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Curt Zimmermann

Since I started my professional career, I have been planning every step of my life. One time, I planned to go to Germany six years in advance. When I came to Harvard, I thought to myself "That's enough! Let me enjoy it and just see things happen as they do."... View Details

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Carolyn Wintner

"Put me down as Frank, please." As a five-year-old on the birthday-party circuit, Frank was my name-tag preference of choice. My naïve, tomboy self thought that all I needed was a new name, and then I would finally fit in with all the boys. I'd be able to... View Details

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Chris Williams

"I do not wish to have a thriving career at the expense of my personal life." When I wrote this as the headline of my sixth HBS application essay I figured I was an automatic "ding." I was honest and they let me in. Lesson learned. Now it's up to me... View Details

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Cindy Thanh Tran

My memory of childhood is filled with carrots - relatively cheap, good for eyesight. I grew up in Vietnam, the war-torn country which was impoverished further by a closed economy back in the 1980s. My mother was determined to do anything she could for my sisters and me... View Details

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Claudio Knizek

As I graduate from HBS my goal is not only to lead people, but to lead by inspiring them. Nowadays most people go to work because they feel they need to. I want to lead a large organization where people go to work because they want to, because it excites and challenges... View Details

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Caren Kelleher

My great-grandmother, a Swedish immigrant, left her homeland at the age of twenty to pursue her American dream; my grandmother, a WWII nurse, outranked her own husband in the Army; and my mother, a purposeful entrepreneur, started her own business while she was... View Details

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Carlos Coto

Carlos Coto turned a bank-teller position into a life-changing opportunity. To work his way through college, he found employment at HSBC, a niche bank that serves high net-worth clientele. In his second year at the bank, Coto became "Teller of the Year" –... View Details

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Britt Williams

Painted faces, excessive candles, and neon costumes adorned the large, wooden dining table. Music emanated from the mini speaker in the kitchen, inviting us to dance while we did the dishes. Another typical Sunday evening. Growing up, my life was full of moments like... View Details

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Brittany Williams

Every summer from 7th grade through her senior year in high school, Brittany Williams went to science camp. “I was the kid who went to the NASA space camp—for fun!” Brittany enrolled at the University of Virginia to study aerospace engineering with the ultimate goal of... View Details

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Ben Steiner

Raised by academically-minded physician parents, Ben Steiner always valued “the vigorous debate of politics and current affairs.” In high school, Ben was actively involved in debating clubs. At Princeton, Ben’s interests took a more tangible turn. “I worked on a... View Details

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Brian Shaw

Live outdoors. Drink freshly squeezed orange juice. Let food cook slowly on the grill. Tell the ocean what worries me. Listen to the sunset. Sleep out underneath the stars. Feel small. Go swimming in rivers. Let my insecurities flow. Run in the rain. Hang my ego to... View Details

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Brandon Gayle

In the 1970s, Brandon Gayle's family left Jamaica for New York State, where they settled in Rochester. "I watched my mother build her career over time," Brandon says, "from serving as a bookkeeper at a local television station, to night school at a... View Details

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Bobby Daly

Business and service have been parallel themes in Bobby Daly's life. In high school, he volunteered with the local ambulance corps. At Stanford, where he majored in economics, he helped organize a group of student volunteers who provided companionship for Alzheimer's... View Details

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Anjali Thakkar

“Time of death: 4:57am.” This was my first experience losing a patient. Around 4am, I was falling asleep, despite the constant din of the Emergency Room, when the Code Blue alarm sounded. I dashed out behind my team, and when we arrived, it was like a rogue wave during... View Details

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Alison Shin

“This joke only cost me $200,000 to write!” The audience laughed, but I was baffled. I couldn’t understand why my brother, who had recently become a stand-up comedian, would be so willing to tell jokes about being a medical school drop-out to a room full of strangers. ... View Details

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Agnes Sauvage

I want to get high. I want to edge risk. I want to climb to remember I am alive. I plan to leave room for Nature in my business plans. I am going to the mountains and I will bring the mountains to you. I will help you listen to the music of the Earth and resist the... View Details

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Drew Richard

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Entrepreneurship is something I’ve thought about before coming here, and HBS has given me a number ways to look into it, like the Entrepreneurial Management class and FIELD III, which taught me a lot about... View Details

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Alexandra Rethore

I am a proud 'Auntie' to six nieces and nephews, whose legs, confidence, and imaginations are growing like weeds. Each approaches life, in all its small, peculiar details, with curiosity and purpose. Mariclare is a spitfire – eager to invest herself in new things... View Details

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Alexandra Pintchouk

When I was six, my dad let me go. He chose a life that drove my family apart and forced my mom and I to move overseas. I wouldn't see him for fifteen years, and I promised to never forgive him. Feeling betrayed by a parent is the most poignant pain my heart has felt.... View Details

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Alex Pak

When my father was a young boy in Korea, his mother carried him south to escape the war. Left behind were his younger sister and grandmother. They were both too weak to travel. The borders closed, and promises of a quick return turned into years of regret. When my wife... View Details

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