I had just arrived in my unit, fresh from the U.S. Army Ranger School and the officer basic course, when my company set out on a twelve-mile foot march.

Entrepreneur: In 1998, at the age of eighteen, I cofounded what is now Australia’s largest online accounting firm—www.eTax.com.au.

Each of my experiences has contributed to my long-term goal of working in healthcare venture capital. Growing up in Boston around a family of medical professionals, I have constantly been fascinated by healthcare.

On the eve of my departure for Harvard, my long-standing neighbor and friend, Jack, told me what he had heard and has since never forgotten from his first day of class: Harvard will lead you into a forest, from which you will spend the next four years finding your way out.

This past summer, the VP and the only other associate on my team left Summit. The associate, my mentor, had been instrumental in helping me build financial and sales abilities in sourcing new opportunities.

I wish the admissions committee had asked me: What else inside the applicant personality is valuable to know?

Infrastructure projects in low and middle-income countries are rarely an unqualified boon to the economy, free of negative externalities.

My most substantial accomplishment is my success as finance manager at Helisur, in a position I took with no professional exposure to aviation, advanced degree, or managerial experience.

My most substantial accomplishment is my success as finance manager at Helisur, in a position I took with no professional exposure to aviation, advanced degree, or managerial experience.

7:30 a.m.: Alarm clock blares with The Beatles: “Wake up. Get out of bed. Drag a comb across my head. Catch the bus in seconds flat.” Perform said lyrics.

July 27, 1989, twenty years and one week after the first lunar landing, was the day I decided to fly to the moon.

Misconceptions abound about the undergraduate program at Wharton. Rumor has it that its students are all finance geeks and disconnected from the rest of the Penn community.

During a course field visit to Benin, I toured a hospital where doctors substituted plastic baggies for sterile latex gloves.

Some insight into my life can be drawn from this experience.

In aviation, safety is paramount. It requires proven pilots, capable maintenance, efficient logistics, quality spare parts, and administrative policies that promote the right attitudes.

Time never passes more slowly than when waiting for an actor to remember his next line.

My three most substantial accomplishments have been genuine turning points in my life.

In charge of logistic developments for five Asian factories, I manage project teams for systems implementation and coordinate with local operational teams to make supply chain improvements.

My career vision is to positively contribute to private-sector development in Africa by enhancing the efficiencies in our business environment.

With the motto Pro humanitate, Wake Forest provided a context for continuing my commitment to service while taking on new academic challenges.