<p>I am going nuts over which undergrad institution has a better undergrad polisci program, among USC, UCI, and UCD. (I'm planning to go to law school).</p>
<p>Does anyone know the link to the rankings??</p>
<p>If you’re planning to go to law school, wouldn’t you want a English or History? Unless you’re planning on becoming a politician…but still.</p>
<p>Anyhow, Georgetown, Syracuse, Brown, Amherst, Pomona, Yale, Columbia, Duke, Vassar, and Wake Forest are some schools that Ibelieve have strong Political Science programs.</p>
<p>Well USC is obviously going to be a better-known school than UCD or UCI.</p>
<p>Every school offers political science though. Georgetown is pretty legendary in that regard, but by no means do they have a monopoly on the teaching of great political science.</p>
<p>B Man, you’re undergrad major does not matter when applying to law school. All that matters is your GPA and LSAT score as far as admissions go… so you could major in math, polisci, English, or anything else. So for law school, it’s usually best to major in whatever interests you the most. Granted, if you want to go into patent law, an engineering degree or something would be quite beneficial. </p>
<p>But anyway, I haven’t seen any comprehensive list of undergrad political science majors. So instead, I look to the USNews grad school rankings of political science departments. Of course, it’s not perfect. But a school with a great grad program probably has a pretty good undergrad program as well. And if law school doesn’t work out, then it may be easier to get into grad school if that’s what you want. So in your situation, I’d actually go with UCD. It’s grad program is ranked #24 in the nation, tied with Texas A&M. Here’s the link: [Rankings</a> - Political Science - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings/page+3]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings/page+3) .</p>
<p>Yea B-Man, you should read the New York Times more often… Philosophy majors consistently score the highest on the LSATs.</p>
<p>Wow thanks everyone for the information!!
I’m majoring in polisci because it interests me the most, and I actually heard that most pre-law students major in polisci and philosophy. But it really doesn’t matter what you study at undergrad, like AT9 said, gpa and LSAT scores are what law schools will look at.</p>
<p>B-man, all the schools u listed are well known prestigious schools and I would love to go there, but I was accepted to UCD, UCI, and USC so I was wondering which one of these schools I should go to. Vicinity, environment, all these things dont really matter to me, as long as it offers the best polisci program that i can get.</p>
<p>Okay. I just figured that for law school a major in English would help a lot considering you need to have mastery in the language. Good clarification though.</p>
<p>And I don’t read the NY Times…I don’t really need liberal bull in my head. But philosophy or polisci? There is a difference, I believe.</p>
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<p>LOL I would recommend you enroll in philosophy. And yes there is a difference.</p>
<p>^^Why the LOL? Because I don’t buy into certain leftist propaganda?</p>
<p>Actually, ‘B Man’, you should read publications from both conservative and liberal points of view and formulate your own opinion based on a wide variety of material from different perspectives.
You sound as though you are just regurgitating other peoples words right now.</p>
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<p>You say propaganda as in it’s made-up news. It’s not made-up, it’s just the left’s version of it. I promise you, if every American read two newspapers: the New York Times and the Dallas Morning News, they would be very well-informed and well-rounded!</p>
<p>I think if you’re someone who regurgitates Sean Hannity you’re going to be in for a shock no matter what college you select. Places of “higher learning” in general tend to be pretty open-minded places, except when it comes to Sean Hannity’s insanity.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure UCLA and UCB have excellent political science programs.</p>
<p>I don’t watch Hannity, actually. I usually watch Glenn Beck and a bit of O’Reilly, but that is it. And I wouldn’t call ALL “places of higher learning” open-minded. Weren’t there some riots regarding some conservative speaking at UNC? At least that guy at Harvard had the spine to challenge Barney Frank.</p>
<p>I’m just saying.</p>
<p>Yeah you’re probably getting way more than the recommended daily dose of FOX News.</p>
<p>Now that I’ve talked politics with you, I would suggest you stay away from all of the top political science schools. Try College of the Ozarks, Oral Roberts University, University of Dallas, or Liberty University. They might offer poly sci programs more to your liking.</p>
<p>Glenn Beck! That’s great… he is the guy who cries because he loves his country and everyone else doesn’t. And O’Reilly just continually interrupts anyone who does not agree with him.
These Fox guys are not unbiased. A lot of the people on msnbc are extremely biased. But they are not serving any other purpose than entertainment. That is pure propaganda.
If you are looking to form educated opinions, you need to actually read from different sources which represent sides of a particular issue. Try being an independent thinker. It is a lot harder than simply playing along with one person or groups ideology because it is easier. When you start walking around and spilling O’Reilly’s or Glen Beck’s bought and paid for representation of how messed up America is, then they have already won.</p>
<p>I am not sure why, but it doe not seem as though the B Man has what it takes to do all of that …</p>
<p>I can’t really stand O’Riely, Hannity, or Beck… and I definitely can’t stand Olberman or Madow. Bleh. All of them are propaganda spewing machines for their respective political ideology. Not to mention, they’re all extremely arrogant. It’s partially because of people like them that we get relatively crappy presidential candidates.</p>