There is seldom a more rewarding moment than when one finally has the opportunity to apply what one has been taught in class to a real business scenario. When I was able to experience this very sort of moment this past week, I felt a sense of genuine accomplishment.  I was given a task that required me to draw upon my education at Babson and produce quality material that I had to submit for review. So far this internship everything has been a great learning experience, even the tedious hours spent doing computer based research. But finally I had the opportunity to present to other people what I had come to Babson to learn. Last week I was asked to come up with several marketing ideas that were to create a buzz for the literary magazine I am working for, without these ideas incurring a high cost. The moment was now mine, and I was keen to apply all that I had learned these past two years in order to complete this task. Like every good Babson student knows, I began my assignment by gathering as much information as possible. I started out by finding information on other literary magazines, how the Google search engine works, and perhaps most importantly, what are the key attributes of the literary journal I work for. I pulled out my marketing notes and set to work devising ideas.

It was only later that I truly began to think about the significance of this moment. It is undoubtedly true that one’s education is tested every day and helps one solve numerous tasks, but for the first time I felt as if I had come full circle. Now I was the expert sharing what I knew. My internship this summer has taught me a lot so far, and I am keen to learn from whatever it brings next, but it has also served as a great tool for me to finally use and apply what I have learned so far from my education.