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Rachel

Columbia University Grad

2017 Financial Economics

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2012 CJGA Player of the Year Canada
  • 2011 BC Summer Games Champion
  • 2012 CN Future Links National Championship 3rd Place
  • 2011 and 2012 Pacific Northwest Team Champions
  • 2013 shot 65 in a High School tournament

 

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2014 and 2015 Academic All-American
  • 2014 River Landing Classic Team Champions
  • 2014 Nittany Lions Team Champions – Won
  • 2016 Princeton Invitational Team Champions
  • 2016 Yale Invitational Team Champions

 

POST UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Rachel worked on Wall Street at a top Finance Firm in NYC, Morgan Stanley
  • Studying music production at ICON Collective In LA, California

RACHEL’S STORY

Rachel came to Vancouver, BC, Canada from Dalian Province in North Eastern China. Arriving in Grade 10 with an 8 handicap, Rachel was soon shooting even par. Rachel was featured in the Vancouver Courier newspaper in 2012 as a Top Athlete in BC. She received 4 golf scholarship offers at: 3 IVY League Schools – Dartmouth College, Brown University and Columbia University. She was also offered a position at NYU Stern Business School.

GOLF RELATED ADVICE

  • Golf is not a luck-based sport, people don’t win tournaments because of luck. To get proficient at anything you’d need to put in 10,000 hours of practice. As Arnold Palmer said “The more I practice, the luckier I get”
  • Practice short game, it makes a huge difference in your scores
  • Play in as many tournaments as possible, it will train you mentally!
  • Also make friends with the people you meet at tournaments – a lot of them will be your buddies for life

LIFE RELATED ADVICE

  • Have fun in college! These will be the 4 best years of your life. Make as many friends as possible and don’t stress about academics too much if you get a B instead of an A.
  • Start to think about career options when you get to Junior year, you should prep ahead instead of waiting until college graduation
  • Learn to be confident and social, these skills serve you well in life
  • Read the news, “Morning Brew” is a good source of news for younger people if you want to keep up with the world
  • Challenge yourself to break out of your comfort zone and do things, go places you typically won’t go. Life is all about experiences

  • "TJ’s years of experience not only helped Rachel but so many other kids to become better at golf, academics, and personal confidence! She brings energy to whomever she is around and she is able to see and bring out the best of the kids. She is absolutely delightful to work with, and we are so happy she was able to help Rachel get into a top-notch Ivy League school through golf!"

    RACHEL’S PARENTS ABOUT COACH TJ ATLEY