Careers after college for athletes who attended top colleges

[Anonymous]

Title says it all. What careers do varsity athletes at top colleges pursue after graduation? For example, where does a male, varsity crew/lacrosse/squash player at Harvard land? I understand that they’re in demand.

[Anonymous]

According to all the psycho sports moms on here, they all become CEOs and surgeons.

My experience is that they get hired by daddy’s firm or become SAHMs

[Anonymous]

Ones related to their majors.

It’s not like rowers all go do the same things. Come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to all the psycho sports moms on here, they all become CEOs and surgeons.

My experience is that they get hired by daddy’s firm or become SAHMs

LOL here we go again with athlete bashing.

I didn't go to the Ivy League, but in my professional career (law) I am surrounded by Ivy League graduates. Of course, I don't know what they all did in college. But I know of at least two Ivy League football players and one who ran track who went on to top law schools (one of the football players and the track guy to Harvard). All three are doing extremely well in the legal profession, including one who is the managing partner in one of DC's largest law firms.

None was hired by "daddy's firm," because two of the three did not even have daddies growing up and are AAs.

[Anonymous]

My DS graduated from an SLAC and was a swimmer. He went on to med school. His fellow athletes post graduation varied, but I know there were a few docs and a Harvard Law School.

[Anonymous]

What do they usually major in?
Probably some easy bullshit majors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they usually major in?
Probably some easy bullshit majors?

At Ivy’s, athletes take a whole bunch of majors. Go look at rosters. They do all the stuff that their peers do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they usually major in?
Probably some easy bullshit majors?

Such venom. So much jealousy.

[Anonymous]

Lawyers
Doctors
Finance
Sales for brand name orgs
Consulting for the top firms

Not necessarily in that order

[Anonymous]

Seriously, what is with the hate for collegiate athletes around here? From our kids friends who fit into that category, one is playing their sport professionally and the others are either employed in their degree fields, finance, consulting, etc. or in grad school, law school, medical school, etc. Pretty much doing the same things their non athlete friends are doing.

[Anonymous]

I knew a guy who was engineering major and football player. He did two years in the NFL, mostly warming the bench and then went to work as an engineer. He does quite well.

[Anonymous]

What the OP doesn't seem to understand is that athletes are generally more outgoing and self-confident than many non-athletes, which makes them attractive people to others and masters at networking. And the name of the game at top colleges and in the business world is networking. So, good for them.

[Anonymous]

All the ones I know—mostly soccer players—have gone into finance, law, or medicine.

[Anonymous]

A good friend of mine was a varsity swimmer at Stanford. He's an aerospace engineer working for a defense contractor now.

I once had a Harvard lax player working as a data scientist for me.

Both of these people had HYPS caliber scores/grades absent their sport, but their sport probably gave them a competitive edge in admissions. I can probably name many more if I think about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What the OP doesn't seem to understand is that athletes are generally more outgoing and self-confident than many non-athletes, which makes them attractive people to others and masters at networking. And the name of the game at top colleges and in the business world is networking. So, good for them.

+1 And generally physically more attractive than average as well, since they are fit, which is always a boost career-wise.