updated with my prospective students?

Asking Questions

As much as I like to know everything myself, it is so important to ask the right questions if you are unsure of information. Not just in a new job, but in school, in your personal life,and when working with a student. I do like to research materials when I have a question, but I like the fact that everyone is so open and understanding when a new agent has questions. A lot of the decisions that we make have a big impact on the student and the school so its important to make the right one. So,if you have a question, ASK IT!

admissions

The best element of admission for me is exciting the potential student with the information that we have to give that will help the individual.

Accred.

The more time I spend in this field the more I realize how important it is for a student to understand what various types of accrediations are and what it means to them.