What are the best places to go for govt. and poly sci., with the idea of law school in the future?
<p>Georgetown, GWU, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Yale, Hopkins, Harvard....all good in politics...</p>
<p>University of Rochester is up there too</p>
<p>I would add Tufts, American, top liberal arts schools, Penn, Macalester, KEnyon etc</p>
<p>Claremont Mckenna is also one of the best.</p>
<p>Duke is excellent too, with both Poli Sci and Public Policy</p>
<p>Lets talk top 10.</p>
<p>Ok according to Vanderbilt University (Because US News is bogus)
1. University of California @ Irvine
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. University of Chicago
5. University of Rochester
6. University of California @ Los Angeles
7. Duke University
8. State University of New York @ Stony Brook<br>
9. Ohio State University
10. University of Michigan
11. Columbia University
12. Stanford University
13. Michigan State University
14. University of California @ San Diego
15. University of Oregon
16. University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill
17. University of Pennsylvania
18. University of Arizona
19. Tufts University
20. University of Colorado</p>
<p>I would be a little weary about the rankings if it weren't for the fact that Vandy didn't include itself in the top 20. Take it for what its worth...heres the link if you wanna take a look...<a href="http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/history/graham/PoliticalScience.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/history/graham/PoliticalScience.htm</a></p>
<p>Good luck with your search...I've applied to URoch and Penn as a Poli-Sci major, but I'm also planning on doing a Pre-Law concentration, so I'm also factoring that in as well...From a personal prospective, URoch is a very good poli-sci dept, but they are VERY analytical about statistics (i.e. the z-scores used to rank these schools...ahhh, irony)</p>
<p>Uci #1 ?!?!</p>
<p>I am not a huge fan of US news, but your rankings are bogus. The sole measurement of a program according to these rankings is the faculty teaching there. Don't get me wrong, that should be taken into account, but what about other specific things? What if the faculty only wrote books and didn't actually teach the students?</p>
<p>American U has a strong program</p>
<p>The rankings only cover universities. Lots of LAC's are great in poli sci/govt.</p>
<p>Hoo, they aren't MY rankings. I agree though, actually I don't know how you could ever "rank" schools, it's whatever works best for you. I'm probably going to BC or Villanova next year, not because any ranking source says so, because I like the atmosphere and I feel that I can do just as well as anyone at JFK (Harvard).</p>
<p>Ok, I understand. I'm only saying that those rankings suck. =)</p>
<p>Kennedy School of Govt. is a graduate school in Harvard. You can't get a bachelors there...</p>
<p>VILLANOVA! hell yea man.</p>
<p>Columbia, too.</p>
<p>"What are the best places to go for govt. and poly sci., with the idea of law school in the future?"</p>
<p>do note that government or polysci aren't requisites for law school. you can major in anything and still apply for law school. if you plan on going to law school and are interested in polysci, i'd suggest checking the schools mentioned above that are both good but also have some grade inflation, as gpa is very important for law school admissions.</p>
<p>Lol grade inflation. It was my understanding that Med School was more numbers based than law. Here's a question I've always had. Which is harder admission? Undergrad or Law/Med? I heard that Harvard undergrad was harder than its law school.</p>
<p>probably pre-med, because most schools don't have a "pre-law" major (although they do exist). Most people who are going "Pre-Law" are Poli-Sci, Philosophy, Econ, etc majors, who either have a pre-law "concentration", or have been affiliated with the law society of the university. Like I said, I can't speak to specifics unless you tell me exactly whch school we're talking about, seeing as it may or may not have pre-law.</p>