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Mohit Bathija

I, a diminutive nine year-old child of nothing but skin and bones ... View Details

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Government policy changed the way Maya Babu thinks about health care. For a summer internship, she worked in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of Health and Human Services. "It was run very much like a small corporation," Maya... View Details

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Mike Anders

“When will you have a girlfriend?” My Lebanese grandmother asked me for the 100th time. “I don’t know ” I laughed and quickly changed the subject. See the thing is, I won’t ever have a girlfriend because I’m gay. I grew up in suburban Maryland and went to an all-boys... View Details

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Lindsay Rosenblum

“Focus,” I told myself. “You only have 6 hours 42 minutes to finish.” I had read the opening sentence of the exam seven times, and the words weren’t sticking. When I was 12, I was diagnosed with dyslexia. I was told that I would be given extra time in school. Somewhere... View Details

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LaToya Marc

Growing up in small towns in Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas, LaToya Marc found her passion for social justice tempered by the practical need to make a decent living. "I was raised by a single mother who stressed the importance of education as a way to a higher... View Details

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Lindsay Hyde

Many students come to HBS with an interest in social enterprise; many others hope to become entrepreneurs. But Lindsay Hyde arrived on campus with significant accomplishments in both domains. As the founder of Strong Women, Strong Girls, a nonprofit mentoring program... View Details

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Lily Hayes Kaufman

It is the first punch of the night, and it is an absolute knockout. "7-8-9-10." I am a champion. My arm is raised above my six-foot body. Well, not exactly. I am 5'2½" at the time of this event, I am 17, and I am a girl. When I showed up to boxing the... View Details

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Liz Delozier

My grandpa jumped out of his school’s window in eighth grade and never went back. His diploma is a plaque that hangs in the back of his cluttered workshop. It reads, “Special Services to General Motors, Fisher Plant, 1959.” He saved them $100,000 dollars that year with... View Details

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Laurent Chenot

When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, a secret agent, a novelist, a mathematician, a psychoanalyst, a magician and maybe, live in the jungle with gorillas. I soon had to face one of life's saddest truths: so much freedom, so many desires, and yet, so little... View Details

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Lisa Bourne

I want to "dream out loud." Bono said it best at U2's now famous New Year's Night concert in 1989 Dublin. Because every fiber of my soul dances to music at all times, I can respond to this question only by referring to music. I want to surround myself with... View Details

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Kathy Yuh

“So, where are you from?” is my most dreaded question. Given how many times I’ve been asked this – at hair salons making small talk, on first dates breaking awkward silence, at HBS Admit Weekend exchanging practiced intros – I should have the answer down cold. But I... View Details

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Kimball Thomas

In the third grade, Kimball Thomas sold chocolate-chip cookies door-to-door to save money for the bicycle he wanted. In college, his logistical and travel-arrangement skills were put to a higher test: as a White House intern for the Office of Scheduling and Advance.... View Details

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Kathleen Schlaff

You never ever know what is around the corner. No matter how well planned I thought my life was, it really threw me a few curve balls this year. When my aunt called me last summer to tell me that my father, who I adore, had unexpectedly fallen into a coma, I'd never... View Details

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Kwame Owusu-Kesse

By his own description, Kwame grew up within challenging circumstances: "a single-parent household, the child of immigrants from Ghana trying to find their way in America." But he also found drive and purpose at an early age. In high school, he sold T-shirts... View Details

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Katy Lankester

I spent most of my childhood in a place that cared a lot about appearances. The 'pretty' girls were thin and went to extraordinary lengths to stay that way. I didn't want to go on 'celery diets' – I wanted to be an athlete; I wanted to be strong. So I was a contrarian.... View Details

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Kasia Biezychudek

My parents would not allow the weight of the iron curtain to hide my stage. Suitcase in hand, they uprooted their lives in Poland and started over to give my brother Piotr and me opportunities they never had. With each experience I appreciate more the choices and... View Details

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Joshua Wyatt

One day, I will welcome people as they check-in to my hotels. OK, my hotel empire is but a single apartment now, but one day I will be able to take care of people; people who come from all over the world with many different views, hopes, dreams and desires. It is this... View Details

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Jamie Wilkie

When I was 10, my dad and I bought a run-down 1965 Volkswagen Beetle with the hopes of restoring the forgotten antique. Every Saturday, we’d work for hours on the engine and body while we listened to Van Morrison and my dad smoked cigars. We tore through moldy seating,... View Details

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Jialei Tian

Live in fear of failure – unable to wholeheartedly realize my potentials and relentlessly pursue my dream. My first experience of failure took place when I was in the third grade. Two weeks after winning a spot in a school show, I was asked, in front of the entire... View Details

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Joe Stenger

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? The U.S. Air Force requires pilots to stay on active duty for 10 years after training, so I ended up serving for 13 years. I’m already the oldest student in the MBA program and, honestly, it was now or never. I had... View Details

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