Behind the Scenes of Ivy League Admissions: Hear from a Columbia Ex-Admissions Officer and a Harvard Grad

Want to know what admissions officers favor and how you can earn the golden ticket to your dream college? Discover the preferences of admissions officers behind closed doors with Columbia Ex-Admission Officers and a Harvard Grad! Explore the blueprints for building your very own unique profile that elite colleges in the US are looking for. Join our free live session on May 16th, 2024!
May 16, 2024
1:00 pm BST, 8:00 pm HKT/SGT/CST, 9:00 pm JST/KST
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Meet Your Speakers:
Gabe Gladstein

Transferred to Harvard (.8% acceptance rate), graduated Magna cum Laude. Master’s in Music, New England Conservatory. Created Crimson’s U.S. Admissions Program, has helped 1000s of students into Harvard, Stanford, MIT, and more. Founded Indigo Research, which has helped 700+ students complete research papers and publish in over 27 academic journals, and partnered with UCSB and the New York Academy of Sciences. Has written speeches for U.S. Presidential campaigns & advised startups.

Meet Gabe Gladstein (Harvard University), VP of Product at Crimson Education Gabe graduated magna cum laude in Government from Harvard University in 2017 and graduated with a Master's in Music from the New England Conservatory of Music in 2018. Gabe is currently Vice President of Product at Crimson Education and the creator of Crimson's flagship U.S. admissions program. He has a long history of supporting students in gaining admission to all 8 Ivy League schools, Stanford, Duke, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins and more!

Erin Cao
‍Former Associate Officer at Columbia University

Erin Cao, former Admissions Officer at Columbia University, managed territories in Canada, China, and Florida, evaluating thousands of applications for Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Now, she leverages her expertise to assist students with college applications. With over 4 years of experience, Erin has helped students gain admission to prestigious universities like Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, and more.

Believing in the uniqueness of each student's narrative, Erin enjoys engaging in exploratory conversations about their academic and extracurricular interests, identities, and experiences. Her goal is to help students showcase their best selves in their applications by crafting compelling narratives.

Erin earned her B.A. in Art History with a concentration in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, where she was actively involved in the Admissions Office as a student interviewer and tour guide. She also contributed to the university's community by founding CFLAN, Columbia's first alumni network supporting former first-generation and low-income students.

Hiu Lam Leung
Senior Academic Advisor, Indigo Research

Pursued A-Levels at a UK boarding school and completed a Bachelor’s in Psychology at a top 25 UK university, University of East Anglia. Lam has supported over 60 students, with impressive admissions result to top US & UK universities such as, Cambridge, UPenn, Berkeley, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, LSE, Imperial and more!

Learn what goes on behind the closed admissions office doors and what admissions officers are looking for in your profile.

Join our exclusive webinar with Columbia Ex-Admission Officer and a Harvard Grad to gain invaluable insights into excelling in university admissions. Discover why academic research is a non-negotiable aspect of your high school journey and your golden ticket to your dream college.

You will learn:

  1. The main keys to your admissions strategy.
  2. Why academic research could be your golden ticket to your dream college.
  3. How to conduct academic research as a high school student.
  4. How to transform your academic passion into publishable research and stand out in collage applications.