<p>How hard are the social science classes? And specifically, how hard are the political science classes and what's the average GPA of the students?</p>
<p>Does anybody have the graduation and admission rates going to law school for students who go here?</p>
<p>As well, can you take law school classes at UCLA and do a lot of ppl intern around the LA area for political jobs? If you do or know anyone, what positions have you or they taken? And would you recommend the political science dept and opportunities over the following schools (UCSB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSC, UCB)?</p>
<p>i don't think so, but some law professors do teach a 1-unit fiat lux seminar, so that's a way to meet some law professors. having the law school around is good because you might find information on law-related events, some of which you can attend. i think when they do moot court, they ask for undergrads to serve as the jury. the pre-law society here is active, and the mock trial is 2-time defending national champions. </p>
<p>"do a lot of ppl intern around the LA area for political jobs? "</p>
<p>DC is a much more popular option. there's two ways to do this, through the CAAPP (sp?) program, and through another washington DC internship program hosted by the career center. i just went to one of their presentations today... it blows me away to see how many good internships ucla students get in DC. talk to dario bravo in the career center... he is very knowledgeable about DC, and is friends with some of the people who manage intern recruitment in DC. interning in los angeles is a possibility too... i know for the bruin democrats, they always advertise that so-and-so is looking for interns or has an intern position or that you can help with his/her campaign, and the bruin democrats also recently got to volunteer at the democratic state convention. </p>
<p>while i'm on the topic of interning at DC... here is one exceptional story:</p>
<p>one ucla student applied for a judicial internship at the supreme court, and got to actually intern with supreme court justice sandra day o'conner. apparently, they both had a common interest in aerobics, and o'conner liked her so much that she offered her to extend her internship for an extra quarter. this lady then went on to apply for only 2 law schools, stanford and harvard, and guess who wrote her letter of recommendation? yup, o'conner, a supreme court justice. she got into both law schools and is now finishing up her JD at harvard law. </p>
<p>if you are looking for a good political science department for political science itself though, i would think most people would recommend berkeley over any of the other UC's, because their political science department is full of star professors.</p>