Thoughts on Babson?

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Stop feeding the troll.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

What’s that “other” ranking?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

What’s that “other” ranking?

Put on your thinking cap.

[Anonymous]

So what happens if your DC goes to Babson and then decides to switch majors? Realizes they would prefer math, or English, or Spanish? Is the school set up to provide a similarly challenging, enriching education (including internships) for majors beyond business?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

What’s that “other” ranking?

Put on your thinking cap.

The fact that you are referencing a different ranking basically says your Alma Mater tanked the WSJ rankings. Correct? If not, why would you bring the “other” ranking into the discussion.

You are maybe a disgruntled U Chicago or JHU grad.

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Anonymous wrote:So what happens if your DC goes to Babson and then decides to switch majors? Realizes they would prefer math, or English, or Spanish? Is the school set up to provide a similarly challenging, enriching education (including internships) for majors beyond business?

Those are good points…I guess this is the same issue for a kid that wants Olin (engineering).

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

+1

DP here. I agree with OP - PP is one of the uninformed sour grapes that offer random and inaccurate info, which ruins this board for everyone.

Hey, feel free to send your kid there.

It is one of our first choices.

Great, may I suggest BYU and NJ Tech as targets? Both are WSJ T25.

Are you actually assuming that people are not capable of conducting their own thorough research and make their own decisions regarding such a huge endeavor as college without following a ranking list? Ranking lists which you rely on, post so often, and adore? You take the cake.

Some of us actually know which are the good schools for our kid, and also for their preferred fields. We do not direct our kid to lists, we do not tell them where to go to college, and we do not pick their majors.

Thankfully, our kid is smarter than resorting to a ranking list. Maybe not you.

Sure seems that pp was relying on Babson’s WSJ ranking, otherwise why bring it up?

Nope.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop feeding the troll.

+1

Same antagonistic, combative fighting (not even arguing) as always.

[Anonymous]

Great school with a differentiated education - the students start real businesses. Visited this summer - I came away feeling the tuition would be well spent. I know alums with great outcomes. That being said, you have to be business focused. I am an entrepreneur so I am biased (Ivy grad), but I felt this was a more relevant biz education than most of the big name programs we visited. More for kids that are hunters and hustlers than wannabe consultants, but they have strong consultant recuiting too. For anyone whose kid is interested in business (genuine interest) - strongly recommend checking it out.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

What’s that “other” ranking?

Put on your thinking cap.

The fact that you are referencing a different ranking basically says your Alma Mater tanked the WSJ rankings. Correct? If not, why would you bring the “other” ranking into the discussion.

You are maybe a disgruntled U Chicago or JHU grad.

Nope, not sure why you find it hard to believe your average educated consumer doesn’t consider Babson a top 10 school, when the very paper that gave it that ranking didn’t consider it a T100 school a year earlier. For all I know, Babson is a great school, albeit one with very limited majors. I just don’t believe it to be the 10th best school in the country. And now I’ve twice explained why.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

+1

DP here. I agree with OP - PP is one of the uninformed sour grapes that offer random and inaccurate info, which ruins this board for everyone.

Hey, feel free to send your kid there.

It is one of our first choices.

Great, may I suggest BYU and NJ Tech as targets? Both are WSJ T25.

Are you actually assuming that people are not capable of conducting their own thorough research and make their own decisions regarding such a huge endeavor as college without following a ranking list? Ranking lists which you rely on, post so often, and adore? You take the cake.

Some of us actually know which are the good schools for our kid, and also for their preferred fields. We do not direct our kid to lists, we do not tell them where to go to college, and we do not pick their majors.

Thankfully, our kid is smarter than resorting to a ranking list. Maybe not you.

Sure seems that pp was relying on Babson’s WSJ ranking, otherwise why bring it up?

Nope.

Ok, so why mention the ranking? For shits and giggles? Of course not. It was mentioned because op felt the ranking had value.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of it

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Arthur Blank graduated from there. Heard of him before? (Hint -- The Home Depot) They have quite an impressive list of graduates.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. It is ranked 10th overall (not just business programs) in the latest WSJ rankings.

Was just hoping someone on DCUM either graduated there or has a kid there and can provide some firsthand knowledge.

These are the problem with the junk rankings, people actually assign value to them. Babson is not a Top 10 college.

Great. I am all ears about your firsthand knowledge as to why that is the case. Hit me with it.

How about you make the case for why it should be considered a T10 university? Aside from a wonky wsj ranking.

No…I was just referencing its ranking at #10 in the WSJ and you very authoritatively indicated that ranking was incorrect.

I am all ears for your firsthand knowledge of why it is wrong. You are the authority…lay it on me.

Last year, the WSJ itself had it ranked 126. Do you really believe it improved by 116 places in a single year? Or perhaps the WSJ rankings are just bunk in all years.

Or more likely your Alma Mater tanked…and now you are forced to disparage Babson, BYU and other schools.

Actually no, my alma mater is well ensconced in the T10 of that other ranking. But I was specifically asked to support my statement that Babson was not a T10 school. And my reason is that the WSJ rating is junk if it ranks a school at 126 one year, and at 10 the next. Obviously nothing about the school changed significantly in one year.

In the future, don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to.

What’s that “other” ranking?

Put on your thinking cap.

The fact that you are referencing a different ranking basically says your Alma Mater tanked the WSJ rankings. Correct? If not, why would you bring the “other” ranking into the discussion.

You are maybe a disgruntled U Chicago or JHU grad.

Nope, not sure why you find it hard to believe your average educated consumer doesn’t consider Babson a top 10 school, when the very paper that gave it that ranking didn’t consider it a T100 school a year earlier. For all I know, Babson is a great school, albeit one with very limited majors. I just don’t believe it to be the 10th best school in the country. And now I’ve twice explained why.

You have your opinion why…but that’s not an explanation. Hey, I know when your previously top 10 drops to 38 or 67 or 99 is tough to swallow…so if dumping on Babson is how you cope, then go for it.