best varsity sports for finance

curious how kids who get into elite schools because of sports do when it comes to finance recruiting. i imagine some sports teams place insanely well lol (thinking harvard, penn, maybe uchicago or mit) anyone have insight?

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Rowing, track (esp distance), and squash stand out to me (it's crazy how many squash people get good jobs from network); athletes in these kinds of niche sports seem to perform similarly to NARPs academically as well. 

Don't think of it by sport or school. Look at the bench. Within a recruiting class, Ivy and similar school coaches have to balance skill and academics; you might have a 1050 SAT 5-star quarterback and a 1530 bench player, then a 1580 walk-on kicker. Anecdotally many terrible D1 athletes accidentally have the smarts to get in and succeed academically,  but also the teamwork/discipline/etc benefits from being an athlete.

 

what about sports like tennis or golf? feel like there could be a lot of accountability or discipline skills there too. also huge networking sports from what i understand

 

Idk why but there are hella swimmers from what I’ve seen through my recruiting. Maybe because roster sizes are big.

 

had a buddy on the uchicago tennis team who graduated a couple years ago. 15-20 person team that has the best placements I’ve ever seen (even for finance clubs). I know that 3 kids on the team right now have offers at Goldman but they’ve placed at Moelis, BX MS. Insane

 

Stupid monkey 69 is correct. If you want a real team go look at CMS Tennis. I don’t go there but have a friend on the UChicago tennis team who is super insecure about losing to them this year.

 

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The best varsity sports for finance professionals emphasize teamwork, strategy, and discipline. Top choices include golf (networking), tennis (individual performance), rowing (team coordination), soccer (global perspective), basketball (fast decision-making), and baseball (data analytics). These sports build skills valuable in finance careers.

 

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