California Institute of the Arts Info Session
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About this livestream
Join us for an exclusive stream with California Institute of the Arts! Located in Santa Clarita, California, CalArts is dedicated to the education of professional arts. CalArts was actually founded by Walt Disney, and it strives to cultivate and foster creative talent with its quality programs, including individual mentorship and guidance!
Juan Rivera, Admissions Counselor, will be presenting on behalf of the school. We'll also have a live Q&A, so come prepared with all of your questions about CalArts!
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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