<p>Anyone with knowledge of these political science depts. please help!
My daughter is somewhat of a political science junkie, loves DC, accepted to GWU, and very much wants to go there. We know about internship and networking ops in DC, etc. Basically GWU is a very good "fit" for her, but she is only an undergrad, and we want her to have a quality education overall. </p>
<p>Also accepted to UCSD, and I hear it has a very good political science dept. but don't know details. We are from California and GWU is obviously a financial stretch, but we are trying to make it work. I am not a rankings nut, but do know that UCSD is ranked above GWU. Socially, she isn't the partying type but is concerned about UCSD being isolated. Knowing the "apples and oranges" aspect of my question, I would really appreciate any knowledgable feedback.</p>
<p>I agree with Oyama, just to add something as well, if she is planning to attend grad school you may also need to think about those costs and maybe go for the cheaper option. I do know someone in the same position (politics junkie, accepted to ucsd and gwu) and chose gwu and is happy there (but his dad alone makes ~$135000/year so that was a factor, lol)</p>
<p>Yeah, $37K for tuition alone isn't that friendly. I don't know specifically what career paths political science majors turn out to be, but they probably don't rake in the money to pay that off anytime soon. If anything, GW could probably be something along the lines of a graduate school to continue PoliSci or Law.</p>
<p>If she goes to UCSD to save money advise her to do the UCDC program to spend some time in Washington DC gaining valuable experience. If Hillary gets elected tell her to stay away from Bill!</p>