@stressednblessed - Even Phillips graduates have to get acclimated to the college environment - you might be used to a rigorous high school schedule, but the nastiest of AP classes can’t really compare to what real major courses in college like.
Political Science (or any social science/humanities major) isn’t like nursing - you aren’t bound to any one field (whereas nursing majors tend to become nurses with little exception.) You can work in any number of fields - even fields that don’t seem directly related at all to political science. That’s where internships come in.