<p>Hey, I am hoping to go to SDSU (currently a junior in HS). I want to intern with the San Diego Padres. I love baseball. Is it hard to get int this type of prgram. And what major would I do. Would I minor in bussiness and major in something of sports? Is it hard to enroll into bussiness at SDSU? I dont have a high GPA , its around a 3.2. Let me know, I'd love to get into the baseball scene of things.</p>
<p>um, i don't think you can major in sports...</p>
<p>They have a sports management MBA at SDSU....but thats for grad school and you intern with the chargers, I believe.</p>
<p>ah. the OP meant like sports management. haha. sorry, it's late and all i really read was "i love baseball....major in sports...."</p>
<p>my bad.</p>
<p>I know SDSU has just formed an intern program with the padres, i think it sin its 2nd year. So should I major inbussiness and how hard would it be trying to get into there?</p>
<p>You're a junior, definitely a great chance to raise your GPA. This is the year that counts the most.</p>
<p>^very true. this is your last chance to raise your GPA before Apps. def concentrate on classes and do everything you can to get an A. it's so much easier to do in HS than college, so take advantage.</p>
<p>You can't major in sports but you can major in sports management. Check out if the school has a sports management program. I was interested in the same thing but there was something that someone told me on this board which was sound advice. If you want to get into sports you should just go ahead and study business instead of sports management. The reason being that if you major in sports management then that's what your degree is going to say and that's going to be what you know. It goes without saying that getting a job in sports is a hard thing to do, and you really have to pay your dues in order to get into something like baseball (pick up the book "Geting In The Game by Josh Lewin which explains the inner workings of baseball at the minor league level where everyone starts off). If you major in something like business then you have more opportunities in case you can't find a career in sports. Plus something like baseball is a big business so it falls right under studying business. Another thing to keep in mind, you will find that most of the time a lot of people study things in collge and they never end up in that area in their career. For example the crew instructor at my school studied history and now works at a botanical garden. How the two relate? They don't. Just happens that there was a botanical garden across the school and well he got a job and that's what he's been doing for a couple of years now. And there are other examples out there that I'm sure others will tell you about. Really though if you want to get into baseball pick up that book. Try to see if you can somehow join the baseball team in your school whether as a player or just simply working with the coaching staff to keep score or anything that will get you experience. If you want a list of other books related to baseball just PM me. And you can also try doing a search on this forum of sports management if you really want to focus on that. See what you get. Some of my early threads have some schools with good sports programs recommended by posters here. Good luck.</p>
<p>I think I will try and major in bussiness. I heard that they give it to the "T.A.G" people first? Any truth to it? I play varsity baseball right now. I've been told baseball is the easiest sport to break into, whether as a scout or something else. The reason I am asking this is because SDSU ius the only school in the nation that has this type of program with an MLB team. I know you have to pay your dues. When you get into the real world they'll want experience over what you did in college which is why I want to ontern, gain that expereience. Anybody that goes to SDSU, is hard to get a spot in majoring in bussiness? I also heard that unless the school has a top sports management class, then dont take it. I think SDSU's is new so they might not be an elite one yet.</p>
<p>All I know is qualcomm poured millions into the program. The SDSU business program is pretty competitive, most of the undergrad bus classes are designed to be extremely hard, so that everyone will not achieve a 2.9.</p>
<p>I've actually been told by my advisors that at the MLB level, baseball is the hardest to break into. Nearly everyone has to go to the minors, work in sales, and advance their way up. My advisor also told me that everyone starts in sales, it's very hard not to start in sales considering what's avaliable, but you don't stay in sales long. She was selling for 6 weeks before she was promoted to another department.</p>
<p>are you doing anything NOW with regards to sports management- say volunteering in a local youth league office (that to me would be an awsome EC for your plans), helping coach a team, team manager, writing for the newspaper about sports, and not just in your school, but in the community...they always need volunteers, and the paperwork, scheduling of fields, playoffs, etc...many teams start getting set up NOW for spring, and its the work getting it all organized that is needed....they also need people to market the programs, run meetings, help out in many areas....</p>
<p>I would contact the locla youth leagues....if its what you want, and the competition is tight at the college level, having shown your commitment and passion now should help, and you will be doing a good thing helping kids</p>
<p>my D interned at a local radio station....they never had an intern before, so she created the position...she called it "volunteering" so as to not scare off the radio station because they werent ready for anything formal yet, but it evolved into a wonderful internship...now people are competing for that position</p>
<p>are there any minor leauge teams near you? or major league teams? never hurts to ask NOW...they often have charity teams they run, I know the giants of sf do, and they are always looking for help...and that connection, you never know who you might meet, and again ,you are helping kids</p>
<p>What I am talking about is SDSU has an agreement to get SDSU kids in their front office because they are lacking that. It is a hands on job. I dont mind working up if i start in my frosh year of high school. In the sports world, it is better to have the experience in real life than a major in college. Maybe me majoring in bussiness sprts management and me playing varsity baseball at my high school (a very good basebal school) will help me get into the internship.</p>