<p>I have been accepted at all 3 schools, and I was just wondering which of the three would have the best overall political science program. Also, which school has the best law school placement rate?</p>
<p>any comments?</p>
<p>If you’re going to major in political science, VT is pretty much out of the question. US News ranked UVA’s graduate political science program higher then WF’s. Not sure about law school placement rate.</p>
<p>Just come to UVA :)</p>
<p>Are you in state for WF or UVA? Not sure if WF is public or not but if UVA is instate, no question, choose UVA. I agree, for poli-sci, VT shouldn’t be in the running. I certainly think a UVA degree can only help for law school prospects!</p>
<p>You’re in the UVa forum. :)</p>
<p>@DeanJ: haha, yes I am in the UVa forum…I figured I would hear the best arguments for UVa here</p>
<p>If you choose UVA, you may want to look into this program: [Political</a> Philosophy, Policy and Law, U.Va.](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/ppl/]Political”>Political Philosophy, Policy & Law , U.Va.)</p>
<p>I think UVA’s politics department is very strong. There are 2 degree programs (Government, and Foreign Affairs) and 4 branches of courses: American, Theory, Comparative and International Relations. There are more than enough courses to find something that’s your ‘niche’.</p>
<p>UVA also has some strong faculty: O’Brien (Constitutional Law and Politics, Constitutional Theory), Freedman (Media and Political Communication), Sabato (American Government, Elections), Legro (International Relations/Theory), Alexander (Comparative/Western Europe/Democratic Theory) and I could probably go on… 
There wasn’t one Politics class at UVA I didn’t find enriching/useful (that’s not to say that every class was amazing, some can be dry at times) and each class will make you work- Lots of reading and writing!</p>
<p>UVA also has the Miller Center for Politics. Big names in Government/Politics also come to UVA for different reasons (Elections, Speeches, Classroom visits in Sabado’s courses)</p>
<p>I don’t know about law school placements, but the UVA pre-law advising group would likely have that information. Routinely, UVA grads end up getting into some great schools, including T-14. UVA doesn’t have a pre-law program and will recommend you just follow the path you feel will best prepare you academically/intellectually for law school (anything from English, to Politics, Psych, Engineering or Math!)</p>
<p>Anyway, I hope this helps. The academic part and the geographic proximity to DC is a real benefit to UVA. Lots of friends of mine usually were able to get different internships in DC over the summer as well.</p>
<p>For law school admissions, there’s no question about coming to UVA, especially if one wants to have the highest chance of going to a top law school. As you know UVA Law is ranked no. 10 in the nation and UVA Law’s entering class every year has a substantial number of UVA undergrads, followed by William & Mary undergrads, followed by a very tiny number of V-Tech undergrads. UVA Law’s IS and OOS ratio is 40-60 by law, thus UVA Law has to take a substantial number of kids from Virginia (what better undergrads are there in VA than those from Virginia’s top public universities). Many say…well Virginia Tech students probably don’t want to go to law school and thus it is unfair to make this comparison…I’d like to defer since Virginia Tech’s student body is enormous and there’s a HUGE percentage of students majoring in political science and other social sciences (and many of them probably want to go to law school…)</p>
<p>[Class</a> of 2010 Profile](<a href=“http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/prospectives/class10.htm]Class”>http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/prospectives/class10.htm)</p>
<p>I should also add that I find it hard to believe that NO student from Radford University, Christopher Newport University, Hampden-Sydney College, Liberty University, Marymount University, Mary Baldwin University, Old Dominion University, VCU, Longwood. etc, etc, etc) wants to come to UVA Law…it is safe to say that if you go to any school outside of UVA and William & Mary, your chances at UVA Law, a nationally top-ranked law school, are next to none. I don’t know how Wake Forest undergrads do in law-school admissions, but if Wake Forest Law gives them any type of preference, it should be noted that Wake Forest Law is ranked 40.</p>