Дамби еще в Хогвартсе писал статьи для специализированных журналов по чарам, зельям и трансфигурации и выигрывал призы на конкурсах по магии:

During his school years, Dumbledore won the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting, became the British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot, and received the gold medal for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo.