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Sarah Sommer

"Your daughter is deaf and she may never read beyond a fourth grade reading level," the doctor told my parents when I was two. 30 years later when I greet each day by putting on my "ears" -- my cochlear implants -- I awake to a world of beautiful... View Details

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Sid Shenai

For most of his life, Sid Shenai had pursued a single goal: to be a mathematical physicist. At Harvard, Sid finished his required courses early and participated in graduate level research. But his path toward a Ph.D was interrupted by a sudden epiphany: "I woke up... View Details

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Sisto Merolla

What if I... kiss my mom and dad goodnight every time I visit them? whisper "I love you, Pici" to Giuliana every time I think it? smile while changing my future children's diapers, thinking "are these the joys of parenthood"? laugh at myself when,... View Details

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Sahar Meghani

I want to live for two. My sister, Suhaila, passed away three months before I came to HBS. She was more than my sister. She was my loudest cheerleader, my algebra teacher, my personal stylist, my most honest critic, my best friend. She was by my side for twenty-six... View Details

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Sharon Liszanckie

Twist what HBS taught about aspirational marketing, NOT to sell luxury goods, but to illustrate "goods" aren't important, what you do for others is. Demonstrate that increasing shareholder return is not wholly synonymous with increasing value. Challenge... View Details

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Sarah Kalmbach

Forks scraping plates. Wine splashed into glasses. Clinking dishes. Fits of laughter. Sometimes tears. Always growth. As a child, I would look up from my booster seat at a neighbor or my dad’s coworker sitting across the table. I didn’t know that not every house was... View Details

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Smriti Jayaraman

Thirty years ago, my dad spent long nights watching Star Trek marathons, mesmerized by the teleportation and video-messaging magic the 1960s sci-fi series was known for. Perhaps it was this relentless fascination with technology that led him to betray the physics lab... View Details

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Samantha Gray

I want to stretch my heart to the breaking as a wife, a lover, a mother. I want to be there for my little sister and baby brother when life isn't fair. I want amazing friends who order Indian food that I'll eat, who know my car's name is Veronica, and who recognize my... View Details

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Sadiq Gillani

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better. And your better best." With these words my mother inspired me throughout my childhood I am going to apply that energy to help transform the airline industry and, if successful, be a role model... View Details

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Scott Daubin

Scott Daubin came to Princeton University to study chemistry, but he was quickly lured by the call of business. In his first summer at the college, Scott accepted a sales position with a student-run paper, Business Today, that had been founded by Steve Forbes and other... View Details

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Simon Belsham

Did the tree really notice me? Last summer I stood high-up in the shady branches of a giant African Baobab in Botswana, feeling so small in the presence of something so grand and old. 150 years ago English missionaries would leave messages for each other in this exact... View Details

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Steve Alden

Steve Alden has unimpeachable credentials in quantitative analytics, placing first in Massachusetts on the CPA exam in 2007, and in the top-ten nationwide. But when it came time to assess potential MBA programs, Steve gave qualitative factors a higher priority. "I... View Details

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Raghu Yarlagadda

Most electronic devices come with cautionary labels warning users against the dangers of opening the box. Fortunately, as a youth growing up in India, fascinated by televisions, Raghu Yarlagadda ignored the warnings and looked inside. He built his education, then his... View Details

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Randolph Rodrigues

I tread along in the footsteps of those who have accomplished so much with so little... My father was a shepherd for the first decade of his life until a teacher offered to enroll him in school. My mother grew up with her grandmother who just managed to get by on odd... View Details

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Rohit Pursram

"To find fulfillment, don't exist with life. Embrace it." – Jim Beggs I hope to achieve balance between the depth and breadth of my life experiences, to pursue my passions of music, media, art, and economic development with commitment and determination, yet... View Details

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Rod Norman

My life goal is to take the Civil Rights Movement to a new level! As a Black male growing up in Atlanta, I believed I was heir to the social change and service legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's example, I made a commitment to use... View Details

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Rebecca McKillican

I will always post my letters. Handwritten, colorful, shiny letters. The excitement of receiving mail during my summers at camp has never been forgotten. When I heard my name called out in the dining hall indicating that I had received mail, I proudly walked to the... View Details

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Ryan Kennedy

I have a special place in my heart for McDonald's. Not the Happy Meals or golden fries. I value the opportunity that McDonald's provided my family. My dad started work there at age sixteen, and my mom joined soon after. Both worked hard, saved every penny, and... View Details

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Ross Galloway

I hate printers. Sure, we all get Office Space style impulses when the printer jams. But my loathing can be traced back to a single event when I was 14 years old. While sitting in my room, a document mistakenly printed out titled “Insurance Claim for Perry Galloway’s... View Details

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Robert Carpenter

A great story needs more than lead characters – which is wonderful, because the spotlight has never been comfortable for me. Many of my most fulfilling experiences in life have been on the sidelines – fostering community around a dinner table, listening, celebrating... View Details

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