Bentley University

Date: Feb 05 2008
Major: Business - Management and Administration (This Major's Salary over time)
I graduated from Bentley almost 10 years ago and it looks like the school hasn't changed that much. I thought that it might be helpful to write a review sharing my perspective on the my 4 years at Bentley and the 10 years since I graduated.

During College:

Pros:

Great overall college experience.

Enjoyed playing Div II athletics.

Made the best friends of my life and met a ton of great people.

Enjoyed the small class sizes and easy access to professors. They keep you focused and prevent you from getting lost in the shuffle.

Great Career Services program, I had six job interviews on campus and 4 offers.

Good local internship opportunities.

Nice private campus with easy access to Boston.

If you want to be successful and learn about business, Bentley will provide you all the opportunities you need. That's the advantage of going to a Business speciality school.

Cons:

There are four social groups at Bentley - Athletes, Greeks, International Students and Everyone else. If you want a decent social life you need to get involved in some kind of group. Most of the Bentley parties are in small apartments. Girls get in, but if you're a guy and you don't know the people running the party - good luck.

If you are not interested in business or technology, Bentley is not the place for you. It would have been nice to have a greater variety of people on campus (Bentley is all business majors). However, Bentley has started to offer more majors which helps to attract different types of students.

After Graduation Perceptions:

Bentley has a great name in the Northeast. People are impressed with Bentley graduates and respect the school.

All my friends have great jobs and a great professional network of Bentely alumni.

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like going to school farther from home (I'm from MA) or a bigger school with more school spirit, diversity and Div 1 athletics.

I work with a lot of people who went to less expensive public schools like UMass or UNH who also got a great education for 1/2 the price. I got my MBA from UMass Amherst and felt that the quality of professors was very similar.