Selection & Onboarding of New Families

The school welcomes the right families to the school. The school has effective practices and tools to determine applicant fit and ensures new families join the community smoothly.

  • Are You Thinking of Your Parents as Partners? [Ep.110]

    Are You Thinking of Your Parents as Partners? [Ep.110]

    A conversation with Renee DuChainey-Farkes.

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  • Five Takeaways from a Conversation About Shadow Days

    Five Takeaways from a Conversation About Shadow Days

    Customized, in-person opportunities to experience the day-to-day life of the school can be an important part of the family journey to enroll.

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  • Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self [Ep. 103]

    Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self [Ep. 103]

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  • The Strategic Enrollment Management Spectrum

    The Strategic Enrollment Management Spectrum

    Explore the seven levers of the enrollment spectrum and consider how they work together to contribute to your enrollment success.

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  • Exclusivity and Access in Higher Education [Ep.91]

    Exclusivity and Access in Higher Education [Ep.91]

    A conversation with Jeff Selingo.

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  • Is Constrained Optimization the Future of Admissions? [Ep.85]

    Is Constrained Optimization the Future of Admissions? [Ep.85]

    A conversation with Dr. Rebecca Zwick.

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  • Anti-Racism Best Practices for Independent Schools [Ep.83]

    Anti-Racism Best Practices for Independent Schools [Ep.83]

    A conversation with Dr. Derrick Gay.

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  • Lessons From Higher Ed: The Role of Character in College Admission [Ep.78]

    Lessons From Higher Ed: The Role of Character in College Admission [Ep.78]

    A conversation with Trisha Anderson and Brennan Barnard.

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  • Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions [Ep.75]

    Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions [Ep.75]

    A conversation with Jeff Selingo

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  • Understand Your Families Better with Parent Personas

    Understand Your Families Better with Parent Personas

    COVID-19 has forced us all, schools and families alike, to examine our priorities and to reexamine the ways in which we work to achieve our most important goals.

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  • Head of School Podcast: How the Admission Funnel Has Changed [S1.E3]

    Head of School Podcast: How the Admission Funnel Has Changed [S1.E3]

    What every head needs to know about enrollment management.

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  • How to Create and Enhance a Virtual Campus Visit Now and in the Future

    How to Create and Enhance a Virtual Campus Visit Now and in the Future

    One of the most powerful tools in the Admissions’ toolkit is the in-person campus tour. These visits give school representatives a chance to show the personality of their campus and to highlight what

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  • The College Admissions Scandal and More: Critical Legal Admission Issues in 2019 for School Leaders [Podcast Ep.23]

    The College Admissions Scandal and More: Critical Legal Admission Issues in 2019 for School Leaders [Podcast Ep.23]

    Debra Wilson, general counsel at NAIS and the SAIS president-elect, on the current issues and some lessons for independent schools.

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  • From Onboarding to Retention with Avery Coonley School [Podcast Ep.26]

    From Onboarding to Retention with Avery Coonley School [Podcast Ep.26]

    Rebecca Malotke-Meslin, Director of Enrollment and Financial Aid at the Avery Coonley School shares details of her exceptional retention program which begins right as families join the school communit

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  • Reducing Bias in the Admission Process [Podcast Ep.25]

    Reducing Bias in the Admission Process [Podcast Ep.25]

    Best Practices in Student Evaluation, Interviewing, and File Reading

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