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[quote=Anonymous]If your kid goes to Williams or Amherst and is an athlete, they will not have any limitations on what they can achieve.  The laxbro thing is real, but it doesn't really apply to entry level stuff.  These schools have athlete only recruiting events, as do the Ivies, where top employers come in to recruit athletes specifically.  The Harvard study found that all athletes at Harvard had a significant boost in lifetime earnings and promotions.  They specifically call out track and field as being a sport that produces good outcomes and actually "outperform" the "wealthy" sports.

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/11/ivy-league-athletics-career-success-harvard-study

--"Some of the economic outperformance, they write, may be attributable to “athletes in sports that are primarily associated with elite private prep high schools (e.g., crew, squash, lacrosse, fencing, and equestrian), suggesting that prior socioeconomic status may play a role in labor market success.” But that effect is small, says Gompers, and doesn’t explain the even greater outperformance of athletes in socioeconomically and racially diverse sports such as football, basketball, and track and field."

Employers, from Amazon to Citadel to Goldman like smart college athletes.  The NESCAC schools are great.  It is an amazing opportunity to be an athlete at these schools.[/quote]

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