AP week pep talk with Elias
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About this livestream
Are you excited for AP week? Well, probably not, but maybe you should! Though we understand that the coming AP tests can instill a dizzying range of emotions — such as fear, anxiety, and even sadness — Elias is here to help you get motivated for your upcoming tests. He’ll be sharing tips and tricks on how you can best study, plan for the night before, and recount some of his own experiences with APs to help provide some perspective.
Come prepared with questions or just hang out while Elias motivates you for your upcoming AP exams!
Undergrad College: Harvard University '17
Major: Music
Graduate College: University of Michigan, M.M.
Work Experience: Now in my fourth year at CollegeVine, I have helped dozens of students gain acceptance to their top-choice schools and have also advised and mentored thousands more through my livestreams. Apart from my work at CV, I am also a professional conductor and a multi-instrumentalist. I currently serve as the music director of the Apollo Ensemble of Boston, and I have led symphonic concerts and operatic productions throughout the United States.
My Admissions Story: Initially interested in pursuing a career as a performing cellist, I applied almost exclusively to music schools with dual and double degree options and ultimately enrolled in the Tufts University/New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program. Unhappy with the combined program and worried I'd never feel like I was fully a student at either school, I logged back into CommonApp.org in October of my freshman year. I can't say I went about the transfer process in the smartest way (I only applied to two schools!), but Harvard miraculously accepted me (or 'excepted me' as I wrote in a celebratory Facebook post that day - no one ever let me live that one down), and the rest was history.
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