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Students here are really diverse. You'll become friends with people from all over the globe, and it's really refreshing. You learn to view business from many perspectives. In the classroom, students here can be cutthroat, and the atmosphere is very high-success and high-pressure. But outside of the classroom, Babson students are very easy to communicate with, and it's easy to make friends.

Students at Babson are extremely diverse, geographically as well as through their career goals and personal interests. Business and an appreciation for entrepreneurship is a common thread that all students seem to share and thrive upon. Most students are very ambitious and love to get involved, both in and out of the classroom.

Personally, I hate college brochures and everything in them because like a business, schools will try to reel you in with the prettiest HD pictures with everyone sitting on the grass having the time of their life. Then you see all the SAT words inside the brochure and all that stuff. With that, even though it must have been said a billion times in brochures, Babson is a diverse school. Babson is diverse in the sense that a nice chunk of the u-grad population is international (20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}). As far as race goes with the American population, it can see more improvement. I do give Babson credit though for really stepping it up by admitting more African-American (like myself) and Latino-American people into the school. I hope that maybe more Indian or Native American people will apply to the school because I would like to see more of those faces. All in all I never felt excluded because of my race and who I am as a person (heck, I never felt excluded haha). Again, like I said before, if you are a mute/ complete introvert then Babson is NOT the school for you. For one thing, class participation is a HUGE aspect of your grades and if you don't know how to make yourself present to professors your grades will suffer. In terms of social life, people won't intentionally knock you out because the people are really nice here, but no one is always going to chase you down to do stuff. If you are two-faced this is NOT the school for you just because most of the people here are really blunt ( blunt but nice haha) and don't cut corners with stuff. Next is fashion. This one is interesting because even though Babson is a business school you do have to stay savy and dress well. Just a little side note for potential students, you have to dress down in business attire for your classes sometimes. I guess since people have to dress up, people learn to care more about their appearance here. From the times I went I do not recall seeing anyone walking around in sweats or just really casual period. You don't have to be a supermodel, just be presentable. Last point, some people come here for the sole purpose of making money in the future. So despite their love for the school, you will hear some people say "I want to make $1,000,000 at Chase Bank" (idk something like that). It's something you can brush off though. Overall, I think Babson people are pretty awesome because they are serious achievers, yet they are laid back and don't rub their success in your face like an Ivy League student (and trust, I've really seen Babson people succeed more than students from Ivy Leagues simply because there is a lot more dimension to them then "I went to Harvard"). Not knocking the Ivy's down because I admire what they do and a lot of my friends go to their institutions. The motto here is "Work hard, party harder."

Personally, I hate college brochures and everything in them because like a business, schools will try to reel you in with the prettiest HD pictures with everyone sitting on the grass having the time of their life. Then you see all the SAT words inside the brochure and all that stuff. With that, even though it must have been said a billion times in brochures, Babson is a diverse school. Babson is diverse in the sense that a nice chunk of the u-grad population is international (20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}). As far as race goes with the American population, it can see more improvement. I do give Babson credit though for really stepping it up by admitting more African-American (like myself) and Latino-American people into the school. I hope that maybe more Indian or Native American people will apply to the school because I would like to see more of those faces. All in all I never felt excluded because of my race and who I am as a person (heck, I never felt excluded haha). Again, like I said before, if you are a mute/ complete introvert then Babson is NOT the school for you. For one thing, class participation is a HUGE aspect of your grades and if you don't know how to make yourself present to professors your grades will suffer. In terms of social life, people won't intentionally knock you out because the people are really nice here, but no one is always going to chase you down to do stuff. If you are two-faced this is NOT the school for you just because most of the people here are really blunt ( blunt but nice haha) and don't cut corners with stuff. Next is fashion. This one is interesting because even though Babson is a business school you do have to stay savy and dress well. Just a little side note for potential students, you have to dress down in business attire for your classes sometimes. I guess since people have to dress up, people learn to care more about their appearance here. From the times I went I do not recall seeing anyone walking around in sweats or just really casual period. You don't have to be a supermodel, just be presentable. Last point, some people come here for the sole purpose of making money in the future. So despite their love for the school, you will hear some people say "I want to make $1,000,000 at Chase Bank" (idk something like that). It's something you can brush off though. Overall, I think Babson people are pretty awesome because they are serious achievers, yet they are laid back and don't rub their success in your face like an Ivy League student (and trust, I've really seen Babson people succeed more than students from Ivy Leagues simply because there is a lot more dimension to them then "I went to Harvard"). Not knocking the Ivy's down because I admire what they do and a lot of my friends go to their institutions. The motto here is "Work hard, party harder."

