Undergraduate Blog / First Year at Babson

Getting into the Swing of Things

The first month is almost over? How did that happen? The weeks feel like they are rolling by so slowly and yet it is shockingly three days away from October! It seems I’ve jumped right into the semester and haven’t slowed down yet. Fall ball (lacrosse) is in full swing now, practicing three days a week and doing CATZ (Competitive Athletic Training Zone) twice a week keeps me busy when I’m not in class or here in Academic Services. You’d think after almost three weeks of working out I wouldn’t be sore anymore, not the case!

I’m also full swing into the MCFE program. We’ve met with our client, completed all of our contracts and we’ll be doing a site visit this Thursday. I didn’t think all of this would be as fun as it is. It helps that I am genuinely interested in the company – a small women’s high end boutique in a suburb of Boston. It’s fun to do the research for it and think of marketing ideas for it as well. It’s not just consulting, its marketing, we’re involving real estate, we’ve written our own contracts, and discussed web design and PR as well. This project is very dependant on the company you choose, but having a real life company and hands on experience like this is really exciting.