Please recommend schools!!!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>White Male from NY (private school)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5 (88.8) freshman year, 3.76 (94.1) sophomore year, 3.8 (95.9) junior year </p>

<p>SAT: 2270 (800 writing, 800 cr, 670 math) -- I'm studying hard for math and I might get it up to a 720 or so</p>

<p>Volunteer: volunteering on a few political campaigns this fall, over 100 hours volunteering at local hospital</p>

<p>Clubs: Model UN, club where we tutor disadvantaged kids, another service club, Business and Finance club, Latin Club</p>

<p>Other: Baruch Summer Leadership Academy; i'll probably do a similar pre-college program this summer</p>

<p>Intended Major: Political science (possible a minor in philosophy also)</p>

<p>I'm interested in schools such as GWU, NYU, Villanova, Boston U, and possibly some LAC's</p>

<p>Finances shouldn't be a worry (my parents will be able to pay fortunately)</p>

<p>Please recommend schools and chance me for schools above!!</p>

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<p>Here’s a lit of schools to get you started. These colleges all have very good political science programs. Some are LACs and some are Universities. </p>

<p>Claremont Mckenna (Reach)
Georgetown (Low Reach).
Emory (Low Reach)
Washington U in St. Louis (Low Reach)
Tufts University (Match)
Macalester (Match)
Grinnell (Match)
Pitzer College (Low Match)
Syracuse University (Low Match)
American (Safety)
George Mason University (Safety)</p>

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<p>Here is another list for you to look at :slight_smile: I will include the average GPA and SAT score and try to classify them for you.</p>

<p>Claremont Mckenna (Reach) Average GPA: 3.8 Average SAT 50% Average SAT 50%: 1980-2250 Acceptance: 12%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/govt/”>http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/govt/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Amherst College: (Reach) Average GPA: 3.8 Average SAT 50%: 2020-2390 Acceptance: 14%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Political Science | Departments & Majors | Amherst College”>Political Science | Departments & Majors | Amherst College;

<p>Carleton College (Low Reach) Average GPA: 3.7 Average SAT 50%: 2000-2270 Acceptance: 21%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/posc/”>http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/posc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>University of Rochester (High Match) Average GPA: 3.8 Average SAT 50%: 1870-2150. Acceptance: 35.3%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Department of Political Science : University of Rochester”>http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Macalester College (High Match) Average GPA: 3.8 Average SAT 50%: 1860-2170. Acceptance: 34%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Political Science - Macalester College”>http://www.macalester.edu/academics/politicalscience/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Occidental College (Match) Average GPA: 3.7 Average SAT 50%: 1820-2100. Acceptance: 42%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Politics”>http://www.oxy.edu/politics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Denison University (Low Match) Average GPA: 3.5 Average SAT 50%: 1780-2000. Acceptance 46%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Political Science | Denison University”>http://denison.edu/academics/political-science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Syracruse University (Safety) Average GPA: 3.6 Average SAT 50%: 1560-1900. Acceptance 49%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Political Science Department”>http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/psc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Willamette University (Safety) Average GPA: 3.7 Average SAT 50%: 1620-1950. Acceptance: 58%
Political Science Department Link: <a href=“Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics: College of Arts & Sciences”>http://www.willamette.edu/cla/politics/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Good luck with your search!</p>

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<p>If you are very politically active, you should consider the political leanings of the schools you are considering.</p>

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<p>^^ This, but look for schools that aren’t extremely left-wing. A lot of top-tier colleges are very left of center, to the point where there is little diversity of opinion on the campus. I’m thinking of places like Wesleyan, Swarthmore, and the like - while you can get a fantastic education in politics in these places, there will probably be very few genuine conservatives on campus. That’s why a place like Claremont Mckenna is so great for a student interested in poli sci. </p>

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<p>Bob Jones, you get both, religion and conservative. :)) </p>

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<p>Well, I’m sure the political discourse at a place like Bob Jones is just as one-sided as Swarthmore or Wesleyan’s…</p>

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<p>GWU would be a strong match and can’t beat the location for politics. </p>