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.”

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