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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand the connection between student athlete and career unless the student is seeking a career in athletics?  Unless seeking a sports career, it’s Lille asking what type of career can my son who participated in the Greek System look forward to?[/quote]

Connections and “tribal nepotism” in Ivy athletes.  Go back and read some of the posts about Ivy athletes getting their companies funded and jobs offered by alumni.  [/quote]

So weird…Playing for an ivy is like DIII, big whoop…[/quote]

Yeah, more student than athlete…which is a good thing!  But, you are right - it’s just an activity, not an accomplishment to play a sport at that type of school.  No one is impressed with the athlete part, just the student part..so why the post??[/quote]

Agreed. Why didn’t the OP ask about major and career? If my daughter participated in drama but was a chemistry major, and I asked the same question, I would think a career in science, or any other area applicable to the MAJOR![/quote]

Unless they were Uber good at the sport, then the response would make more sense.  OP, which sport, and was he/she/they any good to make a career of that.  Otherwise, maybe a career associated with the major?  Any other interest or hobbies?[/quote]

You’re both underestimating the sports psyche especially in males.  Former college athletes are sought after in general and regardless of their liberal arts majors.  You’re talking about alumni who religiously follow their alma maters teams and know the recent graduates who played.

An Ivy or top college is always a plus but a top college athlete is a bigger plus.  Not right or wrong - it just is.  [/quote]

Are you saying the fervor is more intense at ivies opposed to SEC athletes??  Maybe, but it’s the academics that makes these students stand out.  The OPs question comes across as very odd, without talking about major, as of being an athlete translates to being hired in business, medicine, law firms, etc?[/quote]

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