Featured Supplemental Essay Prompt For Babson College Applicants:

The Babson education prepares students for all types of careers across business, entrepreneurship, social innovation, and more. Tell us about your interest in this area of study and in Babson specifically. 500 Word Maximum.

Successful Supplemental Essay Example From Our Accepted Alumni Student:

At Babson, I can unite my interests in innovation with my personal mission toward sustainability.

I’m drawn to Babson because of its opportunities to bridge disciplines and unite entrepreneurship with social missions, which I envision achieving through programs like Global Health Entrepreneur Coaching.

From my work with [NPO] to Tufts CRI Program, I realize the importance of diverse perspectives in addressing global health challenges. Concerned about the disproportionate effects of climate changes, I look forward to mission-driven learning at Babson and opportunities to explore environmental justice, policy change, and sustainability.

Learning about urban planning and policy in seminars like Global Environmental Activism, I could practice activism and address the needs of underserved communities. Researching [City]’s public health response to the [Location] wildfires, I focused not only on policy, but also on the populations affected by air pollution. At the highest risk of exposure to the public health crisis associated with wildfire smoke inhalation were residents of [City Area], largely due to the city's shortage of support and resources available to them.

With Babson’s Environmental Sustainability Program, I hope to emphasize the necessity of delivering sufficient resources—masks and air filters in homes and shelters—to marginalized groups in times of environmental crisis, all the more common as the climate continues to change and leave communities disproportionately affected with challenges.

As a Sustainability Intern with the Institute for Social Innovation, I could collaborate with faculty and classmates to develop sustainability programs, promote sustainability activities, and participate in campus sustainability initiatives.

In courses like Biomimicry: Applying Nature’s Design for Business, I could examine how nature and its diverse applications can inspire the design of technological methodologies—like Velcro, the original prototype conceived to mimic the fibers of a sheep’s coat. Designing business plans to help those diagnosed with [medical condition] for my DECA competition, I hope to continue innovating and finding connections between nature and business, understanding how the phenomena existing around us can inform how we can better serve each other and address our collective needs.

Drawing on the skills I developed from my previous experiences as a Captain to the [Town] Girls Track and Field Team and as [NPO] President, I could embark upon new avenues of leadership, leaning into opportunities for advocacy—learning how to inspire mass action toward climate solutions among my peers and professors.

I hope to uncover the impact of social inequities on climate change and equip myself with tools to integrate environmentalism and justice. From my NPO mentor, I learned about urgent water quality issues in Bangladesh and Nepal. I not only wondered how to directly help under-resourced regions, but also how we might promote climate resilience in these places, while honoring their own unique environmental wisdom. Through Babson’s experiential learning opportunities, I could get involved in improving sustainability, its policy considerations, and global applications.

Uniting policy with equality, I hope to use my Babson education to imagine futures where all communities are safe and supported.