Recruits’ minimal requirements are 3.5 HS gpa and 1250 SAT. They do as well as any 3.5 1250 students.

I know an Ivy full Financial Aid kid who is now working for McKinsey. He was recruited for a sport. I'd say he's doing well.

Anonymous wrote:I think Princeton did a study that athletes did better overall in terms salary and donations. It’s not all about test scores.

These are sports like equestrian and polo, sports that require the student to be excessively wealthy to begin with. No doubt they will do well and donate more after college.

Let's compare the salaries and donations from collegiate basketball and football athletes that are recruited from poor schools.

Anonymous wrote:I think Princeton did a study that athletes did better overall in terms salary and donations. It’s not all about test scores.

Country club sports do exceed regular admissions on donations.

I think Princeton did a study that athletes did better overall in terms salary and donations. It’s not all about test scores.

Anonymous wrote:I only know 1. Yale baseball. Very successful.

George H.W. Bush?

Anonymous wrote:They are the “B” students managing the “A” students, because of their political and people skills at a business started by a “c”
Student from public colleges.

"People skills" was only ever enough to become a mediocre lower/middle-management type. And in today's highly technical world, its not even enough to be lower-middle management, as management is expected to keep up technically with the staff.

The overwhelming number of CEOs and executive suite, even moreso today, tend to be those that excelled in an academic environment from an early age, went to magnet schools, etc.

The trope of B-students managing A-students is essentially a trope for dummies to feel good about themselves.

As for athletes in Ivy League schools, these students are more than capable of doing well, especially with the rampant grade inflation at the Ivies where failing a class is impossible. They get tutors, generally come from wealth because sports tend to cost a fortune, went to prep schools and thus have familial connections.

Being an athlete can be an advantage for business schools (MBA), and recruiters look highly upon athletes as they know the student is dedicated and is able to manage time.

Note that the vast majority of Ivy sports are esoteric sports that the vast majority of US population doesn't participate in i.e. equestrian, rowing, skiing, etc., not football, basketball, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Does my nephew owning a boat larger than my home constitute doing well?

OP here! Guess I should have pushed basketball harder .

No, this is a pathetic take...if your child had the chops athletically and academically you wouldn't have to ask the question. Stop being the quintessential club sport loser parent, it may be an anonymous board but YOU still have to look at yourself in the mirror and evaluate if your child is happy or not.

If my kid had taken an easier course load could have competed at a higher level in basketball but we told him to dial back as pressure with school was too intense.

Anonymous wrote:I even know a Dartmouth grad that did well.

That is lame.

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Anonymous wrote:Does my nephew owning a boat larger than my home constitute doing well?

OP here! Guess I should have pushed basketball harder .

No, this is a pathetic take...if your child had the chops athletically and academically you wouldn't have to ask the question. Stop being the quintessential club sport loser parent, it may be an anonymous board but YOU still have to look at yourself in the mirror and evaluate if your child is happy or not.

Anonymous wrote:Does my nephew owning a boat larger than my home constitute doing well?

OP here! Guess I should have pushed basketball harder .

Anonymous wrote:Does my nephew owning a boat larger than my home constitute doing well?

Not on your part.

Does my nephew owning a boat larger than my home constitute doing well?

I even know a Dartmouth grad that did well.

Anonymous wrote:There was research done.

Ivy grads in the top of their class do well.

Ivy grads in the bottom of the class did not do well compared to students with similar stats in other schools because Ivy students don’t do well when they are in the bottom 1/2 of the class.

The Ivys decided if the lower 1/2 of the glass excelled in other area of their life.... sports, arts, etc they would be more successful and they were right.

This is why Ivy League recruit kids with exceptional ability in many areas not just school.

There will always be a top 10% but does it really matter if you are in the lower 50% of the top 4% of the nation?

Nationwide D1 athletes perform better than the general college population.

OP here- this is really interesting and not something that I have heard before.