<p>Hey I am an incoming junior in high school and I am pursuing a major in sports journalism, and it seems like Indiana has a good program for that so I have some questions overall about the University.</p>
<li><p>Is it a hard school to get into out of state?</p></li>
<li><p>Overall, would I have trouble getting in with a B average?</p></li>
<li><p>Anyone here a Sports Communications major here at Indiana?</p></li>
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<p>Answers would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Here’s the answers I can give you:</p>
<p>(1) Indiana’s no tougher for an out-of-state student than for an in-state student. The standards seem to be the same. Generally you need to be in the top 50% of your graduating class, and have taken at least a few (like 2 to 3 minimum) year-long honors/AP/IB(International Baccalaureate) classes. </p>
<p>You also should have at least a 3.2 Unweighted GPA, and a combined 1180 SAT score on the critical reading and math sections of the SAT. (Indiana doesn’t use the writing section for admissions).</p>
<p>(2) See my answer above</p>
<p>For the answer to (3), I’ll let A2Wolves6 respond, since he is a sports communication major and will be graduating this year. (And, of course, any other sports communication majors are also welcome to respond). I think that A2Wolves6 is focusing on the sports agent part of the major and not on the sports journalism portion, but he can clarify the differences for you.</p>
<p>I’m going to disagree with Calcruzer on one small point: Class rank: instate they look for top 50%, OOS they look for top 1/3</p>
<p>I would anticipate the GPA and SAT averages going up slightly the next couple of years simply because of the large sizes of the HS classes of '08 and '09. They also raised the scholarship standards slightly this year (for HS class of '09) which is another indication to me that the standards overall are increasing. </p>
<p>See this link for more info:
[Admission</a> Standards: Future Freshmen: Office of Admissions: IU Bloomington](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/freshmen/as_standards.shtml]Admission”>http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadmit/freshmen/as_standards.shtml)</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Hey A2Wolves6 lol I know you answered some of my questions before but here are 2 more.</p>
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<li><p>What are some of the internships offered in general and at Indiana?</p></li>
<li><p>Whats the difference between Sports Communication and Sports Management?</p></li>
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<p>Would be very appreciative for input.</p>
<p>Sports communications is the media relations aspect of sport - writing articles, developing graphics, media guides, game day programs, press releases, website, video, etc. Sport Management is more of the business and fund raising aspect of sports, sales, operations.</p>
<p>If I had to advise you, after my experience with the programs, if you wanted to do Sport Communications I would recommend majoring in Journalism, and if you wanted to do Sport Marketing/Management, I would major in business. I think the Kelley School and the Pyle School have a better reputation than the programs in the HPER. </p>
<p>The industry is 100% about the experience you have, so if you want to do Sport Marketing/Management then work for the ticket office, volunteer with the development office, or whatever else you want to do. If you want to do Sports Com, volunteer in the Sports Information office. All entry-level positions require experience, and you can get that while you are in school.</p>
<p>So majoring in journalism would be advised as to majoring in communications? I was liking Sports Management more before but it seems like SC is more of what I want to do.</p>
<p>Hows the program at Indiana that you are majoring in, good internship opportunities? Some of the schools I have been looking at Springfield, UMass, Ohio U offer great internships.</p>
<p>And Kelley and Pyle Schools?</p>
<p>Most jobs I am looking at in sport information, media relations, athletic communications, public relations state that they want “Journalism, Communications, or related field”. Sport Communication, Communications, Journalism, would all fit. The experience is more important than the major as long as it is in a related field. If you want to work in sport communications, make sure to volunteer in your Sport Information office the second you step on campus. </p>
<p>Internship opportunities are what you make of them. There’s no secret that one program has over another, sports is not like other industries where your school and GPA matters in getting an internship. It’s all about connections, and that comes from alumni, career fairs that your school holds, etc. </p>
<p>I am fairly happy with my career department, we have alumni that work for many companies and it’s as simple as e-mailing them and asking if they have openings to get an interview. We also have career fairs set up with local sports teams.</p>
<p>thanks u have any other schools u suggest for a B studnet to take a look at that have good communications/journalism programs preferably in urban areas?</p>