Personally, I hate college brochures and everything in them because like a business, schools will try to reel you in with the prettiest HD pictures with everyone sitting on the grass having the time of their life. Then you see all the SAT words inside the brochure and all that stuff. With that, even though it must have been said a billion times in brochures, Babson is a diverse school. Babson is diverse in the sense that a nice chunk of the u-grad population is international (20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}). As far as race goes with the American population, it can see more improvement. I do give Babson credit though for really stepping it up by admitting more African-American (like myself) and Latino-American people into the school. I hope that maybe more Indian or Native American people will apply to the school because I would like to see more of those faces. All in all I never felt excluded because of my race and who I am as a person (heck, I never felt excluded haha). Again, like I said before, if you are a mute/ complete introvert then Babson is NOT the school for you. For one thing, class participation is a HUGE aspect of your grades and if you don't know how to make yourself present to professors your grades will suffer. In terms of social life, people won't intentionally knock you out because the people are really nice here, but no one is always going to chase you down to do stuff. If you are two-faced this is NOT the school for you just because most of the people here are really blunt ( blunt but nice haha) and don't cut corners with stuff. Next is fashion. This one is interesting because even though Babson is a business school you do have to stay savy and dress well. Just a little side note for potential students, you have to dress down in business attire for your classes sometimes. I guess since people have to dress up, people learn to care more about their appearance here. From the times I went I do not recall seeing anyone walking around in sweats or just really casual period. You don't have to be a supermodel, just be presentable. Last point, some people come here for the sole purpose of making money in the future. So despite their love for the school, you will hear some people say "I want to make $1,000,000 at Chase Bank" (idk something like that). It's something you can brush off though. Overall, I think Babson people are pretty awesome because they are serious achievers, yet they are laid back and don't rub their success in your face like an Ivy League student (and trust, I've really seen Babson people succeed more than students from Ivy Leagues simply because there is a lot more dimension to them then "I went to Harvard"). Not knocking the Ivy's down because I admire what they do and a lot of my friends go to their institutions. The motto here is "Work hard, party harder."

Students at Babson tend to be very driven and hardworking, but we are generally very business minded individuals. Most students wear casual clothes to class (jeans and sweats are common) with some students opting to wear business casual, often due to jobs on and off campus. Our student body is involved in a number of activities and groups (more than 95 in total on campus) including athletics, Greek life, theater, the Babson Dance Ensemble, racial and cultural groups, religious groups, LGBT groups, and a number of others.We have an incredibly diverse student population with roughly 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of our student body coming from outside of the U.S. and with most students coming from outside of the New England area.

Students at Babson are very outgoing , enthusiastic, and friendly while remaining dedicated to their studies, and determined to achieve success in the classroom.

My classmates are diverse, business-minded, and always willing to collaborate.

My classmates were competitve, team-oriented, career-oriented, and stressed.

My classmates are extremely motivated and competitive students.

Goal Orientated

Friendly, Diverse, Ambitious

Very talented, motivated, and entreprenurial.

If I walked into trim dining hall I would see a wide variety of people eating. The first table that I looked at would be a group of kids sitting at one of our long cafeteria style tables that fit about 20 students. The students sitting there have just come from sports practice and our enjoying a meal together as a team. Everyone is wearing sweat pants or shorts with an extremely sweaty t-shirt They are all girls, but you can tell each one comes from a different background and none of them look the same. The next table I would see would be a similar style table, but instead it is filled with kids from one of the frats on campus. Frats/Soriorities typically have manadatory dinners together on Mondays night. The table would be decorated with table clothes and all of them are dressed up for the dinner. The third table would actually be one of the booths by the windows that fits four/five students. At this table, you would see a completely random mix of four students. There are two juniors sitting there with a freshmen and sophomore. One student comes from Mass, another from India, another from Cali, and the last is from China. They are all talking about what happened during the day and any lastest gossip. The last table that you would see would be a group of professors, staff, and students all enjoying lunch together. The Dean might be eating there, the office of campus life staff, your finance teacher, you and your friends. You are all talking about different events in your life and joking around. It isn't very formal and no one looks nervous. The last thing that you would see is everyone walking around going up to the different tables to say hello, because everyone knows each other. You might see girls from the sports team get up to say hi to the professors, or the kids in the frat going over and sitting with the kids in the booths. Typically, students don't stay at the same table for long and will move around, or they will try to sit at the longer tables where everyone can sit together.

Babson is one of the most diverse campus I have ever been to. There is a place for everyone on campus. And because it is just at the right size, you can feel confortable, and be yourself.

Babson is so diverse you will literally meet people from all over the world. You'll always have someplace to stay no matter where you are in the world!

The Student body: yes its pretty much rich white males...with internationals thrown in the mix. However, almost anyone can fit in here. (PS. Babson IS NOT ALL GIRLS. everyone thinks we are...for some reason people think that and I'll never understand why. We used to be all Male til the 70's) Most Babson Students are from CT...(and thats a statistic I believe) but really, they're from ALL OVER the US and plenty from Asia. Obviously students come from wealthy financial backgrounds since our school is 48K a year. Course, there is Financial aid, and so don't assume that you can't afford babson.

People are generally nice to each other. We have groups based on race. Black, Indian, Asian, Latino, White. There are definitely distinct groups, but each group I feel genuinely respects each other. Everyone tends to know everyone else. If you see someone you don't recognize chances are they don't go to Babson. We're a small school, so we just see the same people more, but we also do so many group projects that you end up working with a lot of different people and you never want to be anyones enemy because they could end up in your next group. I think we have distinct groups, but everyone has friends in each group so it feels connected.

Mostly American students, but a large population from Latin American nations and the Middle East.

Racial minorities: Not many. But everyone gets along great! Out of place: computer science types. There's a lot of talking and BSing going around (after all, this is a business college) so it may prove to be a challenge if you're introvertically inclined, at first (as I was). But there's still a lot of quiet types, and you shouldn't ever wind up feeling lonely or out of place. 4 tables? 1. The jocks - always wearing their sweatpants and backwards hats, just in case 2. The frat boys (and sorority chicks) - wild, spontaneous, always drunk/buzzed, outrageous clothes, and you want to run them over with a car. Varies greatly (some are cool, some are...not) depending on the frat/sorority - 3. The quiet kids - not really quiet, they certainly talk to each other, it's just that they're completely overshadowed by the boisterousness of the first two groups. 4. BISO- Babson International Student Organization. 25-35{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of your class. Smart, good-looking, rich beyond belief, and always speaking in a langauge that isn't English in small groups in front of the library and smoking fancy cigarettes.