How to look for the right school?

<p>Here's my problem. I have two interests. One is a dream and one I'm just good at and it would probably be in my best interest to go with the sure thing.
My dream would be to get into baseball and become a General Manager for a club. It seems a little far fetched because there's only 30 jobs available at that position but I would like to pursue a job in baseball even if it's not as a General Manager. What majors should I be looking at in college if I wanted to do this? I've heard of Sports Management but what other majors would get you the job? Business Administration? What kind of things would you need to get into an organization and be one of the top guys making decisions along with the General Manager? What schools should I look at to pursue this kind of career?</p>

<p>I've always been good with computers. People all around me have told me that I should do something in this field. I'm uncertain though simply I picture myself working in an office for the rest of my life and how boring that would get. I still have it as one of my choices for a major if I do go to college. What would be the distinct areas with computers that I could study? What are the major differences between these areas? I've done networking and some web designing before, what else is there?</p>

<p>Should I pick a school that offers both majors although they might not be the best in the respective area? For example: College A is top in Sports Management and College B is top in Computer Science but College C has both but isn't really recognized for having a top program. How would I go about picking the college? Ultimately, the college I go to has to have the best program for my major that I can get into. I've thought about the possibility of changing majors but if the school I go to doesn't offer say Computer Science and I picked Sports Management as my intended major but changed my mind then I would have to transfer out and I wouldn't want to do that. How should I go about weighing the majors the school offers compared to the success they might have in one area and the possibility of me not liking that area and transfering out because of the limited majors they offer.</p>

<p>And final question: How hard would it be to go for a double major? If I were doing sports like I said earlier what would be recommended as the major(s). Same goes for computers. Would it be worth it to get a double major? What extra benefits do they have (pros and cons)?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for answering these questions. I'm a Junior and I and doing alot of research and I want to be able to break down what I want to do over what I should do.</p>

<p>Any advice is appreciated. Help!!!</p>

<p>It's been a while and I'm hoping someone can provide some help. Anything at all.</p>

<p>Management courses and principles are applicable across all disciplines. I would (and did) advise my child to stay in the broad business field and not specify sports, music etc. management. For business, you should look for schools accredited by the AACSB. Once you've identified them, see which offer the computer program of interest to you. From there you can apply to schools and take courses in either major before deciding, or double major. Good luck.</p>

<p>Q1) how to get into sports management? The number of people earning a living doing this are quite small in the entire country, so its unlikely you'll get informed responses on a website like this. You need to do your research other places. Read the book "What Color is Your Parachute" to learn about informational interviewing, then go out and do it.</p>

<p>2) "What would be the distinct areas with computers that I could study? " You don't really expect someone to type in all the possibilities, do you? There are books and endless websites that discuss careers in computers; visit some of them, read the books</p>

<p>3) the rest of the questions -- these are questions that are too complicated for a public forum and have no "right" answer, anyway. How can anyone possibly tell you how to weigh majors vs. success they may lead to, balanced by the cost to you if you change your mind? Oh, and BTW, make the answer valid in all possible circumstances?</p>