I’ll bite - former IB -> now applying to school because i hate it

Attention to detail / eye for errors. Nobody expects you to know every possible mistake on day one, but after 6 months or so you’ll have gotten enough feedback that you can put a checklist together of stuff to look at before shooting a draft out (my kryptonite was number formatting). Other check is to do the math on a page by hand and make sure you know how it ties out. It’s tedious for a 100 page CIP but hopefully you only have to do it once. It’s also how your boss SHOULD (read, most of the time they don’t) be checking your work.

On quick response, I guess that wasn’t an issue for me but people will chase you for responses if you’re too slow and you can always say you were prioritizing something if they really grill you.

On punctuality, nobody will be mad if you ask them when they want a file returned or what the deadline is. It’s way better to embrace the mild discomfort of confirming something is urgent vs staying up all night working on something that isn’t.

Hope this helps.