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First Impressions: Nikhil, it was great to meet you and get to know you over the course of this quarter of PLI! My first impressions of you were that you are an intelligent, curious and thoughtful person.

Looking Back Thoughts: I really enjoyed what I heard from your stories. I admired your retelling about your closeness with family and the influence that various past events and interactions with your family and loved ones have helped shape who you are as a person. I also really related to what I heard from your visions, specifically about focusing on relationships and making time to give back to your community, as well as with your goals to work towards being more confident in the future. I’m sure we will both make great strides on this in the rest of our Kellogg experience!

Leadership Qualities: Empathetic, observant, adaptable

Creative: Gruyere

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First Impression: Lighthearted

Looking Back Thoughts: Thank you for sharing your story. I instantly felt a connection with you when you began to describe the relationship with your younger sibling. I too feel as though at times I have more of the mentee/mentor relationship with my younger brother.
The socially awkwardness that you experienced at a younger age could have influenced the relationship that you were cultivating with your sister. I hope that as you've become more comfortable with social situations and ultimately yourself that this helps your relationship with your sister to evolve.

Leadership Qualities: Calm, confident, intentional

Color: Violet

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Nikhil, I noticed immediately that you are a comfortable talker – a very comfortable, smooth talker.  That telegraphs the strengths and positive behaviors that you cite.

Your conveyance of your relationship with your sister was especially relatable because I also have a younger sister that I am close with.  I have struggled more with strongly emphasizing my own opinion to encourage her to feel the same way – a bit different from what seems to have been your dynamic, but somewhat parallel.  That, combined with your experience with your parents’ judgement, draws a picture in which there is a lot of complication within how you think about success weigh decisions.

You know you have the hard skills to be effective and have positioned yourself to be successful my most any measure by getting yourself into Kellogg and assuming the benefits that it brings.  I am confident that combining all of this together will allow you to help others find meaning and grow.

Power Ballad: Open Arms, Journey

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First Impressions:

Friendly, Engaged, Mentor/Coach

Looking back:

I appreciated your reflection of your relationships with your parents, sister, and fiancé – how your understanding has grown over time and shaped your values and behavior. I was inspired particularly by the intentionality that you took in developing relationship with sister – as we start the post-Kellogg chapter of our lives, it is important to recognize that our relationships aren’t stagnate, we can recommit to what’s important and change.

Leadership:

I see you as a leader who understands and cares for each individuals’ goals and development. You help people discover their passions and see how their work fits into a bigger picture. You intentionally try new things (personally and professionally) and feel open to changing the status quo.

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First Impression:
Family-oriented, genuine, quiet

Looking Back:
Thank you for being open and vulnerable when sharing your personal experiences. Your high school experiences and your relationships with your parents resonated with me very much. I also learned you are family oriented from your story with your JV and your sister. I think you are very self-reflective by creating actionable plans to address areas that you wanted to improve.

Leadership Qualities:
Self-reflective, relationship-building, personal

Creative:
Lychee

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First impression: Interesting person; energetic (vibrant)

Looking back: I was impressed by your story of your fiancée – on the one hand, as you said managing relationship could be hard; on the other hand, as both of you genuinely value and cherish this relationship, she exerted amazing positive impacts on you – which was exactly something a man is blessed to have from this relationship with his true love.

Leadership qualities: Problem-solving; considerate; adaptability; thoughtfulness

Creative: Edwin Van Der Sar (former Manchester United goalkeeper)

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First Impression: passionate, confident

Looking Back: I wanna say- wow, what a class filled with beautiful people with beautiful stories. You are matured with past experience that builds you up as a well-rounded person. And you have proven to be such a sweet person!!!

Leadership Qualities: You will be a great mentor to people around you. And you will bring joy and zen to them as well. People learn to enjoy life more because of you.

A city that best describes you: Kyoto

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From Raiane - You're all heroes from Marvel

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From Raiane - You're all heroes from Marvel

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First Impression: funny, caring, patient.

