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FactsSlang
- Bnews - The electronic posting community where students can buy, sell, or trade anything from books to concert tickets.
- Discretionary - The extra money in your meal plan that can be used in the deli or coffeehouse when you don’t have cash on you.
- GB - Any of the core business courses required.
- Lower Campus - South campus, where Copley Suites and Orchard apartments are.
- Ski lodge - The lounge area of the Student Center characterized by high ceilings and a fireplace.
- Stu - The Student Center.
- The Farm - The big parking lot on lower campus, usually where freshmen and guests are allowed to park without fear of getting a ticket.
- Up top - Usually refers to any academic area, either a classroom building or the library.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- Don’t call Boston “Beantown.”
- Get out and explore Waltham as soon as possible.
- It’s not a good school for people not committed to studying business.
- Learn to manage your time well.
- Meet as many people as possible during your first week.
- There is a large emphasis on group projects.
Tips to Succeed
- Actually go to class.
- Always dispute grades you disagree with.
- Do your homework yourself so you actually understand the material.
- Don’t get stuck doing all the work for a group project.
- Don’t wait to take your unrestricted electives until senior year.
- Know how AP credits can affect your class standing.
- Research your professors before choosing your classes.
- Take an elective to balance out the heavy business course load.
- Use your first two years to figure out what you want to major in.
Urban Legends
- Jay Leno went to Bentley! Well, he actually did for one semester, and then dropped out.
- The original falcon statue in front of the library was stolen by Babson (our rival in business education) students because they are jealous of Bentley’s academic superiority.
Traditions
- Black United Body Fashion Show - Each Spring, the BUB fashion show showcases the hottest styles from local stores and boutiques. The music is kicking, and the models are flawless at this unique event.
- Breakfast by Moonlight - On the night of the last day of classes each semester, BACCHUS organizes “Breakfast by Moonlight,” an event featuring faculty and administration serving students breakfast around midnight. The price is usually $.99 with a canned good and $1.99 without a canned good, since it is used as a fundraiser (the charity changes each year). It’s the only place you can catch the school president flipping pancakes alongside the vice president who is scrambling your eggs.
- Business Bowl - An event for the true business student! Held each spring, students compete in teams of five on various real world business models and cases. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors compete against each other, while seniors and graduate students go head to head. The teams have several hours to come up with the best solution to the business problems and then present their findings to a panel of judges. It is a highly recognized event in the local business community, and students are able to interact and network with business professionals, practitioners, and university administrators. Of course, cash prizes are awarded to the top teams in each class.
- Greedy Bingo - This isn’t your grandma’s bingo! The entire campus literally packs the gym when Greedy Bingo is held once a semester. The prizes are extravagant and can be anything from a 50-inch plasma TV to courtside Celtics tickets to $500 cash to bicycles to fabulous gift certificates. Things can get intense if people are talking during the call, but usually is lightened as soon as “O-69” is called. Get there early to claim your card, and be ready to yell “Bingo!”
- Midnight Madness - Just as the cold winter air is on its way out, Midnight Madness is there to welcome in the spring season. A night filled with games, food, and lots of competition, this event is primarily a chance for teams to go head to head to find out who the better tricycle or Big Wheels driver is. In order to participate, teams of about eight people are required, and the night is usually a big deal to athletes and fraternity members.
- Monte Carlo Night - TKE puts on Monte Carlo night every Homecoming weekend. A chance for the ladies to wear that old prom dress one more time, this is an upscale, classy event. Alumni and parents are invited to attend and mingle with the fraternity brothers and other students while playing poker and bidding on high-end prizes. After going as a freshman, you realize it was a fun time, but freshmen generally don’t attend every year unless they’re in TKE or have parents that are alumni.
- Spring Day - Get ready for a day filled with music, food, activities, and lots of beer while every student on campus congregates on the Greenspace for Spring Day; the last Saturday before finals start at the end of the Spring semester. As long as you and your guests (bring your friends from other local colleges along!) have wristbands and keep your alcoholic beverage in a covered cup, you will not be in trouble for drinking underage. If the idea of getting drunk at 9 a.m. isn’t your thing, then enjoy the music (usually a totally rad ‘80s cover band), design your own trucker hat, or throw around a Frisbee. This is a guaranteed awesome time you won’t forget.
School Spirit
Despite being home of the Division II national field hockey champions and having division stars in the women’s basketball and football teams, Bentley students are not oozing blue and gold. Because of the size, when students do watch a sporting event, they will most likely know at least one person on the team, and that is the main reason why they are there. The bookstore has started to carry more fashionable clothing bearing the Bentley name and has caused students to integrate them into their wardrobe. Chances are you won’t hear someone say, “I’m so proud to be a Falcon!” but in their own apathetic way, they’ll muster up a, “Yeah, Bentley is better than Babson,” which is their way of saying, “Yay! Go Bentley!”
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