<p>are there any polysci majors who applied to USC? does anyone know how popular or impacted a major polysci is at usc? i would appreciate any feedback</p>
<p>darned, someone say something before i explode</p>
<p>bum bum bum bum BUMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP</p>
<p>i have applied to USC as political science major. Applying from Cal State Fullerton. have you been accepted yet? I just got my spring grades request, care to shed any light on it? as of right now i have a 3.74 GPA, with some leadership positions in a campus club, part time work during holiday seasons, and volunteer experience. this semester's gone fairly well, considering i am taking 5 classes (15 semester units) and have straight As going into finals week which are next week. good luck to you.</p>
<p>finally. they requested my spring grades too. However, the reason that they were unable to make a decision was because the math requirement is in progress. I am presuming that i am as good as in. i have a 3.5 from a community college. I have a theory that goes if they request spring grades, then youre as good as in if do maintain a B+ GPA.</p>
<p>i mean if you're grades sucked, they wouldn't waste neither their time nor yours if they weren't interested.</p>
<p>thats a relief to hear, at least someone is in the position that i'm in. best of luck to you, and wish me the same :-). btw, are you in the southern california area as well? which math requirement is this you're speaking of? just to clarify my earlier stats i guess, im applying for junior status, as my 4th semester at CSUF is in progress this spring. wish you the best of luck again, and keep me updated with your status. my email is <a href="mailto:prosmat3c@netscape.net">prosmat3c@netscape.net</a></p>
<p>yea im sure spring grades is a good sign that they are interested. My buddy last yr got in with a 3.3x and he was a poli sci major from a 2 yr jc in california.</p>
<p>I'll be doing POli Sci at UCLA and was wondering since ya'll are poli sci majors aswell what political science-realted books/articles/material you have read and have found interesting? I need to do some reading this summer and was wondering what would be good sources of reading material. Any classes you guys took in comm college/other schools you found cool? Let me know if these are good starting blocks: Voltaire's Candide, Communist Manifesto, The Republic, any more ideas?</p>
<p>pRosmat3c, yes i'm in southern california. I do wish you the best of luck and I am certain that you will get it. I'm taking the intermediate algebra course. Even though its non-transferable, it needs to be completed before they can make a decision. I'll let you know what happens, you do the same. Hopefully we'll see eachother at 'SC.</p>
<p>mexbruin, the middle east is the hottest subject right now, and that's what i'm currently researching on my own time for personal knowledge. I am also into the ex-soviet union. As you know, their have been a series of "color" revolutions in the ex-soviet union, one after the other, which i find very interesting. Although this is not a political science forum, let me just say this. The latest attempt at a gov't overthrow was in Uzbekistan where it failed and it resulted in the slaughter of nearly 500 unarmed protesters by gov't police. Why did it fail? because the regime was pro-american. it was also not covered on the media to a full extent and is very hypocritical. They accuse Christian Slobodan Milocevitch of being a "butcher" when he was fighting to preserve the borders of his state from radicals, they take the slaughter of unarmed protesters very lightly because the president of that country was pro US.</p>
<p>ends don't justify means; Milocevitch = mastermind of mass genocide.</p>
<p>student4u if it wasn't covered by American media outlets then where did you here of this/where do you get your info from? I'd be interested in finding a noon-bias, subjective news outlet the only ones I know of are KPFK 90.7 radio station and BBC news any others you guys know of? Why not make this a pli sci message board?</p>
<p>im glad some of us are putting some insight down for political science, good to see you guys here. recently at my university (Cal State Fullerton) Norman Finkelstein, a professor at DePaul University, came to speak about Zionism and the political conflict in the Middle East. As student4u said, the Middle East is the most debatabed and most discussed topic in academia because of its ambiguity, its an issue that still hasnt been solved, has a huge history behind it, and still has a whole side yet to be brought out into the open. Finkelstein does exactly that in his new book "Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict". If any of you are able to hear him at any school, i'd recommend you do so. of course it goes without saying that you should also do your research afterwards and try to figure out whether or not you think he is biased or not. mexbruin, definitely try and get him to speak at UCLA once you get there (that means you gotta get involved with some sorta club), because when he came down to CSUF, things got heated, and it was some good some ol' politicking going on here ;-). as for unbiased opinions, you're on the money with BBC, and the Economist is also a very good (at least as unbiased as a journal can be) source for high class academic opinion on world matters. but honestly, its just a matter of getting two sides of the story, so instead of just draining ourselves with FOXnews, we need to look at the other side (for the Middle East, go make an Arab or Muslim friend, heck, i'm one, ask me questions!) hope some of this helps, and im down with makin this a poli sci board. glad to see you all here.</p>
<p>mexbruin your reading list seems impressive because many of the basic theories of political science involve such books as The Republic. But also look into the works of Machiavelli (his Prince is a must read as a poli sci major) as well as Immanuel Kant and Thomas Hobbes. these two are at the opposite end of the spectrum, you could say one is the father of liberalism, the other of realist (conservative) theory pertaining to nation-states. All of these authors are the creators of the basic poli sci theories covered throughout political science courses, and if you cite them, surely your professor will be impressed. The Republic is definitely good, because most political philosophy courses require this is as reading, and its a great (although tough) read as well. hope this helps, best of luck.</p>
<p>Although I am a Republican I have to admit that the Economist is a bit slanted towards the right and not very subjective IMO. Despite its extreme liberal stance on many topics I also have to admit that out here in Los Angeles KPFK is (for the most part) a good source of non-biased good reporting especially covering the Middles East. Sunnali Kodhadkar the host of most of their programs is an Afghan woman who was raised in Afghanistan pre-US invasion/war/search of bin Laden.</p>
<p>Mexbruin, i didn't say that US media didn't cover it. I heard it first on cnn. However, it was not covered to a full extent. The regime was not demonized, like they did with Milosevitch and saddam hussein, and they didn't keep on showing it over and over.</p>
<p>student4u your'e right my bad you didn't say that.</p>
<p>BTW I found these websites and they seem to be good sources of unbiased media reporting they are: informationclearinghouse.com, twf.com, and slate.com defiantely check these out for now. I was interested in TV news stations that report unbiased opinion (Am I dreaming seeing how the FCC is a part of the United States?)</p>
<p>But to answer your question, the internet seems to be the best source of balanced news.</p>