Looking Back Thoughts: It was extremely motivating and inspiring for me to hear you talking about re-prioritizing things in your life. I think it was so brave how you decided to stop and reconsider things you were doing and re-prioritize. It demands courage to be able to go against the flow.

Leadership Qualities: Patient, Caring.

Creative: HAWKEYE - introverted, observant, thinking, and assertive.

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First impression: My first impression of you was that you were enthusiastic, confident and excited to be in class. Your ideal job of being a mentor or coach stood out to me as such a cool path. I loved that you had a dream and were working towards it.

Looking back: I loved hearing about the impact that some of your closest family relationships have had on you. Learning about your relationship with your fiancée and how she helped you build your self-esteem and social life was something that really resonated with me. It was also awesome to then get the chance to meet her. She is lovely and such a warm person, so I can see why she has had such a positive impact on your life. I also really appreciated your ability to see your relationship with your sister so objectively and how you’ve been able to improve on it in recent years. It can be so challenging to really think about what you want your relationship with a sibling to look like, and I was inspired hearing about how you’ve been able to do just that.

Leadership qualities: Diplomatic and able to work through conflict seamlessly because of your ability to listen.

Wine: Merlot

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From Jessi – Music is the language of the soul

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From Jessi – Music is the language of the soul

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First impression: confident, nice, sporty, funny

Looking back: I related a lot to the story about your relationship with your sister. You mentioned how you learned that telling her certain things thinking it was in her best interest had some negative consequences. I had a similar experience with my brother & we are working on our relationship as well. I think over time she will see your good intentions & admire your guidance.

I see you as a leader who will be confident in leading your team members while inspiring them to do their best

Song that describes you: “I Learned From You” by Miley Cyrus

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First Impression: You had a real sense of humor in your introduction and felt like you were open and unafraid to share who you are.

Looking Back: I loved that you were able to find calm even through tough, complicated relationships - like with your parents and your sister. You're reflective and insightful about your past and I'm happy you have been able to grow and be self aware of strengths and opportunities because of those experiences.

Leadership Qualities: You're a strong organizer - this comes through in the defined structure to how you want to live your life and how you structure your development goals. You're a fantastic listener and natural coach and are always thinking about others - I've felt that personally when you reached out outside of class to share a company that you think I'd be interested in based on what I shared in class.

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First Impression - loud speaker, prepared, future oriented (has thought about future implications of his job)

Looking Back Thoughts - I found it interesting how you talked about your fiancé and the impact she has had on your life. I also place a lot of emphasis on my relationships and specifically my fiancé, so I felt like I could relate to the type of impact she had on yours.

Leadership Qualities - sociable/approachable, organized/focused

Creative - olive green

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First Impression: reflective, confident, caring, funny/clever

Looking Back Thoughts: Your ability to look back and examine your experiences from various perspectives is a true skill. It shows that you care to think holistically about situations and people. It was great to take note of how deep you can be as a person with a new group; this was especially refreshing in b-school where many conversations are surface-level.

Leadership Qualities: truthful, thoughtful, pushes self to be better

Creative: a seashell

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First Impression: Globe-trotter, multi-interested, giving
Looking Back Thoughts: I thought you had a great sense of where you come from and how your experiences have shaped you. I was struck by how insightful and contemplative you were. You were smart about how to move forward from here.
Leadership Qualities: Gets joy from helping others, knows how to get the most out of others but can also lead through action
NBA Player: Trae Young

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From Will: You're all rock stars in my book!

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From Will: You're all rock stars in my book!

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First Impression: Energetic, friendly
Looking Back Thoughts: I am impressed that you are able to realize that in your relationships (with parents and sister) you were able to understand the different dynamics and what position you were in then apply what you observed in one situation to make another situation better
Leadership Qualities: Patient, caring
Creative: Jerry Garcia