Attending the University of Pennsylvania Law School would enable me to continue satisfying my thirst for knowledge in various disciplines, an important asset in many policy decisions. I have always enjoyed being versatile in my endeavors, whether designing a manufacturing plant, painting in the Luxembourg Gardens, or developing a patent reform policy recommendation. These collective experiences have fostered different frameworks from which I approach new situations...
{Please tell us about a time when you executed a plan.}During my first project abroad in Sao Paulo, Brazil two summers ago, I was thrust into a position of enormous responsibility working for a leading consumer packaged goods company. With my project manager (PM) spending the majority of his time on a different project in Mexico, he made me the “point man” to identify the best way to re-ignite sales growth...
{Please tell us about a challenging interaction you had with a person or group.}Last spring, I had the opportunity to spend two months in China leading our first project there, heading a team of five consultants who had just graduated from Chinese universities. The language barrier and my inadequate command of Chinese business etiquette and culture magnified the challenges in my new role...
I have worked at the management consulting firm, Mars & Co, for nearly four years. In less than two years at the firm, I was honored to be the first in my Mars’ class to be promoted to Senior Associate Consultant. Nine months later, I was promoted to Consultant, which is typically a post-MBA position. I have gained valuable experience working across industries and functions, including growth strategy, organization structure, marketing, and operations efficiency...
“Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.”
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox, “Solitude”
It’s close to a truism, isn’t it? Nearly everyone has a sense of humor, and we all shy from sorrow. Even so, I’ve always doubted the veracity of Mrs. Wilcox’s claim. I’ve often been the only person in a crowded room to crack up in response to some subtle absurdity...
Leonardo da Vinci drew the Vitruvian Man to represent an ideally proportioned human body, but the image carries historical and symbolic significance well beyond its initial purpose. Da Vinci’s addition of solid, geometric shapes to an artistic illustration helped mark the resurgence of Western science after 150 years of decline, and the ideas behind his diagram were essential to the developing Renaissance. Moreover, the figure – whose creator’s life exemplified balance – has today been co-opted by NASA and medical professionals alike, granting it vast import in the modern world...
Attending Wharton will let me pursue nearly any academic path I can imagine, but with my broad imagination, this presents a conundrum. If I must narrow my goals to a sound bite… well, I want to work with ideas. I’m creative to a fault, never satisfied with derivative plans or bland repetition. Unless it leaves me with time for an Atlantic column or freelance consulting, I can’t see myself as an actuary or accountant (“creative” accounting has unpleasant connotations). Placing myself near the center of something new will motivate me in and beyond the classroom...
I’m allergic to dander, shaving cream and ignorance. The first two I’ve learned to endure, for the sake of the family cat and the face of my future girlfriend. The third? Intolerable. Every morning, I tiptoe downstairs ahead of my family to fetch the paper; the delivery man salutes me when our paths cross. Arriving home from school, I park myself at the computer to check Slate’s breaking stories. Longform.org brings me in-depth accounts of news from the past; the future arrives via the Economist, the Atlantic or TED conference footage. I can’t help myself – I need to know...
The most inspiring kid I’ve met in high school graduated last year. From a typical viewpoint, graduation was his only accomplishment. His GPA hovered around 2.0, and he dropped out of honors classes in sophomore year. His attendance was shaky; he played no sports and joined no clubs. In four years, he attended zero football games and one dance. He even skipped graduation; his last day in school, he told me in June, was to fetch his diploma from the office and inform his least favorite vice-principal that the school had taught him nothing...
Growing up many things changed but a few things stayed constant. My hometown changed, my schools changed, my friends changed, and many other things changed but in my life my family and basketball have been the only two constant variables in my life. My family has passed many values and skills down to me throughout my lifetime, which have impacted me as an individual in everyday life, my academics as well as athletics. While many might consider basketball as just an activity, I believe basketball has taught me discipline and hard work, but most importantly basketball has taught me mental toughness...
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