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Babson is located in a sleepy town. Most activity takes place on campus, but sometimes students will travel into Boston (20-30 minutes by car) on weekends. Babson students party hard, every Thursday and Saturday. Greek life and sports teams usually host these parties, or other clubs in senior suites. In the spring, Babson is known for "SODA" or "Seniors out Drinking Again," where there are themed parties every night for a week in senior suites, by invitation only.

Greek Life, Division 3 Athletics, Club & Intramural Sports, Babson Dance Ensemble, various multicultural organizations

The largest student group on campus is the Babson Dance Ensemble, but we have a number of other popular activities. Many students are involved in athletics whether it is varsity, club, or intramural teams. Our student government association also has a strong presence on our campus. About 15{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of our student body is involved with Greek life and in general, our Greek life is responsible for hosting a number of fun and worthwhile events. Residence life is an incredibly popular way to meet people as well as a hang out spot.

The most popular groups on campus are Babson players, sports team, and Babson dance ensemble. Alot of students at Babson decide to either play varisty, club, or intramural sports on campus. Typically students are really active and enjoy playing club rugby or varisty ice hockey. One group that I am really involved in is Women's Rugby. I have been involved with it for two years and it's how a met my closest friends at Babson. The culture that is associated with rugby is very similar to the bond that is experienced in a soriority, which is why its my favorite aspect of Babson. Since Babson is located outside of Wellesley, there is almost no crime on campus. Most students will leave their room doors open, unless they have one that automatically locks behind them.

There are several events put up by a diverse group of organizations. They can vary from multi-cultural shows, to dodgeball intramurals, to campus-wide parties, to anything of your liking. If you feel Babson doesn`t fulfill your needs, you can take the initiative to organize your own event, and very easily get funding for it.

Babson encourages the students to get involved and frequently has events for the students to get together. There are so many clubs, sports, and student run activities, no one is left out.

Sports are pretty popular on campus. We're no BC or OSU but we have plenty of athletes in proportion to size of our school. As an athlete, I can say that it has changed my entire college career and creating one of the most fun social scenes possible. I love having my team there for me no matter what and practice serves as such a de-stresser from academics. Saturday nights are pretty much insane on campus and athletes are always celebrating something. Meanwhile there are Frat parties that are going and are usually fun but Greek life isn't major on campus. Its there...but not dominating. I love how we party on campus and aren't forced to leave if we want to drink. That's the beauty of Babson Park...not Wellesley. If you chose to leave campus, there is a shuttle or "drunk bus" to Boston which operates late into the night.

People complain about it, that we don't have anything to do on campus. But the reality is that Babson students just inherently like to complain. The Campus Activities Board puts on a lot of good concerts and there is always some type of multi-cultural event going on some place. Drinking in dorms tends to be the typical Thursday, Friday, Saturday night ritual. We have the pub open on Thursday which is popular and then once a month we have "Knight Parties" where people get drunk and dance and the police look on. The RAs are chill and Babo (the police) just want us to be safe. It all seems to work out.

There isn't all that much to do around campus. Most students go into Boston on the weekend.