Posse New York Scholarship

The Babson-Posse partnership is going strong! The Posse Foundation recruits and trains public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential to become Posse Scholars. Babson is the only business-focused school among Posse’s 65 partner colleges and universities around the country. Each year, Babson College works with the Posse Foundation to select a 10-person cohort, or “posse,” from a pool of more than 3,000 New York City high school students to receive Babson-funded, full-tuition leadership scholarships. The selection process is thoughtful and deliberate, transcending grades or standardized test scores as qualified students demonstrate their leadership potential, collaboration skills, motivation, and drive to succeed. Babson’s Posse Scholars are leaders in organizations across campus too numerous to mention, and are successful academically, with a graduation rate of 97%.

The Posse experience is extended to the larger Babson community through the “Posse Plus” Retreat, held at the beginning of the spring semester. Each Posse Scholar hosts a student guest, and each Posse invites faculty and staff who they would like to attend the retreat. Approximately 100 attendees spend a weekend engaged in lively, deep conversation and activities. Recent Posse Plus Retreat themes have been:

The Retreat: A Weekend of Connection, Resilience, and Joy (2025)
Education…Recalculating (2024)
Truth or Consequences (2023)
Calling on Community (2022)
The State of Leadership: Community, Conflict, and Change (2021)

Information about the Posse Foundation and the scholar nomination and selection process can be found on the Posse Foundation website.

For more information about Posse at Babson, please contact Tracey Reza, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Administration, who serves as Babson’s liaison to the Posse Foundation.