Top political science undergrad

College Search & Selection
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<p>Just throw some of the best ones out at me!</p>

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<p>Georgetown has a great reputation.</p>

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<p>I am a very good student, but that might be a tad of a reach. Any other schools</p>

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<p>Michigan and many other state universities.</p>

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<p>Isnt Michigan up there with the Ivys?</p>

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<p>^^^It’s up there with HYP. So is Berkeley. Michigan isn’t nearly as hard to get into.</p>

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<p>H and Y?
Harvard and Yale?</p>

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<p>Yes, and I forgot to mention Princeton.</p>

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<p>Any of them have good theatre programs?</p>

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<p>Michigan has a very strong musical theater program. It’s school of Music, Theater, and Dance is very highly ranked. Can’t speak for the other schools as much, athough I know Yale is excellent for theater.</p>

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<p>GTown, Amherst, Bowdoin, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, to name a few</p>

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<p>I meant for PoliSci, not theatre</p>

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<p>Picking a college by a major is usually going about the process backwards. First create a list of factors:

  • How large?
  • Urban or rural?
  • Is financial aid an issue?
  • How selective? </p>

<p>Strength in a major, especially for such a common program like political science, should be assessed only after a tentative list is drawn up with your criteria.</p>

<p>Graduate rankings for political science:</p>

<p><a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings[/url]”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-political-science-schools/rankings&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area39.html[/url]”>http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nrc_rankings/area39.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>what are the top 10?</p>

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<p>Is Michigan really THAT good?</p>

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<p>Yes, it really is that good.</p>

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<p>Georgetown, Duke, Tufts, Ivies, and Holy Cross-LAC that counts Supreme Court Justice,1 Senator, and 3-4 Congressman.</p>

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<p>"Strength in a major, especially for such a common program like political science, should be assessed only after a tentative list is drawn up with your criteria.</p>

<p>Graduate rankings for political science:</p>

<p><a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsa…hools/rankings%5B/url%5D”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsa…hools/rankings</a>
<a href="http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nr...gs/area39.html"&gt;http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~jnewton/nr...gs/area39.html&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Those are GRAD school rankings. He is looking for UNDERGRAD schools. Amazing how many people confuse schools GRADUATE programs for undergraduate strength.</p>

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<p>do the 3 dc ones: Georgetown, GW, & American, for American apply to the Shcool of Public Affairs</p>

<p>other ones i know are UCLA, USC, & Berkeley</p>

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<p>Eh, do you want a top grad program (which is what you’re being given in those rankings) or top undergrad? Admittedly, there’s often overlap, but not always.</p>

<p>I agree with warblersrule, though, you should be figuring out, especially for undergrad where departmental ranks matter a lot, lot less, what you want out of a college first (social scene? location? curriculum? diversity?) then maybe look into where you can get a good polisci education out of the schools that fit you.</p>