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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, and recruited athletes more often than not have great outcomes professionally and are in a position to give back to the school, hire other grads etc. I have seen this first hand with my own kids. Being on a team and knowing how to be a team player is great preparation for the real world where quite often you have to sublimate your personal desires to the goals of the team. There is a reason the Ivys place such a big emphasis on recruited athletes and it’s not just for the diversity factor.   [/quote]

I really hate these simplifications of playing a sport and real life.  Almost all ECs involve being on a “team”…whether it is a sport, participating in a play, being part of an orchestra, etc.  I have never cared nor do any of my colleagues care about an athlete and teamwork when hiring because it actually is not unique at all.

We do care about client-facing roles and how athletes and sports are naturally more common areas of interest working in finance, and we appreciate the competitive drive.  However, we love certain theatre kids…especially ones that end up directing student productions because that actually takes an incredible skill set to manage practices (you figure which scenes, who needs to show up from cast and crew that day, etc).  Also, some of the most competitive kids come from orchestra and things like the chess team and they make great traders.

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