Athletes and types of college degrees

[ice_67]

I’m looking for information on athletes and the college degrees that can realistically be completed. Let’s say that my DD gets a softball scholarship. I know that athletes will most likely not have the time to earn every college degree possible. So, is there a list or website that would have the types of degrees that athletes will succeed at?

[Intel]

Depends on the College, my DD 2011 wants to be a nurse, some colleges will not look because of the major, others have sent questionaires, invites to select camps and we are up to about 15 litature on various D1, D2 and D3 college nursing programs to include 3 top 25 softball programs. One coach contacted our team manager after her college added a nursing program starting in 2011.

Look at various college rosters and see what their players majors are. We have been told to expect to take summer course for clinic and labs. What some former UCLA players have said in the past they had a choice of about 5 majors, to today where a current player said they are only steered away from a couple of majors.

[watcher]

My DD will be in the ACC next year (wants to be a doctor) My first question was about which route would be acceptable, The advisor stated "which ever she wants" There are a few on the team headed to Med school and they went with Biology. If DD goes that direction, She will room with theese teamates.
I have been told some schools will let you know what you will be taking.

[GIMNEPIWO]

My DD is in her first semester at a D3 school ... undecided on a major ... and yes, her study time is compromised between work study, community service and Fastpitch Workouts ... but, she balks at giving fastpitch up stating that it is all that is keeping her sane ... However, in a previous post I had posed the question concerning D1 atheletes being told that they should expect to take 5 years for a 4 year degree ... as I remember there were a wide range of answers ... but it is a possibility for your DD to take a lighter work load in a more challenging major ...

[Tucson]

I was just reading an article about "10 jobs that pay $80,000." It was a pretty worthless article because it listed - actuaries in the insurance industry, stockmarket sales, economists, etc. I see in the morning news that CITI bank is the latest casualty of the economy.

The one good profession that the article mentioned was veterinary medicine. I think that people will always take care of their animals.

But, the banking professions aren't so good right now. I have a son that has been with Bank of America, then Lehman Brothers and now, London based Barclay. (He should have went into the ministry.)

[fasterpitch92701]

You can (IMHO) pretty much forget about being a veternarian if you play softball.

Vet school is harder to get into than med school. Really. There are not many vet schools, the line to get in is very, very long and is loaded with perfect grade candidates. The standard joke is that those that don't get into vet school have to settle for med school...

Really...

[whatever]

True. I believe only 28 vet schools across these United States. Only graduate about 2,000 students per year!

[watcher]

My DD is in her first semester at a D3 school ... undecided on a major ... and yes, her study time is compromised between work study, community service and Fastpitch Workouts ... but, she balks at giving fastpitch up stating that it is all that is keeping her sane ... However, in a previous post I had posed the question concerning D1 atheletes being told that they should expect to take 5 years for a 4 year degree ... as I remember there were a wide range of answers ... but it is a possibility for your DD to take a lighter work load in a more challenging major ...

Define "lighter workload" lol......... The advisor stated that some take 5yrs. The thing that impressed me was they want the players to graduate.

[GIMNEPIWO]

( Define "lighter workload" lol......... )

.... yeah, I suppose that was oxymoronic ...

[ice_67]

Thank you for the reply's. Some Nursing, Biology, Vet degrees being pursued. I tried logging on to different colleges to see what their players had listed as majors, but not all players have majors listed. And I was hoping to see data on players that have actually graduated. I'm still looking for a case study that would have a couple years of data that shows college softball graduates and their majors.