College Admission Consulting For High Schoolers With Alice Chen

College Admission Consulting For High Schoolers With Alice Chen

Author: Sam Dogen: Financial Samurai founder, personal finance blogger October 10, 2024 Duration: 39:47

If you have children, you likely want to provide them with the best education possible, which may include helping them get into a top college. Along the way, you may come across college consulting services and wonder how beneficial they really are.

In today's episode, I speak with Alice Chen, Founder of BrightStory Admission Consulting, to find out more about the service. 

Alice is a daughter of immigrants and grew up in the Boston area. Alice's father was a research scientist and her mother an auditor, so Alice grew up thinking that those who studied and worked the hardest would succeed.

But after attending Stanford and working in TV journalism, Alice quickly learned that IQ was not the most important factor for workplace (and life) success.

Alice created BrightStory to offer the mentoring she wishes she had as a teen. Alice also created Happy Asian Woman, a newsletter focused on wellness and living a meaningful life, and she incorporates these values into her coaching work.

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