By Leandra Grinage | October 19, 2013
This semester is my first semester as a Peer Mentor ! (WOHOOO) . Peer Mentors serve as orientation leaders , student leaders in First Year Seminar classes and even more than that a support system for first year students. As a new peer mentor, I didn’t know what to expect. I was nervous, excited, scared…
By Hannah Moriggi | June 28, 2013
A little over a month ago, the Office of Undergraduate Admission sent tassel toppers to all #Babson2017 admitted students with the hopes of displaying #BabsonPride at commencement ceremonies all around the globe. Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo to our Tassel Topper Contest, we were so excited to see all of your school…
By Meghan Rowledge | May 17, 2013
So I have been home for a little over a week, and during this week it gave me a lot of time to think about the past year. Some things I thought about were things I learned/wished I knew coming into my freshmen year at Babson. Since summer is upon us, and many incoming freshmen…
By ugradadmission | March 19, 2013
Tweet it, Tommaso! A familiar phrase in our office. It doesn’t really matter what we’re talking about, but if we think something should be shared with the public or saved for posterity that’s what we yell at him to do. However, as some students have asked us, who actually manages our social media efforts? Well, that man,…
By Courtney Minden | January 19, 2013
It’s January 18-just over 2 weeks since the Regular Decision deadline, and that virtual tidal wave that was incoming application materials, now looks more like a gentle ripple. This was no small feat considering that we surpassed 6,000 applications-a Babson first (Congratulations, applicants for becoming a part of Babson history!) Not to say that we’re completely…
By Courtney Minden | January 11, 2013
Happy Friday! Do any of you have those kinds of weeks where your alarm goes off and you wonder “Where am I supposed to be today?” That happens to me all the time. Most days, I get up, feed the puppy (this morning she fed herself a healthy serving of cottage cheese she knocked off…
By Hannah Moriggi | December 6, 2012
It’s not everyday that prospective students have the opportunity to sit down and chat with an Undergraduate Admission Director, so here at Babson we pulled out our brainstorming hats, put them on and got thinking…why don’t we bring our Director, Courtney Minden, to you? So we did! You can catch the FULL recap here: #babsonchat.…
By Hannah Moriggi | September 18, 2012
Can you find my poster? I know exactly what you’re thinking. Did this Babson Admission Counselor really take a picture of her poster hanging on the wall at her first visit? Well, yes. I did. I’d like to consider it a result of excessive excitement! I could barely sleep the night before because I was…