I’m planning on majoring in political science… Georgetown University is my top school but are there any others?
<p>What kinds of things are you looking for in a school besides a great poly sci department?</p>
<p>LAC or large U?
rural or urban?
other interests?
area of the country?
private or public?
what are your scores/gpa/ranking, etc?</p>
<p>I would also be interested in finding out about this, as I am consindering a double major in political sci (or international studies or history) and art. I am also interested in anthropology, sociology, and psychology, but am not sure about majoring in these subjects.</p>
<p>Georgetown and Yale have great programs</p>
<p>Princeton (Woodrow Wilson School) but its very competitive and you arent guaranteed a spot (you apply end of sophomore year)</p>
<p>I'm looking at more of a large university in an urban setting. I would love to study abroad and focus on international sutdies and also law. I would go anywhere on the east coast and would rather go to a private university. I just finished my sophomore year of high school so I haven't taken SATs or any SAT IIs but my GPA is 3.9 and my school doesn't rank.</p>
<p>The best bets are (if your really bright)</p>
<p>Georgetown- Large urban (NW Washington DC), GREAT GREAT opportunity since you are practically a stones throw away from the White House, Probably has the best chance of actually landing you a postion in government or a chance to see diplomats and stuff. On any given day, like last week when i was there, there are at least 6 or 7 diplomats sitting and eating on M and P streets in Georgetown. You will be living in an exclusive area of DC, and far far away from the Southside (SE). Great school, with a stellar INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN focus.</p>
<p>Harvard College, John F Kennedy School 'o Govaaament- Great school, great institution, located in the urban settin of the Boston area (in Cambridge), JFK is a really really really great school for anything political/international/ foreign study. Harvard has one of the best study abroad programs (although Gtown and Yale have an equally impressing one aswell, especially Yales new focus on China), Kinda hard to get into, Bostons a great town but its a lil cold but heh theres a lot to do.</p>
<p>Yale- Great school, great program, more of an overall intellectual pursuit that is focused on government study ( at harvard an such its pretty much the pursuit of poli sci, but Yale adds that traditional humanities and philosphy and stuff), New havan is not really a urban setting, but its OKAY, every now and then there is a student beat by bricks from some of the kids from the housing projects in NH, But damn Yale is like a palace, you really will learn and leave with a sense of tradition and excellence. One real drawback is that Harvard/Boston and prestige, Georgetown/DC, Pton/NY can offer a lot of opportunites, but New Havan is kinda far from those centers of Political Heat. </p>
<p>Princeton- WW school is relatively new to the poli sci scene (compared with Harvards and Yales) and definately definately not in a urban area its closer to a small town in suburban Jersey type, But you will get one of the best educations that 46,000$ a year can buy. You will not see the easy grade inflation, a Princeton A will count for much much more. But then again you miss out on some of the opportunites that Georgetown and Harvard can offer. But atleast your close to NY and you can go see the UN building or something. NY is really really influential and a whole lot of government type stuff goes on, but Princeton is not like 1 minute from Manhattan, its at least a good drive till you get their.</p>
<p>Columbia- Great Poli Sci program, Located in the heart of NY where you can literally meet Kofi Annan or Tony blair. You will see a lot of government celebs traveling around. Columbia has a lot of international type programs, and benefits from a city of 8 million.</p>
<p>What about Hoover at Stanford?</p>
<p>KSG doesn't offer courses for undergraduates. For undergraduates, the best political science programs are at Yale, Harvard (called 'government' - says something about the Harvard mentality, no?), Princeton (not Woody Woo, which is public policy and international affairs), Stanford, and Georgetown College (also called 'government').
For International affairs and relations: Georgetown SFS, Princeton Woody Woo, Stanford. </p>
<p>Other notable programs are at Berkeley and Columbia.</p>
<p>How's WUSTL's pol
sci program? I like the fact that they have a School of Art to
complement the other majors. Still, I know very little about their
actual art program.</p>
<p>And what about CMU?</p>
<p>Just follow popular rankings for the school overall. The top overall schools have great polisci programs. I don't think CMU is much of a polisci school...</p>
<p>and.. what about middlebury?</p>
<p>I can't comment on the specifics of the Middlebury program, but I believe that their political science major is in the top 3 most popular majors at their school. The other two are English, which Middlebury is world-renown for (along with other languages); and Economics (Middlebury currently has 10 of its graduates at Harvard Business). So the other two popular majors look to have a lot of success under their names, might we assumer their political science as well....? <em>ponder ponder</em> Best of luck,</p>
<p>TTG</p>
<p>I knew a prof from middlebury poly sci. Son-in-law of chief justice rhenquist and a really bright guy. I cant comment on program as a whole, but he was great and chose middlebury over harvard/yale etc.</p>