Their dramatic peaks and graceful curves speak volumes.

I have watched the world change around people who were unprepared for its transformation. I have defined “commodity” for Brazilian coffee brokers whose market suddenly seemed to ignore them.

I enjoy never giving up, always thinking there’s a way, and if there is not one, creating it. I enjoy walking through Central Park with Paige, my girlfriend of six years, and discovering new paths.

The three most substantial accomplishments in my life comprise an athletic, a personal, and a professional accomplishment.

I have a passion for energy. No other industry is as far-reaching in its impact on the world. Energy enables public and private sector development, it influences the rise and fall of nations, and it even transforms societies and the everyday lives of the individuals that constitute them.

In November 2004, violent anti-French rampages took place in my native country, Côte d’Ivoire. Businesses and private homes were ransacked, and eight thousand foreigners, mostly French, evacuated the country.

At the age of seven, I left my “kid days” of playing banker behind to open a lemonade stand on the front porch.

In the course of only a few months, my Bain colleague Graham and I transformed an idea into a company.

The Japanese language is highly complex. Two alphabets and a large number of kanji (characters) must be memorized, and respect for one’s elders reflected in the grammar itself: to mistake this is to risk insult.

I want to become the mayor of Cartagena, a congresswoman in the House and Senate, a cabinet member and, votes permitting, even more.

I didn’t know what to believe, and with hypothermia setting in, I didn’t know if I could make it. The water was 48°F and I had been in it for thirty minutes.

I would like to share with the admissions board my lifelong passion in physical fitness, because it defines an important part of my personality.

In my experience thus far, it has been situations where the logical and moral evaluations diverge that have proven to be the most challenging ethical issues for me to resolve, and they will likely remain so.

During my first consulting project, I was asked to construct a sales plan for an insurance company. The first step was to meet Adam, the director of sales, to discuss forecasting assumptions.

My most substantial accomplishment was my recovery from a motorcycle accident during my junior year at Tufts.

“So, what would I do on a typical day?” the candidate asked. During my own job search I had posed this question to at least half a dozen interviewers—only to be frustrated when each struggled to respond coherently.

After English and Spanish, business is my third language. At first, I did not recognize it as such; I considered finance, accounting, management, and marketing to be mere skill sets.

As the London Shine Project champion during 2003/04, I taught English and Math to students in disadvantaged schools.

“So what’s this farming thing all about?”

On my last train ride from Tarragona to Barcelona to catch my flight home after a semester abroad in Spain, I resolved to return after graduation for a more authentic Spanish experience.

It is the year 2015. I am sitting in my office in Mumbai, India, where I am working as the regional manager of an international consumer goods company.