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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The premise of this thread is ridiculous.  There are plenty of travel athletes that are also outstanding students.  My DD has a friend who plays soccer, was a NMSF and went to an Ivy to play - along with 25% of her travel team who also went to Ivy schools.  My DS was valedictorian, a National Merit finalist and plays his sport at an Ivy.  My DD also played her sport at an Ivy and had the test scores and grades to attend without her sport (though we all know getting in without the athletic commitment was not guaranteed).[/quote]

Every sap clings to the outliers who go onto play at an Ivy or UVA ... while ignoring the 99% who never play in college or end up at a no name regional D2 or D3 school. And if the sport helps them get into a more prestigious school, you're admitting they're going to be the dumbest on campus. In other words, too dumb to take advantage of the opportunity (read: easiest major, below average GPA, and treated like a dumbbell by their legitimately smart classmates). It's not like just because your dumb athlete gets into Brown they're fit to get into medical school or a shoo in to be recruited by Goldman Sachs IBD.[/quote]

Brown alumna here and "legitimate smart student" - Brown's football team had separate recruiting visits for banking and Zak Deossie is at GS now. Heath Mayo was a baseball recruit, national merit finalist, and went to Yale Law. Lauren Gibbs won a silver medal at the 2018 winter Olympics. I know plenty of former ice hockey guys who went to med and dental schools and Wall Street is packed with former lacrosse bros. The dumb ones are the celebrities' kids and legacies, not the athletes. These guys were up at 5 AM for practice, so they know determination, hard work, and teamwork and they are so competitive so they always end up with the juicy job offers. Trust me, they are treated very well and are popular on campus, I married one ;)

https://www.businessinsider.com/athletes-on-wall-street-2013-3#tim-fallon-7

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