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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just had a lovely Babson student reach out to me through our sorority network to talk about my profession/company I work for -- since I have a Junior in HS we talked some about the college search process etc and she really sold me on Babson. I know nothing about it and I know my kid wants to go some place that people have heard of and he's never heard of Babson.

Is it a hidden gem?  OR a place for rich kids who didn't get in to Ivys and plan on using their family connections post education to get a job anyway?[/quote]

My kid is also interested.  It is basically a business-only college, so you do get many children of family companies attending.  My kid is interested in a business degree, but I do worry it is at an extreme.

It seems to have very good job placement results that are not just family connections.  Also, I am not sure it has many Ivy rejecte…it is too obscure of a kid/family is looking for name cachet that was Ivy rejected.

It is also bigger than I thought.  Nearly 4,000 students….not huge but I always assumed it was sub-2,000 before investigation.[/quote]

Thanks. Yes, the all Business is a concern. I mean as a 17 year old they *think* this is what they want to do but do they really know know? They are taking IB Business now and seem to really enjoy it but I am not sure they should be "limited" just in case they get to school and find something else? Was recently talking with a Mom with a kid at University of Maryland that is majoring in Fire Saftey or something like that. Said that UMD has a GREAT program but their kid knew nothing about it and just happened to take a class and realized this was the path they wanted to take!
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The WSJ ranked it #10 overall in their most recent rankings which probably has raised its profile.  WSJ rankings are heavily influenced by career outcomes and earnings and ROI, so not a surprise it did well on those metrics (as well as number of STEM-only kind of equivalent schools like Rose-Hulman).[/quote]

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