> She is particularly interested in people who have already demonstrated these skills—for example by running a successful drug business or achieving a high rank in a gang.
That's what you list under "Extracurricular Activiites" on your Harvard application! ;-)
There was actually a study at the University of Chicago that Steven Levitt writes about in "Freakonomics." A sociology student got really close with a gang in downtown chicago - and it turned out that the local gang leader had a business degree and kept fastidious records of the gang's income and expenditures.
That's what you list under "Extracurricular Activiites" on your Harvard application! ;-)