Ivy Leagues and Showing Your Passions: Q&A with Harvard/Juilliard Grad
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Experienced college advisor and Harvard/Juilliard grad Charlie Park Albright answers questions on how to best display your extracurriculars and passions to gain entrance into elite universities.
Education
Harvard College - Economics AB | New England Conservatory - MM | Juilliard School of Music - ADBio
My clients (FirsthandIvy.com) have been accepted to and attend the best colleges, music conservatories, and 5-Year AB/MM Joint Programs in the world, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, and more. I have a unique perspective unlike any other advisor in that I have also personally been accepted to, attended, and graduated from the best academic and music schools in the world...along with the 5-year AB/MM Joint Program.I graduated Harvard College with an Economics degree (A.B.) (and did many pre-med requirements too!), a Masters of Music (M.M.) in Piano Performance from NEC, and the Artist Diploma (A.D.) in Piano Performance from the Juilliard School of Music. I was the first classical pianist in the Harvard/New England Conservatory of Music 5-Year AB/MM Joint Program, and was accepted to many other top-tier academic universities, music conservatories, and 5-Year Joint Programs, including Yale, Stanford, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, the Curtis Institute of Music, and more.
I'm am an actively touring classical concert pianist, and separately have worked with students as young as elementary school through high school on everything from homework and learning ahead of their grade level, to planning courses/extracurriculars and helping them prepare rockstar college applications. I am half-Korean and speak Korean fluently.
Let me help you put your best self forward in your academics, and help you aim to make your college and/or music conservatory dreams come true.
For more information, check out CharlieAlbright.com (piano) and FirsthandIvy.com (academics).
Specialties
BusinessEconomicsEducationMusicArtBiologyMathFirst-Generation College StudentsSTEMCommunity CollegeNon-Traditional StudentsTransfer StudentsGraduate AdmissionsMedicineGifted and Talented StudentsUndergrad College: Georgetown University '21
Major: History; Minors in French and Russian
Work Experience: The college applications process is all about responding to one question: who are you? I am passionate about helping students craft a creative answer. I have been helping students gain admission to the T25 schools of their dreams since 2018, when I first started working for CollegeVine as an Applications Consultant, and later, blog writer. Soon after graduating from Georgetown, I started my own company to make college advising my career. I currently mentor students through one-on-one consulting sessions and essay editing.
My Admissions Story: My admissions journey began with a desire to dive into the humanities and have an adventure of self-discovery. I applied to East Coast liberal arts schools that value creativity and specialize in teaching languages, history, and international affairs. One thin deferral letter came in the fall, a thicker envelope came in the spring, and with that, I was accepted to my dream school — Georgetown University!