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[quote=Anonymous]This describes half the people who I went to business school with, OP.

The classmates who were decently talented at the people stuff but brilliant at stats and modeling (the first thing you listed) leveraged their skills to go into careers that involved:

-working in corporate strategy at a Vegas-based casino
-working for a company that provides consulting services to major league sports teams to help them match ticket prices and promotions to their schedule and seating charts
-working for a talent agency focused on sports and entertainment
-working for a TV network and doing a lot of negotiations

What that path looked like after HS:

If they're really smart, they went to an ivy and majored in Econ and did consulting or banking right out of graduation and then went after an MBA. Then you have the skills to continue with 2-3 years of consulting at a McKinsey, Bain or BCG before corporations are willing to hire you straight to the sexy stuff.

If they were just very smart, they got a BBA at a really strong undergrad with great recruiting and went into consulting, banking, or did data science-related stuff for start-ups.

However, there are a lot more paths to achieve this than when I went through the gauntlet a decade ago. I agree with the advice that sports management is not the way to go and business, finance or Econ will provide more options.

The most important thing is to network and seek out opportunities where you can stand out. In other words, don't chase a program where you'll be a small fish in a big pond. Go where they want you as much as or more than you want them. The key to a business career is to put yourself where you can find mentors and sponsors to help pull you through the early and middle stages of your career. 
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