Georgetown Sports Management
Love sports and want to learn more about the business side of this huge industry? Check out Georgetown’s Sport Industry Management Academy. In this engaging program you’ll be introduced to a wide range of aspects of the sports business ranging from finances to communications to marketing. It’s an interesting choice for a sports nut who wants to learn more about sports-related careers.
Georgetown's Sports Industry Management Academy introduces you to the increasing career options in the sports industry—a $250 billion-a-year business that continues to be one of the fastest-growing fields in the world. You'll study how events on the field, in the front office, and behind the camera are intricately linked to boardrooms, retail locations, and homes around the country.
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How do I expand this narrative arc? If your narrative arc includes sports, and you want to show that you’re more than just a great athlete or super fan, think about expanding and deepening both with one of these opportunities:
Deepen your exposure to world of sports business at Wharton’s Sports Business Academy
Spend part of your summer attending The New York Times Summer Academy - Sports, in which you’ll learn more about the intersection of sports and business
Create public art on a local basketball court with Project Backboard
Help your school establish a better concussion protocol with Heads Up
Start a fundraiser for a sports team in a nearby low income community with Support Youth Sports
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT SUMMER PROGRAMS: College admissions officers are very adept at identifying “resume padders”: expensive, one-off programs paid for by your parents which do not mesh with your narrative arc. Therefore, make sure any summer program or course you consider falls into one (or more) of these four buckets:
Highly selective/competitive
Totally unique + linked to your narrative arc
Evidence of adulthood (long hours, multi-year commitment or simply hard work)
A jumping off point or expansion for an authentic narrative arc.
If none of the above apply, a program could still have value to you if it allows you to test a potential interest. However, if it does not end up being a jumping off point for further interests, then you may not want to mention it in your high school resume