Careers after college for athletes who attended top colleges

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

DP. So....your "fat fingers" and your nap caused you to ignore the words underlined in red? Really? You thought that the red colors underlining words was just there to liven up your day? Nope. That pig won't fly. Even you should be able to see why the rest of us are calling BS on your post.

You sound like a mad failed athlete. What are you trying to prove?
They have lower academic credentials and pick easy majors that are difficult to make a career out of.

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Anonymous wrote:The recruiter is taking this thread a little too seriously. Lots of people ask questions or float hypotheses to get feedback. Also, the thread’s material might be helpful for others. The OP didn’t say anything about his/her child. Not sure why the recruiter was so insistent on that assumption. Weird.

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Recruiter is coming across as weird.

Like a random person took time to comment on that twice in a row - hahaha - OP is officially obsessed and recruiter is renting space…

Huh? I am not sure exactly what you are saying, but I was the one who said you were coming across as weird and that was the first time I had interacted with you. I'm not OP.

You seem to have a problem with clarity.

Thanks OP

I'm skeptical you are actually in recruiting. You seem too weird and the job requires social skills.

Thanks OP

Uh, you do know this is something Jeff can easily verify? Are you really slow? That probably explains a lot.

Thanks OP. Who’s Jeff??

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Obviously, a poser…not tru…lost pursue MBA early IN career

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I was a recruited D1 athlete at a top school. Now have two masters degrees and a PhD from top 5 program.

My best friend from the team also has a PhD and is a c-suite executive at a fortune 100 firm.

There are many like us. Excelling at both school and sports is a great indicator of future success.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Obviously, a poser…not tru…lost pursue MBA early IN career

MBA lol.  You want to have enough experience first especially for MBA (in fact legit MBA programs require experience), and you would want to make someone else pay for your graduate/MBA degree as much as possible.
My employer paid for my MS degree. You never want to go for an MBA right after college spending your own money unless your family is rich and you'll work for your father's company. People here are really that much clueless?

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Really, nobody should do research, MBA, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse practitioner, speech pathologist. College professor… ?

Hmm

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Obviously, a poser…not tru…lost pursue MBA early IN career

MBA lol.  You want to have enough experience first especially for MBA (in fact legit MBA programs require experience), and you would want to make someone else pay for your graduate/MBA degree as much as possible.
My employer paid for my MS degree. You never want to go for an MBA right after college spending your own money unless your family is rich and you'll work for your father's company. People here are really that much clueless?

You: only people with no career get masters degrees

Also you: when I got my masters degree….

You are beyond stupid

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Really, nobody should do research, MBA, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nurse practitioner, speech pathologist. College professor… ?

Hmm

Uh... I said 'In general' and 'other than medical or law, so I think it covers most of your list.

Again you don't do MBA right after college unless you are desperate.
Also for social work field.... stay away from it unless you are desperate.

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Anonymous wrote:I think there are differnet levels of college athletes - mainly two

1. Those who got with sprorts just as one of the main EC. Academically they are not far behind.

2. The sport was the major factor for admission.
They got 1300 SAT while the average is 1450-1500.
They probably major in someting easy bullshit major and performs below average.
They won't have a good carrer after college unless they become succssful in the sport.

WOW ! Speaking of below average. You tried to bash a kid for their college degree but ended up looking like an idiot.

just woke up, typed it up on my phone lying down on my bed, so there were some fat fingers and stuff.  That's all you can bring up?

It's just common sense.  The recruited athletes are likely to be below average academically.  Fact is fact. No need to get personal on the facts.

Athletes GPA are higher than the gen pop on campus though.

easy major -> high gpa

-> better graduate school

Yup failed graduates go to graduate schools accumulaing more debt.

I thought getting a college degree now is like a HS degree and everybody is doing graduate programs.

No debt, COVID gave athletes another year of eligibility .. only scholarship players are being offered a 5th-6th year.

Nope far from the truth.
In general, you go to graduate school(other than medical or law) if you fail to start a career after college.

Obviously, a poser…not tru…lost pursue MBA early IN career

MBA lol.  You want to have enough experience first especially for MBA (in fact legit MBA programs require experience), and you would want to make someone else pay for your graduate/MBA degree as much as possible.
My employer paid for my MS degree. You never want to go for an MBA right after college spending your own money unless your family is rich and you'll work for your father's company. People here are really that much clueless?

You: only people with no career get masters degrees

Also you: when I got my masters degree….

You are beyond stupid

You don't have ability to think and reason.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I thought I’d address some of the posters on pages 5-10. First, lots of them forgot that I asked about athletes at top schools ONLY. Why? Because, as many knowledgeable and on-topic posters noted, athletes at top colleges are different from their peers at less-selective, athletic powerhouses, like UAlabama. Athletes at top colleges must meet the school’s regular academic standards. For example, I know a Princeton baseball recruit that needed a 1500 SAT to join the team. Also, these athletes don’t get scholarships. Second, many posters thought it was odd that I didn’t ask about majors. Apparently, they couldn’t make the connection between sport and career. The connection is that athletes are typically competitive, team-oriented, social, goal-oriented, positive/optimistic, and disciplined, all of which are prized traits in high-octane professional circles. Athletes also have to balance two rigorous activities - sports and athletics. That is very hard to do, and may show a commitment to a more balanced, interesting lifestyle. So, the major doesn’t matter because the employer is not hiring an athlete for their major. Instead, they’re hiring a really smart, attractive person with character who is likely to succeed. What about students at top schools with perfect grades? Well, that’s great for a PhD, but not for competitive business, law, and medicine. Just some thoughts.

