What 2020 Taught Us About the Future of College Admissions

Presented by: Lindsay Tanne, Cari Hanrahan, & Meghan Stetson

Webinar: May 18, 2021

College applications hit record highs, acceptance rates dipped to record lows, and test-optional threw everyone a curveball. LogicPrep experts discuss the 2020-2021 application cycle and share how students can utilize this knowledge to maximize their college success.


LINDSAY TANNE

FOUNDER & CEO

Lindsay Tanne, LogicPrep’s founder and CEO

As Founder and CEO of LogicPrep and a leading College Admissions Advisor, Lindsay helps students around the world maximize their potential, tell their stories, and identify their best-fit schools. Over the past decade, she and her team have helped thousands of families successfully navigate the standardized testing and college application landscape.

With a background in writing and an honors degree from Harvard’s English Department, Lindsay’s deep interest in storytelling informs LogicPrep’s approach to the admissions process as she and her teammates coach students to effectively cultivate and communicate their personal narratives. An expert on university admissions and standardized testing, Lindsay is a member of NACAC, the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), and an Associate Member of IECA. She is frequently featured as a thought leader and writer in publications including Forbes, Inc., The Huffington Post, and Teen Vogue.

In her spare time, you can find Lindsay exploring NYC parks with her spirited toddler, furthering her education of psychology, or learning about wine. Lindsay is also the Founder & President of the Jesse Kolber Foundation, which provides both access to and financing for college to highly achieving students who have demonstrated resilience, financial need, and a commitment to academic excellence.

CARI HANRAHAN

DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ADVISING

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Students and families working with Cari can expect a high-energy, supportive, and encouraging advisor; she will be your biggest cheerleader (seriously - she drumrolls when students submit their college applications!). 

Cari first found her niche in the student advising world as a college access coach with College Possible in Milwaukee, WI, where she helped 36 underserved, first-generation students gain the acceptance and funding necessary to pursue higher education. She moved to Colorado in 2014 to run Multicultural Recruitment in the Colorado College Office of Admission, recruit students from across the country, and manage operations. She completed her time at Colorado College in the Career Center, after restructuring the Public Interest Fellowship Program and creating CC’s Nonprofit Initiatives where she was thrilled to have a foot in each of her favorite doors – nonprofits and higher education. 

As a full-time education and nonprofit consultant, Cari enjoys analyzing the successes of students pursuing post-graduate careers, and uses this knowledge to support her approach to both college and career counseling.

Outside of work, Cari serves on nonprofit boards, is constantly trying to train her dog, captains an all-women’s Ultimate Frisbee team, and reads books at a similar speed to normal humans drinking water. She also volunteers her time advising underserved students through The Jesse Kolber Foundation.

MEGHAN STETSON

COLLEGE ADVISOR & FORMER HARVARD ADMISSION OFFICER

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Meghan grew up on college campuses as the daughter of a football coach and college administrator. After graduating from Williams College, she promptly took up the family business, working at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Oxford University, and Hamilton College, as a teacher, advisor, sportswriter, and coach. A College Advising job brought her to the Boston area, where she gained experience on the other side of the desk at Harvard University as a hybrid Admissions & Financial Aid Officer for four years. 

Meghan is currently studying mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling psychology at Naropa - the only accredited university in the US with Buddhist roots. She is a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher who brings an emphasis on mindful awareness, personal development, and emotional intelligence to her work with LogicPrep students. Her students and coworkers greatly appreciate the optimism and joy she demonstrates in her advising. She loves mentoring students as they take on the challenge of self-inquiry that the college application process – and a meaningful life – demands.