Babson College

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Anonymous wrote:Supposedly really good business program. My son applied and will visit if he is accepted.

Yes, that's exactly what it's known for and seems to have strong outcomes.

But the real question is where it stands on outcomes vs. other business schools. WSJ had it ranked number 2 overall, but that was significantly driven by outcomes vs. other schools with many majors vs. Babson with only business. If you look at this business salary report (select bachelors), you can see it is very good at T42, but there are a number of schools that rank above.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/business/

Agree. The poster harping on ‘outcomes’ ‘outcomes’ … these are relative. I just looked at Babsons stats for consulting starting salaries, 85k is low, most McKinsey and Bain start at 105-110k which tells me majority of those kids are going to second tier firms. Outcome. Yes, They have a job. But Relative to other B schools it’s not remarkable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supposedly really good business program. My son applied and will visit if he is accepted.

Yes, that's exactly what it's known for and seems to have strong outcomes.

But the real question is where it stands on outcomes vs. other business schools. WSJ had it ranked number 2 overall, but that was significantly driven by outcomes vs. other schools with many majors vs. Babson with only business. If you look at this business salary report (select bachelors), you can see it is very good at T42, but there are a number of schools that rank above.

https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/business/

It has good outcomes for average students, and it's a self-selecting group of applicants. These are not kids who can get into elite schools and they are 100% pre-professional in their outlooks.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok. moving onto Babson. I like to think of: Babson Olin Wellesley (BOW) since you can cross-register. Reminds me of a smaller East Coast Claremont Colleges.

Babson has a program where the school loan students money to do a startup. Combine that with Olin for some engineering classes this looks like a good deal on paper.

Better have a car - Claremonts are walkable to each other; BOWs not so much.