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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is at an Ivy playing a sport.  It seems like a great conversation starter for her at fairs and in interviews.

I think the athlete network thing is overhyped. At least she has not seen it.  She really does not have time to network, not like how the kids in finance clubs at her school do.

For the best finance jobs, they just want the smartest kids with quantitative skills.  They’ll take a physics major over a tennis player any day.

For her, her sport continues to teach things that will carry forward. The biggest are accountability and time management and drive. But when you drop your resume at JPM they want to see first and foremost your GPA and the classes you are taking (the more math the better). [/quote]

I was going to write something similar, though I am on the other side.  I was a UPenn wrestler, so I definitely have a loyalty to UPenn wrestlers.  I will go to some reunions and meet up with current wrestlers and happy to provide my contact information.  If any wrestler contacts me out of the blue and wants to meet up in NYC (or if I am down in Philly), I am happy to do so and will make the time.  Not so much just a random Penn kid unless their outreach makes some sense from a career perspective.

Outside of the wrestling team, I like smart Penn kids (and Wharton grads), but I don't care all that much of someone was on the football or softball or other team.  I appreciate the time commitment and it's impressive if they also have other achievements, but it doesn't move the needle all that much.

I also don't ascribe much weight to a kid from another college playing a sport.  The candidate has to fill a need for a job and if the sport took up all their time, it's going to be hard for them to stand out.

My advice to any of these other athletes would be similar to how I view wrestlers...there must be successful alums from your school who played the sport, so go network with those alums.  At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter if you are an analyst at JPM vs Goldman vs Morgan Stanley vs INSERT IBANK NAME HERE.[/quote]

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