We missed you, as this is hilarious…read it slowly to yourself and you may laugh at this too…I am a recruiter for a Fortune 500 megacorp, and we are not specifically looking for athletes. We are looking at majors / academic discipline and participation in organizations and internships related to the field. In all honesty, I’m more impressed by a candidate who worked through college than in someone who played a game through college. Several of my professional colleagues agree…unless you went to Alabama or other athletic powerhouse and played at a high level - which says a lot about handling the stress of business…we hire ivy grads for the academics, not the clubs or sports…

Perhaps, you recruit for programmers, engineers, and the like, but you certainly do not recruit for high-end consulting, finance, or big law.

Yeah, I go in looking for a left fielder…I’m talking big business here, but applies to all those as well. I used to recruit for Big 3, and again, your assumptions on hiring are broken…sorry…

"I used to recruit for Big 3." Why do you ESL posters make up stories like this? Nobody even knows what "Big 3" you're referring to. You don't recruit for anyone. You're just angry that your non-athlete kid was rejected by whatever Ivy League school he/she wanted to attend, so you make up stories on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I thought I’d address some of the posters on pages 5-10. First, lots of them forgot that I asked about athletes at top schools ONLY. Why? Because, as many knowledgeable and on-topic posters noted, athletes at top colleges are different from their peers at less-selective, athletic powerhouses, like UAlabama. Athletes at top colleges must meet the school’s regular academic standards. For example, I know a Princeton baseball recruit that needed a 1500 SAT to join the team. Also, these athletes don’t get scholarships. Second, many posters thought it was odd that I didn’t ask about majors. Apparently, they couldn’t make the connection between sport and career. The connection is that athletes are typically competitive, team-oriented, social, goal-oriented, positive/optimistic, and disciplined, all of which are prized traits in high-octane professional circles. Athletes also have to balance two rigorous activities - sports and athletics. That is very hard to do, and may show a commitment to a more balanced, interesting lifestyle. So, the major doesn’t matter because the employer is not hiring an athlete for their major. Instead, they’re hiring a really smart, attractive person with character who is likely to succeed. What about students at top schools with perfect grades? Well, that’s great for a PhD, but not for competitive business, law, and medicine. Just some thoughts.

We missed you, as this is hilarious…read it slowly to yourself and you may laugh at this too…I am a recruiter for a Fortune 500 megacorp, and we are not specifically looking for athletes. We are looking at majors / academic discipline and participation in organizations and internships related to the field. In all honesty, I’m more impressed by a candidate who worked through college than in someone who played a game through college. Several of my professional colleagues agree…unless you went to Alabama or other athletic powerhouse and played at a high level - which says a lot about handling the stress of business…we hire ivy grads for the academics, not the clubs or sports…

Perhaps, you recruit for programmers, engineers, and the like, but you certainly do not recruit for high-end consulting, finance, or big law.

Yeah, I go in looking for a left fielder…I’m talking big business here, but applies to all those as well. I used to recruit for Big 3, and again, your assumptions on hiring are broken…sorry…

Glad you think you’re funny. But, apparently you do go in looking for an officer of the pretzel club. Gotcha! Big 3 of what? Accounting firms that do ops consulting? Not what I’m talking about.

I’m sorry that you do not have a good handle on what big business and consulting firms are seeking…an ivy is very impressive, but the major has to match. We will not hire a non-business major for finance, for example, unless you have the experience (through internships, etc). No one will take a chance, just because you played a sport (or joined a sorority, or was captain of the pretzel club). Just the facts, here. What was your students major, BTW?

Hey, it's another person with an imagination! Someone who "will not hire a non-business major for finance." Nobody cares who your imaginary company hires!

When we say "finance" on here, we're generally referring to jobs in things like investment banking, sell-side S&T, buyside jobs at hedge funds and in private equity, etc. "Business" majors are never a strong majority of those hired into these jobs, since few Ivies even offer majors (concentrations!) in trade school nonsense. I get that it really grinds your gears that lacrosse playing gov majors from Harvard or Dartmouth aren't struggling to find work, but, well, they aren't and likely won't be anytime soon.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I thought I’d address some of the posters on pages 5-10. First, lots of them forgot that I asked about athletes at top schools ONLY. Why? Because, as many knowledgeable and on-topic posters noted, athletes at top colleges are different from their peers at less-selective, athletic powerhouses, like UAlabama. Athletes at top colleges must meet the school’s regular academic standards. For example, I know a Princeton baseball recruit that needed a 1500 SAT to join the team. Also, these athletes don’t get scholarships. Second, many posters thought it was odd that I didn’t ask about majors. Apparently, they couldn’t make the connection between sport and career. The connection is that athletes are typically competitive, team-oriented, social, goal-oriented, positive/optimistic, and disciplined, all of which are prized traits in high-octane professional circles. Athletes also have to balance two rigorous activities - sports and athletics. That is very hard to do, and may show a commitment to a more balanced, interesting lifestyle. So, the major doesn’t matter because the employer is not hiring an athlete for their major. Instead, they’re hiring a really smart, attractive person with character who is likely to succeed. What about students at top schools with perfect grades? Well, that’s great for a PhD, but not for competitive business, law, and medicine. Just some thoughts.

