Applicant Experience
How Four Schools Use Kira Welcome Videos to Engage Applicants
We’ve gathered some of our favorite welcome videos crafted by our partner schools and analyzed what makes them so great....
Applicant Experience
Easing Anxiety: Bringing Mental Health Awareness into Admissions
In today's complicated and concerning mental health landscape, is your admissions team doing enough? This is an important question, and...
Applicant Experience
Kira Applicant Experience Report 2017-2018
When developing a technology used by hundreds of thousands of college applicants and admissions teams around the world, listening and...
Applicant Experience
Using Your School’s Mission To Drive A More Engaging Admissions Process
When students are applying to colleges, they’re concerned about the first impression they make on a school. However, schools should...
Applicant Experience
How Technology Can Level the Playing Field of “Demonstrated Interest”
Motivation to attend a school, or “demonstrated interest” on an admissions application file, is a common criteria schools consider when...
Applicant Experience
Kira Assessment vs. Admissions Essay: Applicants Weigh In
In a recent survey of 3776 college and university applicants across 106 unique programs, more than two-thirds of applicants felt...
Applicant Experience
Creating Value Post-Offer: Strategies to Secure Top Applicants
As consumers, we love trying things before buying them. Think about it: You likely wouldn’t buy a car without test...
Applicant Experience
4 Steps to Thaw Out Your Cold Admissions Process
GMAC reports that over 80% of MBA applicants use a school’s website when deciding which school to attend. Setting up...
