Dr. Grace Cheng Dodge
Dr. Grace Cheng Dodge is an experienced school administrator, college counselor, and college admissions professional, with specialized knowledge of the selective admissions process of colleges and universities in the United States. Grace is retired as Head of School of Taipei American School, Taipei, Taiwan. She is also the former Director of Admissions at Wellesley College and was an Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Harvard. From 2009-2012, she took a professional leave from Harvard and spent three years at Taipei American School as a college counselor and Director of College Counseling. Grace returned to the TAS College Counseling office in 2018 before assuming the position of Deputy Head of School, then Interim Head of School before becoming the 15th Head of School of Taipei American School.
Grace spent three years as a US State Department/College Board Overseas Schools Program traveler and in this capacity, she traveled to various International and American schools in Europe presenting to entire school communities of US expatriate children and parents on developing the whole child and mastering the building blocks to being a successful student in an American school system. Grace has been a presenter at ECIS, EARCOS, various National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) conferences and multiple national College Board Forums. Grace was Chair-Elect of the New England College Board Regional Council before relocating to Taiwan.
Having evaluated thousands of admissions applications and trained scores of college application readers, Grace deeply understands the concept of a college “fit” and continues to shares her expertise by presenting to school communities around the world, training counselors, Heads, and boards, and in auditing school college counseling programs. Partner with Dodge Consultants, LLC by contacting grace@dodgeconsultants.com