Student Athletes

Meet with OCS

OCS encourages student athletes to engage with our office. Advisors can meet with you at any stage.

• Advising is offered both virtually and in-person and is set up by logging into Yale Career Link. 
  
• Student Athletes can meet with any OCS Advisor. They can also meet with Robyn Acampora, OCS Student Athlete Liaison at Payne Whitney Gym’s Trophy Room on Tuesdays.
• Once logged in:
  1) select Advising (top right corner) of the home page and then Request New Appointment
  2) Select any relevant filters. If you want to meet at PWG on Tuesdays, select appointment type: General Appt at PWG/Varsity Athletes. Athletes can also select the many other appointment types offered and meet with any OCS advisor in person or virtually.
  3) Select the Check Availability button at the bottom
• No time for a full appointment? Use the Quick Questions Appointment Type for 15 minute virtual chats.

Engage with Yale Student Athlete Alumni

The Alumni network is incredibly helpful for student athletes. Below are ways to use the network.

• Refer to the Informational Interviews page for advice on how to set up calls/visits with alumni; email samples of how to request these meetings; and sample questions of what to ask.
• Utilize the Peer Networking Lists which include recent alumni. Log into Yale Career Link, go to Resources – Career Library – Category: Peer Networking Lists.
• Join Cross Campus, Yale’s new online networking platform that facilitates relationships between Yalies, including student to alumni. You can event search for Varsity athletes in the filtering options. 
• Create / Improve your LinkedIn Profile and starting using the Yale Alumni LinkedIn Page.

Student Athlete Resources

• Yale Student Athlete Transferable Skills – helps students identify transferable athletic skills and incorporate them into the job search or graduate school application process.
• Yale Student Athlete Resume Samples (Resume Advice)
• Yale Student Athlete Cover Letter Samples  (Cover Letter Advice)
• Yale Student Athlete Accomplishment Story Sheet – examples of situations where students have developed skills, and incorporates those into accomplishments using the STAR method.
• Use the Yale College Checklist for a list of resources and action items. Also check out our other OCS worksheets to print or download.
• Interested in forging your career path? Check out the OCS Design Your Career Online Tool, which allows you to select several exercises to explore when considering your next step.  
• Check out Robyn’s latest post “Job Search Tips for the Busy Student Athlete”

Student Athlete Outcomes

OCS has compiled the following Student Athlete Postgraduate Outcome Reports based on our First Destination Survey. Yale Athletics has provided infographics based on those reports. 

Class of 2023

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2023
• Yale Students Athletes (Class of 2023) Post-Graduate Plans Infographic

Class of 2022 

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2022

Class of 2021

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2021
• Yale Student Athletes (Class of 2021) Post-Graduate Plans Infographic

Class of 2020

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2020
• Yale Student Athletes (Class of 2020) Post-Graduate Plans Infographic

Class of 2019

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2019
• Yale Student Athletes (Class of 2019) Post-Graduate Plans (Infographic) 

Class of 2018

• Yale Student Athlete First Destination Report – Class of 2018