Which is a better school choice?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I have been having trouble deciding between Boston U. and U. of Pittsburgh. Which one is better for a poli sci/econ major? Which one has better job opportunities, that are not necessarily in the city of that college. Also which one would be better between these collgee for a poli sci/econ major: U. of Chicago, Wake Forest, UC-Berkeley, U. of Notre Dame? I would be an entering undergraduate.</p>

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<p>Chicago
Berkeley
ND</p>

<p>Is money an issue?</p>

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<p>BU > Pitt
UChi > Berkeley >> ND >> WF</p>

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<p>political science and economics, whilst they both are social science programs, are two different academic fields. </p>

<p>for economics, UChicago is probably superior to Berkeley. but for politics or political science, I think Berkeley is a little stronger than Chicago.</p>

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<p>UChicago and UC Berkeley are both fantastic.</p>

<p>Both schools are at the forefront of progress in both fields.</p>

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<p>Sorry for not thinking of this in other threads of yours I’ve posted to, but Caltech might be a possibility. I don’t know how they are structured at the undergrad level, but at the doctoral level their program is social science, which incorporates poli sci and econ into a single program. Suggests a high degree of interdisciplinary focus.</p>

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<p>IMO, this is an odd collection of schools. I can understand BU and U Pitt, but how in the heck did you come up with U Chicago, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley and Wake Forest? All can be good choices, but these are pretty different places.</p>

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<p>Yes, the colleges on my list are pretty spread out and quite different. They are in large cities with strong programs in what I want, but i’m still trying to figure out which are the strongest without using a ranking by something like US News.</p>

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<p>@hawkette: A diverse pool of schools to apply to would, in my opinion, be recommended: you don’t really know what you want till you get a chance to visit and parse things down, and you want to give yourself a chance to consider (provided they’re all desirable in SOME way) what you really want, even after putting out applications.</p>