WATCH: What’s One Babson Hack Every First-Year Student Should Know?

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Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.

| February 3, 2026

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The Babson College first-year experience is one that is wall-to-wall. Between staying active in clubs and organizations, making new friends, and of course, classes, there’s always something new to learn.

So, we asked a number of current Babson College students their top “hack” for first-years. Their answers? Everything from where the free food is to finding the best study spaces.

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