Town & Country’s Nicole LaPorte spotlights LogicPrep’s Founder & CEO, Lindsay Tanne, and our commitment to a holistic approach in guiding families through the college admissions process. With a team of educators and former therapists, we help students craft authentic narratives and navigate their college admissions journey to find their best fit.
With UNC and other schools leveraging AI in the application review process, how does this impact your college application? We're diving into AI's role in college admissions and sharing tips to help your application stand out.
Founder and CEO Lindsay Tanne was recently tapped by Town and Country to share how families of high school students can get ahead and manage the anxiety of the application process. The trick is to understand where you are—and where you could be—in the process, using tools such as our college admissions calendar checklist.
You may have heard the ACT is changing in 2025, and registration is now open for the April, June, and July test dates (as of December 5). Here’s everything you need to know about what is changing and when:
We’ve been saying for years now that the COVID-19 pandemic (and the subsequent wave of test-optional policies) completely upended the college application process. Elite admission rates that once were low but manageable are now outrageous—and at most universities, they’re not improving.
One of the most common questions Sophomores and Juniors are asking right now is “Do I really need to take the SAT/ACT?” The answer is a categorical YES. While the current test-optional environment suggests the possibility of a more enduring trend, few schools have made permanent changes to their testing policies. Read more about how standardized testing relates to your college apps here.
The Smith College campus is beautiful — the requisite old buildings, an exquisite library, amazing houses (dorms), a world famous greenhouse, and Paradise Pond as the backdrop to crisp fall days and lazy spring mornings. But the most compelling aspect of Smith is its student body: women who are eager to engage, challenge, grow, support, laugh, and learn.
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Emi Nietfeld reflects on her initial “overshare” about her mental health challenges (and its perceived consequences, including a rejection from Yale) and the ways in which she was able to reflect upon and ultimately convey her story in a way that was more compelling for her college applications.
So what is the appropriate degree of disclosure in a college application?
