<p>i'm looking to double major in biology and something in the area of political science like Internation relations for example. what are schools that have strong undergrad programs in both?</p>
<p>Most top universities would have strong departments in both. What are your stats like? Unweighed GPA, class rank, SAT, SAT II, APs etc...</p>
<p>George Washington University's excellent reputation in I.R. is widespread but some don't realize that its undergraduate Biology program is very good also, particularly the caliber of the faculty.</p>
<p>Allegheny College PA maintains several good opportunities for study abroad and the biology at Allegheny is quite good.</p>
<p>Also take a look at Michigan State University (the Lyman Briggs School of Life Sciences).</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>uw gpa: 4.0
sat: 2400
sat 2: 800 math 2
770 chem
730 US
APs: all 5's on chem, us, calc bc, euro, taking us/comp gov, micro/macro econ, literature, and physics b this year
ECs: really involved in ASB for 4 years: class vp for 2 years, in charge of media equipment, vp of activities
debate: captain, various awards, top 10 finish in CA state tourney
mock trial: captain, Orange County champions
national merit semifinalist (so far)
taking calc 2 at csuf this semester</p>
<p>With those stats, you have a realistic chance anywhere. Harvard and Stanford come to mind, but what are you looking for other than academics? What kind of setting and campus culture are you seeking?</p>
<p>Are you aware that your handle is an Arabic word...and not a flatering one at that! LOL!!!</p>
<p>haha ya i'm persian and shaetan means the same thing in farsi i believe, also in hindu or indian or somethin like that if im not mistaken</p>
<p>climate isn't a big issue to me, ive lived in So. Cal. and Montana so two extremes, liked em both</p>
<p>i don't really dig the idea of a really rural based uni. so the more urban/suburban the better. following that line of thought, some sort of metropolitan area within a reasonably close distance (<3 or 4 hours away); but at the same time i'm not so against anything that anything would rule out a top of the line university in those two fields....my preferences would act more as a tie breaker than anything. so after all that i guess my question is what are say...10 schools i should consider? thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University-St Louis
Yale University</p>
<p>If you are more into the whole LAC thing, check out the following schools:</p>
<p>Amherst College
Carleton College
Haverford College
Pomona College
Reed College</p>
<p>Unfortunately, most top LACs, like Bowdoin, Dartmouth (not really a LAC but close enough), Middlebury and Williams, are in rural areas.</p>
<p>For a safety check out the University of Rochester.</p>
<p>DUKE, Tufts, Georgetown, and some LAC's like Colgate and Holy Cross as safeties. Tufts is in a suburb of Boston and Holy Cross is in a mid-size city-1 hour from Boston.</p>
<p>Ivies, Stanford, Duke would be most of the best cool private schools for pre-med and polisci or bioresearch or any of that.</p>
<p>MIT is intense so I wouldn't recommend it for everyone but could work.</p>
<p>heres my very very tentative (needing to be cut down) list:</p>
<p>ucsd
ucla
ucb
caltech
mit
brown
cornell
yale
stanford
jhu
carnegie
columbia
georgetown
uchicago
harvard</p>
<p>any highly similar schools? which schools stand out as amazing in both areas? are there any schools that absolutely should be on there that arent? nearly every school has a bio and polisci program so i'm not sure what to look at to comparatively judge them</p>
<p>Caltech and CMU aren't really that good in IR/Political Science.</p>
<p>what am i looking at reach/match/safety wise at my list? i mean obviously ivies are a crapshoot, i think im pretty much in at the UCs but dont know where i fit in for the rest</p>
<p>Definitely check out Michigan and Washington University. Given your stats, they are both pretty much safeties and should give you a hefty merit scholarship. Also, check out Duke. Georgetown's Biology program is not that good...and Caltech and CMU aren't that good in Political Science.</p>
<p>I will also reiterate Barrons - UW Madison is exceptionally strong in both areas.</p>
<p>Tufts is regularly tied for the number-one slot for International Relations (both undergrad & grad programs) with Georgetown, but Tufts has better programs in the hard sciences than Gtown does. In any case, look at them both. Tufts even has a program where their med students also get a degree in law & diplomacy (MALD), showing how they believe that medicine is a field that ought to be related to international studies. In fact, the incoming freshman class had to read "Mountains to Mountains", about Dr. Paul Farmer, an infectious disease doctor who's done pro-bono work in haiti and africa.</p>
<p>Alexandre,</p>
<p>I'm going to have to very respectfully yet forcefully disagree with you on CalTech's poli sci program. It's certainly not a top 10 program... but it is top 15. Furthermore, it is the alma mater of some excellent political scientists, including Gary Cox at UCSD. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, that's the grad program. I can't say whether I'd recommend it for undergrad, but I have to say that they do have some great names there, and their program has a good history, despite its rather unassuming nature.</p>
<p>I will believe you UCLA. I am admittedly not very knowledgeable about Political Science programs and even less knowledgeable about Caltech.</p>
<p>"Tufts is regularly tied for the number-one slot for International Relations (both undergrad & grad programs) with Georgetown,"</p>
<p>Wouldn't John Hopkins be around the top? </p>
<p>What do you consider the top five terminal masters programs in international relations for students looking to pursue a policy career? </p>
<ol>
<li>Johns Hopkins University</li>
<li>Georgetown University</li>
<li>Harvard University</li>
<li>Tufts University</li>
<li>Columbia University</li>
</ol>
<p>Johns Hopkins and Georgetown are the only two programs to appear on the majority of respondent lists and are substantially ahead of 3rd place Harvard.</p>
<p>This is a good source for comparing various programs.</p>