GWU or Tufts?

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<p>I'm wondering, which of these 2 schools is better for a political science major.</p>

<p>This is just for fun! But which is it???</p>

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<p>Neither is particularly strong in Political Science, but both are excellent in International Relations. I would give the edge to Tufts in IR.</p>

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<p>The gourman reports put Tufts pretty high in political science. College help was kind enough to post them on post #40 in this thread
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=171420&page=3&pp=15%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=171420&page=3&pp=15&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>so what schools ARE good in polisci? Georgetown? </p>

<p>Wouldn't a school that's good at IR also be good at polisci, since they are fairly related majors?</p>

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<p>just about the top 50 are listed on that ranking. Now I think G-town offers things that other schools can't. DC is the political capital of the world. GWU is in DC which is the only reason I would consider GW over Tufts but I still think tufts is just a better university. </p>

<p>HEre is the NRC data on politcal science. <a href="http://www.jajnsn.com/vanguarduniversities/politicalsci.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.jajnsn.com/vanguarduniversities/politicalsci.html&lt;/a>. It has 4 DC area schools in that ranking. UMD-29 G-town 37 GWU tied at 47 and American tied at 76 TUfts is ranked at directly below GWU at 49</p>

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<p>That can't always be said since Econ and Business are considered pretty close too (Wharton actually gives business type econ degrees) but a great business program (Stern) does not mean econ will be just as good (NYU-CAS). </p>

<p>And yes, Georgetown is good in polisci.</p>

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<p>I would go to Tufts due to its fairly equal strength in poli sci, econ and great strength in IR.</p>

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<p>the person in question just sent his paperwork in to go to GW instead of tufts. I don't really get why, but it's none of my business. :/</p>

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<p>whatever, i am sure he/she is going to get some amazing internship. I have friends in high school in this area who have interned with congress people. This is a politically active place and that is why nothing can replace DC. Location, location, location.</p>

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<p>American is actually tied for 59th. Their IR department is 75, note the *.</p>

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<p>GW has a good poli-sci program, but I'm not sure how it compares to Tufts.</p>