Meet Aja: open advising hours

Recorded Saturday, March 19, 2022 at 07:00 PM

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About this livestream

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Join Aja Altenhof as she hosts her first-ever livestream at CollegeVine! Aja is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in Linguistics and Cognitive Science.

Elias will be introducing Aja as she discusses her college admissions journey and answers questions about her experiences as a student in both Philadelphia and Edinburgh. If you’d like to learn more about Aja or ask her personalized questions related to admissions, don’t miss this exclusive Advising Hours session!

Stop in to ask a few questions or stick around for the whole hour to get to know our newest livestream host!

Your host

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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