OP here. Thanks for the feedback. This thread encapsulates my thinking, but I wanted to confirm it.

Anonymous wrote:Many in medicine.
My husband went to a top 10 medical school and many of his classmates were former Ivy athletes.

Yes! Athletes are naturally interested in the performance of the body. Lots of orthopedists are former athletes.

Anonymous wrote:What the OP doesn't seem to understand is that athletes are generally more outgoing and self-confident than many non-athletes, which makes them attractive people to others and masters at networking. And the name of the game at top colleges and in the business world is networking. So, good for them.

Yes, their work ethic, team work, and social nature are HUGE wins for many organizations that want a prestige educational pedigree, smarts, and social IQ.

Anonymous wrote:Lawyers
Doctors
Finance
Sales for brand name orgs
Consulting for the top firms

Not necessarily in that order

I think this is in the right direction.

DS played football at Stanford, majored in poly sci. He’s in software sales and makes a ton of money.

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Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

I’ve never heard a “fake myth” that millionaire execs like to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. Where did you hear this myth?

Few if any Ivy athletes are dipshits. They get a definite boost to get in but all have to prove they can do the work.

Anonymous wrote:If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

I’ve never heard a “fake myth” that millionaire execs like to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. Where did you hear this myth?

It’s not a myth. All Ivy athletes have a bond and seem to stick together. If you thin Ivy alumni help each other, you should see Ivy athletes in their sport.

My oldest was a 4 year athlete at Princeton. High stats kid who got recruited for his sport. Graduated a few years ago with an engineering degree. Doing great having launched a tech company.

His athlete friends are doing exactly what you'd expect: investment banking, management consulting, tech, grad school, etc. It is an impressive group that will do very well in life for all the reasons already laid out in this thread.

If they're dipshits -- and they usually are vis a vis the average classmate -- they generally go onto work normal 9 to 5 gigs. It's a fake myth that all these millionaire exec alums just can't wait to hire washed up dipshit athletes and give them tons of cash with no accountability. I would bet the average former D1 athlete is selling insurance or cars at a Chevy dealership. And the average former female college athletes is in some make-work HR role or a fat SAHM.

Yeah yeah cherry pick the few that got into Stanford law or is now some Goldman executive or got rich off government set-aside minority contracts.

My H did Econ and is a SVP for a international biotech company. He went to Duke for MBA. From the top of my head and looking at H's Facebook:
This is not comprehensive, I stopped at 1/2 page and some are not on FB.

Columbia MBA and is now a consultant at Bain
GW med school and dropped out (she's a SAHM now)
stayed at the same school for med school, Stanford fellowship and she's now a trauma / ER surgeon
one played profesional hockey (I think? He played in the NHL). He's president of a RE company
another one also played in the NHL and he has his own coaching (?) company
One played profesional lacrosse and he's now a coach
one is basketball coach for USC
one played soccer in Europe and he's now an agent
one played in the NFL, his dad was a player too
Wall Street on the sale side and now on the buy side at T. Rowe Price
one won silver at the Olympics and is now in sales for a blockchain
Duke MBA and healthcare consulting
one played or was selected for an NFL team (I'm not familiar with American Football), then went to Wall Street in IB and he's now a CFO for an industrial company
MD for a big bank in IB / M&A
USC dental school and he was a dentist for a while, he's an entrepreneur now
USC med school and he's a pediatrician
one played for a minor league team and he's a VP for a bank
entrepreneur doing something related to sports nutrition
baseball coach at a prep school in New England
Yale Law and is some sort of conservative rising star
weather girl at a local NBC station
one works for the national security
one has his own travel baseball company and was an aspiring actor
commodity trader
one is our financial advisor
one comes from major $$$$, married major $$$ and is an interior decorator. She was featured in better homes and gardens
one works for Teach for America
one works in commercial real estate and is also a musician
lawyers, lots of lawyers
VP of marketing for a large company (think Procter & Gamble etc.)
Stern MBA and IB on Wall Street
management at medical device company
one is a VP for a big entertainment company

If they played football, aren't the odds that they have brain damage?

My nephew played baseball for Dartmouth. He played minor league ball for five years, retired during height of covid, and started a very successful start up company with a Dartmouth teammate funded by an alumni (and former ball player). He’s easily earning close to seven figures after just a few years and bought a home on the beach in Southern California.

He did okay.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there actual data on OP’s query? Not anecdotes?

There are some stats here for Columbia:

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/the-eye/2020/11/14/for-athletes-career-networks-unlock-a-world-of-opportunity-in-finance-and-consulting/

A quote:

In a Beyond Columbia Survey conducted by the Center for Career Education in 2019, Columbia athletes found careers in financial services and consulting at an 8 percent higher rate than their peers.

There are other stats in the article.

Like, NCAA overall stats, not extremely selective Ivy stats.

OP is asking about top colleges.

I know one who went into marketing of sports equipment, and later fashion