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In this episode you will hear: (03:45) In the News Andy Strickler and Mark Stucker discuss all 39 AP Courses. Andy gives his opinion which ones are the most rigorous (23:27) Interview: Mark interviews Stephen Master, an expert in Sports Management Careers. They discuss "Opportunities for Careers In Sports Management" v Stephen shares his impressive resume and his background, what he is doing now when it comes to careers in sports management v Stephen tells us how he defines sports management v He tells us how sports has become big business and this has led to a range of jobs in sports careers that were unheard of, even five years ago and Stephen shares the range of jobs in sports that are out there v Stephen tells us about the 400 different programs at colleges that are sports-related these days v Stephen tells us the kind of person who is great candidate for sports business v Stephen tells us the skill set you need to have to be successful in a career in sports v Stephen tells us what he feels are some of the best college programs in the country for sports management v Stephen talks about some of the different majors you can pursue in college besides a sports management degree to break into careers in sports v Stephen closes with the most important thing he wants every student to know when it comes to breaking into the sports business (55:57) College Spotlight-Mark interviews Carmen Chavez, a recent Duke alumnus and she gives her take on what Duke does very well and what she wishes Duke would change. Preview of Part 1 v Carmen gives her background; shares a major obstacle she encountered that really impacted her origin plans while at Duke; she shares her career plans v She shares what she feels Duke does extremely well. v Carmen tells us what she feels Duke needs to change to be an even better school Recommended Resource-Guide to help first year students complete the Common Application- Application guide for first-year students Speakpipe.com/YCBK is our method if you want to ask a question and we will be prioritizing all questions sent in via Speakpipe. Unfortunately, we will NOT answer questions on the podcast anymore that are emailed in. If you want us to answer a question on the podcast, please use speakpipe.com/YCBK. We feel hearing from our listeners in their own voices adds to the community feel of our podcast. 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