Little known in the world of business schools, the BDX or Bureau of Extreme Sports is gradually beginning to emerge in student life. We tell you everything about this association, its role and how to join it.
What is the BDX (Bureau of Extreme Sports)?
In the same way as the Student Office (BDE), the Sports Office (BDS) or the Arts Office (BDA) promote student life, sport and art among students, the BDX is an office which has aimed at promoting extreme sports within the school.
Like most business school associations, it is made up of several members (20 to 40) who are distributed in different centers such as the communication center, the canvassing center or the events center. The office, made up of a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and a secretary, aims to oversee the entire association. Today, only a handful of business schools have an Office of Extreme Sports.
What sports are practiced at the Extreme Sports Office?
The sports and activities offered by the Extreme Sports Office depend on each school. We can nevertheless distinguish two types of projects.
First of all, the BDX organizes several trips such as the semi-snow and the semi-surf, which are week-long trips allowing participants to learn or improve in skiing or surfing. Some schools also organize treks to promote hiking.
On the other hand, the Extreme Sports Office organizes different activities and outings for an afternoon or a day. The goal is to introduce people to less accessible practices such as bungee jumping, karting or climbing.
The activities are open to all contributors for a price that is intended to be more affordable than if you practiced your sports without the intermediary of the BDX. The office has, like many associations, a canvassing center and often relies on the number of participants as well as the interest for a trader in being a partner of a business school in order to benefit from advantageous rates. Non-contributors sometimes have access to the activities offered by the BDX, but at a higher price. This of course depends on the office, but also on the sports that are offered.
How to integrate BDX?
Several schools such that emlyon, NEOMA And TBS Education already have an Extreme Sports Office. The means to access this office vary depending on the campuses and business schools, of course!
In some schools you have to list, that is to say, form a group which leads a campaign in order to prove to the rest of the promotion that your list has the shoulders to take over this office. This campaign is against other lists that also wish to access the BDX. It is through the promotion vote that the successor is designated.
On other campuses you just have to go through interviews. Nothing to do with the personality interviews passed during the admissibility interviews or practical interviews that you find in the world of consultingit is often a discussion with current members of the association to find out if your profile is in line with the office and its values.
