Target Sports for Finance

Tier 1: The Finance Pipeline Sports

  • Lacrosse – (Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Duke, UVA, Georgetown, Notre Dame)
  • Rowing – (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn, Stanford, Cal, Cornell, Michigan)
  • Hockey – (Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Michigan, BC)
  • Water Polo – (Stanford, USC, UCLA, Cal, Princeton, Harvard)

Tier 2: Well-Represented

  • Tennis – (Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Penn, Northwestern)
  • Golf – (Wharton, Michigan, UVA, Georgetown)
  • Squash – (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn)
  • Football (Non-D1 Powerhouses) – (Penn, Dartmouth, Princeton, Georgetown, Colgate)

Tier 3: Niche but Present

  • Wrestling – (Cornell, Penn, Princeton)
  • Baseball – (Vanderbilt, Stanford, UVA, Duke)
  • Soccer – (Stanford, Georgetown, Notre Dame, Duke)
  • Track & Field – (Ivy League, Stanford, Michigan)

Tier 4: Rare but Occasionally Seen

  • Basketball – (Duke, Michigan, Stanford, Harvard)
  • Swimming – (Harvard, Stanford, Texas, Michigan)
  • Skiing – (Dartmouth, Colorado, Utah)
  • Volleyball – (Stanford, USC, UCLA)
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Lol this is just incorrect for some of these sports. A quick roster check and you‘d see some of the placements are not as common as you make them out to be, especially for the more popular team sports on here. Could have easily just said Ivy League-type student-athletes have a leg up. Source: A former student-athlete at one of these

 

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