<p>So I researched that Harvard had a better political science and international relations programs but the stats were sorta low. How are these programs at Yale compared to other Ivy League schools? Does any anyone know what are the benefits of going to Yale if one wants to go into politics? =)</p>
<p>Probably excellent. I was there and the YPU seems awesome. Just google the people who come to speak and such. That being said I think Harvard would be better for politics due to the IOP (you should google it) and the Kennedy School. But trust me, if you get into Yale, there will be few things that keep you from going. It is ABSOLUTELY amazing.</p>
<p>WOWWWWWW!!! Do you know anything about Yale and its history!!! Seriously!</p>
<p>Yale is certainly one of the most intense schools for politicians in the world. Certainly more so than Harvard in terms of dominating campus life and the only school that might compare is the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. </p>
<p>The Kennedy School and Woodrow Wilson Schools are well known but those are GRADUATE schools. Moreover, both Harvard and Yale are top 5 in political science. Yes, Harvard is slightly above Yale in the departmental poli sci ranking, but POLI SCI and POLITICS are not the same; you might as well major in History or Economics because it doesn’t matter all that much what your major is for politics. </p>
<p>However, Yale is INTENSELY POLITICAL – and that matters a whole lot more than whether the department is 1st or 3rd!!! Seriously. One of the most defining things about Yale even relative to HPS et al is the wide political focus.</p>
<p>From Wiki:</p>
<p>"Yale President Rick Levin characterized Yale’s institutional priorities: “First, among the nation’s finest research universities, Yale is distinctively committed to excellence in undergraduate education. Second, in our graduate and professional schools, as well as in Yale College, we are committed to the education of leaders.”[20]
The Boston Globe wrote that “if there’s one school that can lay claim to educating the nation’s top national leaders over the past three decades, it’s Yale.”[21] Yale alumni were represented on the Democratic or Republican ticket in every U.S. Presidential election between 1972 and 2004. Yale-educated Presidents since the end of the Vietnam War include Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and major-party nominees during this period include John Kerry (2004), Joseph Lieberman (Vice President, 2000), and Sargent Shriver (Vice President, 1972). Other Yale alumni who made serious bids for the Presidency during this period include Hillary Rodham Clinton (2008), Howard Dean (2004), Gary Hart (1984 and 1988), Paul Tsongas (1992), Pat Robertson (1988) and Jerry Brown (1976, 1980, 1992). "</p>
<p>Ever heard of William F. Buckley? Ever heard of President Taft? Out of all the q’s asked about Yale, I can’t believe this was even asked! No offense.</p>
<p>Ohhh boy. This one was a good one! </p>
<p>I think the OP better work on his/her cultural, social and historical awareness. If this post is any indication, his/her chances of being accepted at a school like Yale are next to nil, IMHO.</p>
<p>It reminds me of the time when I was manning a Yale info table at a high school’s college night. One student came up to me and asked if Yale had its own television studio and production facilities. I was taken aback. I can honestly say no one had ever asked me that question. I told her I wasn’t sure but it wouldn’t be difficult to find out. She said to me that TV production was very important to her. She looked at my pamphlets. Casually stuffed one into her bag and walked off. Maybe Yale lost an opportunity to grab the next Anderson Cooper.</p>
<p>Ehhh, maybe not.</p>
<p>BTW, Cooper was in my Freshman French class. Good guy.</p>