Michelle Setiawan of Sekolah Lentera Indonesia: Guiding Students to Colleges Abroad.

Episode summary introduction: This episode sheds light on college-bound students at Sekolah Lentera Indonesia, a K-12 school, who are looking to study abroad. Michelle Setiawan, who is a College Counselor at the school, gives us an overview of the school, the students, their college choices, and how Michelle & the counseling team help students navigate the college application process. In particular, we discuss the following with her: About Sekolah Lentera Indonesia (School) and Students Where do SLI students go to study abroad? College Counseling How students choose the destination country Resources available to Counselors Topics discussed in this episode: Introducing Michelle Setiawan, Counselor at SLI [0:36] SLI School & Students [4:18] Areas of College Study and US Destination Colleges [7:02] Counseling at SLI [8:59] Why do students pick the US? [12:59] Resources available to Counselors [14:53] The US College Application [16:31] Impact of COVID [23:01] Close: Uncertainties [25:46] Our Guest: Dian Michelle Setiawan is University Guidance Counselor at Sekolah Lentera Indonesia (SLI). Michelle has been a part of the SLI university guidance counselor team for 3 years. Michelle got her undergraduate education in Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. Memorable Quote: “So sometimes lining up students and the parents, expectations of things are hard. And, yeah, that's probably one of the things that I am still struggling with.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.