<p>What are the best colleges for political internships? </p>
<p>I've applied to 9 schools.</p>
<p>Bucknell
Dickinson
Franklin & Marshall
Penn State
Gettysburg
UPENN
Emerson
American University
George Washington University</p>
<p>The best for political internships out of those? And add any suggestions for colleges.</p>
<p>Here’s some information from the other thread you started about this subject:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1473771-best-political-science-school-pa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1473771-best-political-science-school-pa.html</a></p>
<p>Wait to see where you have been accepted and then evaluate your options.</p>
<p>I don’t know about many of those, but the advantage of GW and American is that you can intern during the semester. My D at GW wasn’t interested in political internships, but she was able to work at several different government agencies (2 unpaid and 1 paid) while she was attending classes. I remember on our American tour they said they don’t have classes one day a week to make it easier to intern.</p>
<p>American and GW are the best for internships.</p>
<p>What exactly do you mean by “political internships.” There are opportunities for public policy and advocacy beyond DC and the Federal government. If you are willing to expand into NGOs, really any of those schools would work.</p>
<p>Don’t rely on rankings or people’s perceptions of programs and don’t be swayed by rankings of Ph.D. programs either (which don’t necessarily impact the undergraduate experience in any meaningful manner). Rather, ask the colleges for a list of their internships for each of the past couple of years. I’d also ask them where their poli sci majors ended up following graduation. Poli sci majors are a dime a dozen. The best evidence of favorable outcomes is the positions they actually land following graduation. In conclusion, get the facts. If a college can’t provide them, that’s pretty telling.</p>