http://blogs.babson.edu/admission From the viewpoints of current students, admission counselors and the dean of admission Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:12:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This post was written by undergraduate students Lauren Garey '12 and Chandra Kelley '12 from El Salvador on the Habitat for Humanity Spring Break trip. Building houses for those in need? Can we do it with unbeatable speed? Can we make a difference in just one week? You wonder and now a student will speak… There are ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/18/a-habitat-for-humanity-poem/ This post was written by undergraduate student Deirdre Malo '10 from El Salvador on the Habitat for Humanity Spring Break trip. Hola desde Ahuachapán, El Salvador! Twelve students and two staff members from Babson’s Habitat for Humanity chapter are currently in El Salvador building homes for the week. We arrived on ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/17/adventures-and-then-some-in-el-salvador/ Congratulations to all those students admitted to the Class of 2014! Unfortunately, our interns are on break this week, so they cannot congratulate you themselves.  However, they left me with some words about why they chose Babson. First, here is Meredith's perspective: Why I Came to Babson Looking back, my decision to attend Babson ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/16/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2014/ Hello from the admission office!  I am finally coming out of the haze that we refer to as reading season.  For the past three months, my colleagues and I have been reviewing applications as we shape the next first year class.  I love reading, and consider it a privilege.  Learning ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/12/change-of-seasons/ I just realized that I have yet to answer the question that I get asked the most.  Why did I choose Babson? Well to start with I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life when I was a senior in high school.  When I started looking ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/09/why-i-chose-babson/ I can't believe I am 2 days away from enjoying the best spring break ever! So I made plans to go to Miami, Florida with a few of my closest Babson friends. We rented a condo on the strip of South Beach which I was told on numerous occasions that ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/09/its-almost-spring-break/ One more week before Spring Break! As the first half of the semester winds down, people are still bustling. Everyone is finishing up midterms and papers as the anticipation of vacation looms. Being a senior, I'm getting a lot of questions relating to my time here at Babson. What I got ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/08/one-more-time/ My vacation for spring break is paid in full and I am really excited because I paid for everything for myself. It will be my first real vacation with my closest friends from Babson. Since we are all seniors, we decided that Miami was appropriate. We haven’t made concrete plans ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/04/spring-break-to-mr-mrs-babson/ Around this time of year the trim dinner conversation inevitably winds up going something like this: Beaver Believer Student 1: “So, what are you doing for spring break?” Babo Enthusiast 2: “Oh, I’m heading off to ____________ (insert tropical island, Caribbean getaway, Florida Mainstay or Mexican resort here). My trim conversations have been ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/03/03/spring-break-wait%e2%80%a6in-the-arctic/ Ok I don't know when the last time you went to play laser tag was, but you need to go now...seriously stop reading this, Google where the nearest laser tag place is and go spend 30 minutes playing. That's what I did this weekend.  We drove 40 minutes to a ... http://blogs.babson.edu/admission/2010/02/23/2-wordslaser-tag/