Babson College Named One Of 50 Best Colleges For Girls" By CosmoGIRL! Magazine

Six key factors -- small class size, prominent female faculty members, strong women's sports programs, a career center that facilitates internship opportunities, opportunities to hold leadership positions in clubs and activities and an active alumni network -- were all seen by CosmoGIRL!'s panel of experts to provide unique elements essential to success.

(PRWEB) September 22, 2004 -- CosmoGIRL! magazine has named Babson College one of the 50 Best Colleges for Girls."

CosmoGIRL! magazine released today their first-ever guide to the 50 Best Colleges for CosmoGIRL!s. The guide, featured in the October 2004 issue, will become an annual franchise for the magazine.

In compiling the list, editors at CosmoGIRL! consulted admissions officers and guidance counselors across the country to determine the kind of environment that gives girls the best chance of success in school and after graduation.

The result was a list of six key factors that were then cross-referenced with baseline data from The Princeton Review to determine those schools that best fit the bill.

"Not only is this first college guide designed specifically for girls, but what really makes it unique is that we've identified specific factors that give girls an edge," said CosmoGIRL!'s Editor-in-Chief, Susan Schulz. "This is no arbitrary list."

The six key factors -- small class size, prominent female faculty members, strong women's sports programs, a career center that facilitates internship opportunities, opportunities to hold leadership positions in clubs and activities and an active alumni network -- were all seen by CosmoGIRL!'s panel of experts to provide unique elements essential to success.

For the purposes of this list, single-sex colleges were not considered, as they are already seen to encompass these elements.

CosmoGIRL! is published by Hearst Magazines, a unit of The Hearst Corporation, one of the world's largest publishers of monthly magazines, with a total of 19 U.S. titles and 137 international editions. Hearst's magazines are read by more U.S. adult women than any other monthly magazine publisher. Web Site: http://www.cosmogirl.com http://www.hearst.com

Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.

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