We missed you, as this is hilarious…read it slowly to yourself and you may laugh at this too…I am a recruiter for a Fortune 500 megacorp, and we are not specifically looking for athletes. We are looking at majors / academic discipline and participation in organizations and internships related to the field. In all honesty, I’m more impressed by a candidate who worked through college than in someone who played a game through college. Several of my professional colleagues agree…unless you went to Alabama or other athletic powerhouse and played at a high level - which says a lot about handling the stress of business…we hire ivy grads for the academics, not the clubs or sports…

Perhaps, you recruit for programmers, engineers, and the like, but you certainly do not recruit for high-end consulting, finance, or big law.

Yeah, I go in looking for a left fielder…I’m talking big business here, but applies to all those as well. I used to recruit for Big 3, and again, your assumptions on hiring are broken…sorry…

"I used to recruit for Big 3." Why do you ESL posters make up stories like this? Nobody even knows what "Big 3" you're referring to. You don't recruit for anyone. You're just angry that your non-athlete kid was rejected by whatever Ivy League school he/she wanted to attend, so you make up stories on DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I thought I’d address some of the posters on pages 5-10. First, lots of them forgot that I asked about athletes at top schools ONLY. Why? Because, as many knowledgeable and on-topic posters noted, athletes at top colleges are different from their peers at less-selective, athletic powerhouses, like UAlabama. Athletes at top colleges must meet the school’s regular academic standards. For example, I know a Princeton baseball recruit that needed a 1500 SAT to join the team. Also, these athletes don’t get scholarships. Second, many posters thought it was odd that I didn’t ask about majors. Apparently, they couldn’t make the connection between sport and career. The connection is that athletes are typically competitive, team-oriented, social, goal-oriented, positive/optimistic, and disciplined, all of which are prized traits in high-octane professional circles. Athletes also have to balance two rigorous activities - sports and athletics. That is very hard to do, and may show a commitment to a more balanced, interesting lifestyle. So, the major doesn’t matter because the employer is not hiring an athlete for their major. Instead, they’re hiring a really smart, attractive person with character who is likely to succeed. What about students at top schools with perfect grades? Well, that’s great for a PhD, but not for competitive business, law, and medicine. Just some thoughts.

We missed you, as this is hilarious…read it slowly to yourself and you may laugh at this too…I am a recruiter for a Fortune 500 megacorp, and we are not specifically looking for athletes. We are looking at majors / academic discipline and participation in organizations and internships related to the field. In all honesty, I’m more impressed by a candidate who worked through college than in someone who played a game through college. Several of my professional colleagues agree…unless you went to Alabama or other athletic powerhouse and played at a high level - which says a lot about handling the stress of business…we hire ivy grads for the academics, not the clubs or sports…

Perhaps, you recruit for programmers, engineers, and the like, but you certainly do not recruit for high-end consulting, finance, or big law.

Yeah, I go in looking for a left fielder…I’m talking big business here, but applies to all those as well. I used to recruit for Big 3, and again, your assumptions on hiring are broken…sorry…

Glad you think you’re funny. But, apparently you do go in looking for an officer of the pretzel club. Gotcha! Big 3 of what? Accounting firms that do ops consulting? Not what I’m talking about.

I’m sorry that you do not have a good handle on what big business and consulting firms are seeking…an ivy is very impressive, but the major has to match. We will not hire a non-business major for finance, for example, unless you have the experience (through internships, etc). No one will take a chance, just because you played a sport (or joined a sorority, or was captain of the pretzel club). Just the facts, here. What was your students major, BTW?

Hey, it's another person with an imagination! Someone who "will not hire a non-business major for finance." Nobody cares who your imaginary company hires!

When we say "finance" on here, we're generally referring to jobs in things like investment banking, sell-side S&T, buyside jobs at hedge funds and in private equity, etc. "Business" majors are never a strong majority of those hired into these jobs, since few Ivies even offer majors (concentrations!) in trade school nonsense. I get that it really grinds your gears that lacrosse playing gov majors from Harvard or Dartmouth aren't struggling to find work, but, well, they aren't and likely won't be anytime soon.

IB and Consulting hire business majors first where there is business program.
I.e. UPENN Warton, NYU Stern, Cornell Dyson, Berkeley Haas, Michigan Ross, Notre Dame Mendoza, George Town McDonough, MIT Sloan, etc. etc.