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Shaan Gandhi

Every physician and medical student remembers the first patient who died on his or her watch. I remember mine. Her name was Sarah, and she came to us in respiratory distress. After running some tests, we concluded that she likely had a pulmonary embolism, a potentially... View Details

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Sarah Assayag

I would become the first colony settler on Earth 2.0, develop drugs that would allow humans to become immortal, and create an android that would fall asleep by counting electric sheep. My 8-year-old self, inspired by science fiction, dreamed of becoming an astronaut,... View Details

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Rachel Reddy

Tears rolling softly down my face. My six young cousins carrying the coffin. A deep quiet and stillness despite a church packed to bursting point. Yet, there’s a profound sense of peace and happiness inside me. I had known this wonderful woman. A grandmother that... View Details

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Ryan Flamerich

I know the flight between Washington and Boston well. I can recall the favorite seats of politicians. The sounds of jammed doors, aborted landings, and “engine trouble” echo through my mind. This flight is special because my partner and I were separated by 250... View Details

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Roland de Demandolx

Build. No specific ideas yet on the final design of this effort. Just a wish of being able to look back in a few decades and feel some comfort that I did not betray myself. Piece by piece, like assembling a puzzle. Churchill once said: "Only one link in the chain... View Details

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Roniesha Copeland

It’s not hard to see where Roniesha Copeland’s interest in business has come from. Her father owned a plumbing company. Her late mother was a district manager for a large Burger King franchise group based in the Detroit area. When that group was sold, both parents... View Details

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Rob Casper

Perhaps Rob Casper's previous experience as a Marine captain has given him sufficient adrenaline for a lifetime. Today, two years after completing his MBA at HBS, Rob has turned his career interests as far from the "adventurous" as one can get. "I like... View Details

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Robert Duke Biederman

I just want to be a good dad. And I want to build something. When I was learning how to pitch, my dad went and got full equipment and learned to play catcher at age 49. He left work early and spent cold March afternoons earning bumps and bruises, diving from wild... View Details

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Rye Barcott

If there is a theme to Rye Barcott's career to date, it has been his willingness to confront painful situations many of us would prefer to ignore. "I've always been interested in understanding ethnic violence and intervention," Rye says. With the blessings of... View Details

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Rahul Advani

I want to live in the moment while striving to make tomorrow's moments more promising. Although I am uncertain of where my life will lead me, I am sure that I want to make every moment that I share with others matter. I want to make everyone around me laugh, or at... View Details

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Qing Zhao

FATSO. PIG. BARREL. I was called many names. My large size made me an even larger target for the bullies. They never missed a chance to take a swing. I saw those names in the mirror, confirming what others claimed and what I, too, believed. I was beneath others. I was... View Details

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Parker Woltz

"Be a Beast!" When I was growing up, this was the encouragement my Dad offered me whenever I faced a challenge. It wasn’t, "Good luck!" or, "Go get ‘em!", but always, "Be a Beast!" I took his coaching to heart and summoned my... View Details

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Phoebe Peronto

In her elementary-school years, Phoebe Peronto asked her mother “what she wanted me to do. I was disappointed when she said I could be anything I wanted. I wanted her to tell me. But her response opened a universe of opportunities.” Both of Phoebe’s parents were... View Details

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PJ Meyer

Even while pursuing his computer science major at Binghamton, PJ Meyer found himself following a different kind of calling. "In school, there was tendency to steer us toward software engineering positions," says PJ. "But I was moving toward... View Details

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Patrick McGinnis

Seven years ago, I traveled from Bogotá to Buenos Aires, mostly by land. The first leg of the trip was to be a twelve hour "luxury" bus ride. On the way, the television, bathroom, and air conditioning broke; the bus nearly fell into a ditch; two dogs on the... View Details

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Paul Gomopoulos

A martial arts instructor told me once that at first a punch is just a punch. Then, as you learn the art and the complexities, a punch becomes more than a punch. But, once you eventually master the art, you get right back to where a punch is just a punch again. Same... View Details

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Patrick Chung

I am the repository of my parents' hopes and dreams. Our unbroken history stretches far back across borders and oceans I do not know and now finds itself newly planted here. How will I add another link to the chain? I will dig my hands deep into the earth, feel it... View Details

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Patrick Chun

Patrick Chun's interest in both entrepreneurship and Asia, partially satisfied by his roles as managing editor of the Harvard Asia Pacific Review and President of the Korean Association at Harvard College, was further stimulated by a summer investment-banking... View Details

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Prash Agarwal

Like many here, I want to make my million and have the best family life. I want to feel that life has been good to me. I want to help those who can only repay me with their good wishes, just as I have been helped in my journey thus far. As a kid I tried making... View Details

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Oded Eran

I was sitting in my tank in Gaza, a week before leaving Israel for HBS. Instead of having farewells from friends and family, I went to war. As a captain in the IDF, this wasn't my first encounter with battle. But this time was different. This time, I was afraid –... View Details

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