Danica Gutierrez, a Harvard sophomore and a Gates Millennium Scholar, was one of the first to ask a question during the student Q&A at Harvard, which was hosted by Harvard Provost Alan Garber and Dean Frank Doyle.
"What is something that you regret doing, or maybe not doing, at Harvard?" Gutierrez asked after thanking the Microsoft founder for supporting her education through the Gates Millennium Scholarship.
"Well, I wish I had been more sociable," Gates said to the audience's laughter.
He told a story of how Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO, would force Gates to come out to the Fox Club, a Harvard social group that was similar to a fraternity.
"I was so antisocial I wouldn't have even known they existed, but Steve Ballmer decided I needed some exposure to, I guess, drinking," Gates said. "So, I would go to those events and that was highly educational."
Ballmer attended Harvard at the same time as Gates, but he was a social butterfly in comparison: Fox Club member, football team manager, and a writer on two campus publications.
"I wish I had gotten to know more people," Gates said. "I was just so into being good at the classes and taking lots of classes."
"You know, it worked out in the end," he continued.
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