A bird's eye view of all three essays clearly reflects that different aspects of leadership - vision, ability to make others see your point, and ability to convert the vision into reality or to pursue a meaningful goal are being judged. This does require introspection for answering what you thought and what you felt and they also want proof from real life. So, list the events that highlight these qualities of your personality and project you as a balanced leader. Please strictly follow the instruction about being brief in describing the situation, and detailed in explaining your feelings, and your thoughts. Do not waste words in giving too many facts.

Essay 1
Please describe a time when you went beyond what was defined, expected, established, or popular. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

MIT's slogan of open mind, open arms, open eyes, and open doors talks of opening new possibilities. This essay clearly aims at judging the vision - the ability to see beyond what is given, what is there for everybody to see, opening new possibilities. It does not mean when you and your team worked very hard, you motivated your team and went beyond the given sale target. Rather, try to relate an incident when you planned to explore a new market which no body thought had any potential - what made you think that it will click, how you analyzed the scene, how you convinced your team members and your seniors.

Essay 2
Please describe a time when you coached, trained, or mentored a person or group. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

Again this essay is a reflection of School's basic philosophy of opening mind and doors and eyes. The essay aims at judging the very essential qualities of a leader of making others open their mind through effective communication, and the ability to inspire the team. Any training, coaching or mentoring, is most effective if it comes from somebody who is perceived as the leader. So, narrate a story when you mentored your team. What was your approach? Why you took that particular approach. Please mention how your team was empowered, and how they came up with their own ideas to tackle particular issues- because, considering MIT Sloan's philosophy, that will be the yardstick of your success.

Essay 3
Please describe a time when you took responsibility for achieving an objective. Please limit your response to two, double-spaced, typed pages.

It is very clearly stated in their description of the type of person that they are looking for, that the person must have the ability to pursue a meaningful goal. This is your clue. Narrate the incident where you played a proactive role in leading a task that you considered worthwhile. Explain what exactly made you to take responsibility, why you thought that the job was worthwhile. Also explain the problems, difficulties you faced and what kept you going.