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Come on Down!

I know that the countdown until the final day of school is on for juniors in high school. Don’t lie. It will feel pretty great not only getting to the last day of school and having the summer ahead of you, but to also becoming one of the top dogs at your school. You are officially…

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See You at Preview Day!

At this point in the admission cycle, we are starting to wrap up our campus events for the academic year.  One of our last major events of the spring will be our final Preview Day on Saturday, April 26th.  We typically hold these events in both the fall and spring to provide an opportunity for…

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Spring Break At Babson and Beyond

Campus is pretty quiet this week since most of our students are off on a well-deserved spring break.  Over the last few weeks, the Babson student body has been caught up in dreaded midterm season, consisting of many late nights in the library, last-minute studying, and final practice for group presentations.  Through all of the…

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Essay Reflections

As our application review process winds down, our office has been reflecting on the students we’ve met and learned about along the way. While your high school transcript, testing, recommendations, and extracurricular involvement all play big roles in our decision-making process, for many of us, the essay is the highlight – myself included!  This is…

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March Madness

Personally and professionally, March is one of my favorite times of the year. In our office, we are currently finalizing admission decisions and getting ready to release them this coming Sunday, March 9th. Counselors in our office may also start doing a little bit of spring travel for Babson (I’m headed to Illinois tomorrow and…

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Pump Up the Volume

It’s no secret that admission counselors are deep into application reading at this point. Just like everything else, everyone has their own way to get things done. Most people in our office play music in the background while they read, so I figured I would give everyone a sampling of what our staff listens to…

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Hey Y’all!

It’s too late for me to say Happy New Year, but in the time since I last posted anything, I think most of the holidays on this list have passed, so happy everything. I’m sorry about that, but, if we can all get past this, I do have a very important blog to post…the latest…

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A New Year…A New Blog!

Hello, everyone! My name is Ellen Zatkowski and I am an Admission Counselor here in the Undergraduate Admission office at Babson.  I have been a member of the Babson community since I graduated from Boston College in 2012 with a major in History and a minor in French.  During my undergraduate career at BC, I…

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What Do I Do Now?!

At this point, just about everyone has started the school year. If you are starting your senior year, you have probably visited some colleges, taken some tours, sat in on some information sessions, and even spoken with some current students. After trying to digest all the names, numbers, facts, and figures, hopefully you have started…

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The Best of Both Worlds

Stop me if you’ve been to one of our info sessions and heard one of our counselors say something like this before: “Boston is the world’s best college town.”  While this may be our opinion, it’s also on the internet! Check out this study by the American Institute for Economic Research, naming Boston the top…