yeah for real. Also people are generally required to have a couple years of investment banking experience before accepting a private equity gig.
Sounds like she just got an internship offer and is exploring the field. Scolding her for that is honestly comical
Who do you think is scolding her?
You can start with:
Man if that’s considering a scolding then I cannot imagine what it’s like to be really talked to about something heated.
If I’d said something like, “This is an absolutely boneheaded move by Rachel and she should feel bad” then I’d maybe see where you’re coming from a bit more.
I’m also keenly aware that my posts may be taken a certain way here so after this reply I’ll slowly back away.
Staying an amateur and likely taking the private equity route is such a menace move I gotta respect it. Absolutely can clean up those amateur events. In more of a serious question, I wonder if she’d go pro later on if the vibe was right. And by later on, I’m thinking a few years before that could even hypothetically happen based on reading the article
100p. Obviously nobody needs to play a violin for PE, but insinuating they’re all vampires is incorrect. Sure lots are but not all.
I would have loved to watch her play pro golf. Wouldn’t been a huge star with tons of game and charisma.
I do love that you can go political science degree from Stanford into PE… that is a hell of a gig for that type of major! Must be nice 
Good for her tho.
This is like Andrew Luck without a few years in Indianapolis and ruining people’s fantasy teams that one year.
I also am curious what kind of golf scholarship she was offered? How do all these international students finance the education if they receive partial scholarships? Were there/are there NIL opportunities for amateur players of her caliber?
She probably can still go pro later if she wants. The military thing may be the biggest limitation to her changing her mind, especially if 6 year commitment as some have hinted.
Not sure how it works at Stanford but women’s golf I think would have a good amount of scholarships. Quite a few more than men’s. That’s how it worked at Iowa anyway.
I could see Stanford maximizing the scholarship money with partial (majority) golf then academics since they’re all brilliant and things of that nature.
I went from a very esoteric history degree to PE. Granted, not straightaway but jumped into finance right away and started down the path. The older I get, the more people I have hired and had work for me, the less I care about undergrad major. It’s pretty much meaningless IMO.
Men’s golf is capped at 4.5 scholarships and women’s at 6.
Rachel was the first Nike NIL athlete, had a deal with ping, and Stifel. There’s probably some NIL money in women’s golf for the very top. But, have to imagine there isn’t a ton of money flying around like there is in football/basketball/etc…
I agree on all counts!
I frequently see people claiming that someone received an “academic scholarship” to an Ivy League school or Stanford or the like, but those schools do not give any merit-based aid. Everyone at Stanford, aside from athletes on NCAA grants, receives financial aid consistent with their need. For someone from a disadvantaged background that may equal a full ride, but it is not an “academic scholarship.”
Tattoo that shit on my heart, man.
The most relatable dad thing I have ever read.
It doesn’t pay great because it’s hard…
Girls not only qualifying for the US Open as teens but also be competitive has always completely melted my mind. I just can’t wrap my head around the maturity required to qualify as a 15 year old and finish T33. The expectations that come after that also have to be just an unimaginable burden.
Was going to start a thread on this because I found it to be an extremely odd piece of writing to publish on the NLU website.
Fascinating topic, sure. But going down the “god told me” route is extremely weird. And to end it with a potential career in private equity 
Also, it’s all very “woe is me” when she’s had an extremely good life up to now and most likely will do going forward.
She was the #1 women’s amateur in the world, Annika Award winner and NCAA individual champ her freshman year and then her career from a golf standpoint was derailed for a couple years because of injuries. One of those injuries, the thoracic outlet syndrome, could’ve ended her golf career completely. So for her to not even turn pro is notable.
She’s had a great life so far, and likely will moving forward, but she dreamt of a pro career her whole life until recently and then sort of saw that dream die for multiple reasons (injury, passion, other interests), so from a sports perspective, I believe it’s still tragic on that level.
I’ll let @KVV respond on the editorial logic, as I’m highly unqualified there. 
Totally get it and I fully agree with you, in theory. It’s a shame the way it’s panned out for her, having put so much on the line and to have dedicated so much to her dream of being a pro golfer. The whole “god told me” stuff just completely ruined the whole thing imo and took away any sympathy I felt. Own your decisions.