<p>Hi,
Just a couple questions:</p>
<p>How good exactly is MIT's political science program? What are the programs strengths and weaknesses? Would MIT be a good school if I want to concentrate in political theory/political philosophy?</p>
<p>Thanks,
M</p>
<p>I'll let someone else comment on the strengths of MIT's polisci program, but you do realize you have to take the science GIRs (2 terms of calculus, 2 terms of physics, 1 term of chemistry, and 1 term of biology) in order to graduate, right? If you don't hardcorely love math/science, MIT would probably not be a good school for you.</p>
<p>Well, I don't <em>love</em> Math/Science, but I do like them, and are good at them. I'm in my school's advanced Math and Science courses, and I do specifically enjoy Chemistry not to mention I will have at least one year of Calculus under my belt by the end of high school.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any insight?</p>
<p>because nobody else seems to know more than i do...</p>
<p>as you may know, mit does have a fantastic political science department, one of the top dozen or so in the country. however, the departments real strength is not in political philosophy, but rather international/comparative politics and policy studies. that said, i have no doubt you could get a wonderful undergraduate education there in any branch of political science. the top philosophy department wont hurt for political theory, either, since there is usually some faculty cross-over there.</p>
<p>but yeah, thats all i know.</p>
<p>Thanks so much. Also, does anyone know how common it is to double major at MIT?</p>
<p>About 20% of students double-major at MIT now, and the faculty is currently planning to make double-majoring easier for students.</p>
<p>That's really helpful! I'd probably want to double major in Political Science and Economics or something along those lines.</p>
<p>Also, one more quick question. Does anyone know the quality of MIT's language courses? Is it really possible to learn another language while already double majoring?</p>