Undergraduate Business Program

There is no other curriculum like Babson. We live entrepreneurship and learn to look at situations in a different aspect. Working in teams many times allows us to grow as individuals because we all have to become leaders among those teams. The staff is all successful professionals who we can approach and they are willing to help. The networking opportunity is beyond helpful.

We're not a "cookie cutter" business school like many of the other business colleges around. We each come out with our own unique way to go about business. We also have more teamwork, leadership, and real-world experience than most business school grads.

Our business program could be made stronger by developing a way for students to take a wider array of advanced business courses. Due to our 50/50 liberal arts and business course curriculum and concentration requirements, I wasn't able to take a lot of interesting courses that were within my interests but fell outside of my concentration boundaries. I believe that opening the curriculum like this will not only allow students to explore their interests more, but that it will also lead them to develop a more rounded business education.

The diversity at Babson provides the students international exposure that they may not have otherwise have had. Group projects are a very large component of many courses and I believe that this really sets Babson apart and allows students to gain real life experience.

Grade deflation is too strong which makes it more difficult to have a high GPA (bad for job search and getting into top MBAs).

Students are versed in so many different areas of business - entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, finance, etc. Not only are students given the opportunity to explore the business world, but Babson enables students to take 50% of their course work in the liberal arts, something very rare at a business school.

The career services office could be vastly stronger in terms of assisting students find internships and jobs. Furthermore, the number, quality, and variety of firms that come to campus can be improved to a large extent.

Unbelievable faculty and practical learning. I feel really privileged to be a part of Babson and its great network. I feel very much prepared for the "real world" and cannot wait to start my professional career. I would say the business program here shapes well-rounded individuals with a solid combination of liberal arts classes as well as business modules.

So much time is used studying and understanding brand image in classes; it would benefit the entire student body if Babson could spread a positive brand image to employers and other people in more places than the Greater Boston Area.

During our first year, Babson throws us right into it, with the FME program, which allows us to run our own business with 30 classmates, funded by the school. We learn interpersonal dynamics, managing financials, managing customers, and all of these critical basics, which provide context for our later education. And context, I believe, is the only thing separating an MBA from a good Undergraduate education. Thus, I feel like I have gotten an MBA. 90% of professors are practitioners who have built, are running, or have sold/took public, companies. They teach entrepreneurship from a point of realism.

There should be less required liberal arts courses during the second year of the undergraduate program, and more of an opportunity to take advantage of the wonderful opportunities Babson provides to build business skills and knowledge.

We learn skills that are actually relevant to the working world. In my internships I've met students from other programs who don't have the same level of training in presentations, group work, analyzing a business situation, etc. At Babson, these things are so well taught that they're almost second nature by the time you're done. And the entrepreneurial slant that accompanies the teaching style at the school is a huge point of differentiation. Even if you don't go and start your own business, you're armed with a unique way of thinking and a strong drive to take action and make an impact no matter where you are.

The business program could be stronger if the school focused on its strengths rather than aiming its efforts at expanding its offerings to more students. I feel the value of a Babson experience could be diluted with the plans it has going forward in its aim to become larger rather than more selective.

With the small classroom size and emphasis on entrepreneurship, Babson is able to fulfill many needs that are not met with most undergraduate business programs. I feel like I am getting my MBA along with my BS degree.