Describe what you learned and how you plan to leverage the lesson if selected for the MBA program at MIT. Also, be sure to keep your answers professional. While you may have learned in college that partying with friends until 3 am the night before an exam is a poor idea, your MBA interview is not the best setting to discuss your wisdom on that subject. If you do bring lessons like that up, be sure to phrase what you learned skillfully. For example, you might instead describe that you learned the importance of staying focused on your goals and pursuing them despite outside distractions.

My time in college was a valuable growth experience for me. I learned important lessons on how to balance the demands of my classes with my overall well-being. I am grateful that my potential classmates here at MIT Sloan will have such a rich and diverse set of life experiences to draw upon. I imagine that maintaining balance will be an important value to others here as well.

I also learned a great deal about teamwork and leadership while in college. I had the opportunity to work with several groups of incredibly talented and creative students during my time at Virginia Tech, and the relationships I built still serve me today. I am looking forward to establishing a new network with the talented students, faculty, and alumni here at MIT Sloan if selected for the program.