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Got a HS sophomore who is just starting to look around. What are good colleges, primarily in the mid-Eastern seaboard area, for political science? We're in No. Va., I know he's not interested in GW or Georgetown, doesn't want an urban campus. How is JMU and Mary Washington College for polysci? What else should be considered? Right now interest is high in William & Mary, but that's a big IF to get in, even as instate.
Thanks.

By Congresssenator (Congresssenator) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 07:11 pm: Edit

UVa

By Choff (Choff) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 08:03 pm: Edit

Why UVA? I'm not against it, definitely a good consideration (again, the issue of getting in however), but just want to know why UVA rather than someplace else?

By Batman (Batman) on Sunday, April 20, 2003 - 09:15 pm: Edit

Check out their website under the school of arts & sciences. They make a very good case for attending for Poli Sci/Government: Nationally recognized faculty, Internships, Excellent grad school and job placements.

However, I have heard that Poli Sci is one of JMU's strongest departments as well.

By Hash (Hash) on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 05:35 pm: Edit

uva , uchicago , wustl , northwestern , Brown !

By Divingin (Divingin) on Monday, April 21, 2003 - 08:29 pm: Edit

check the NRC rankings,

Harvard University
University of California-Berkeley
Yale University
University of Michigan
Stanford University
University of Chicago
Princeton University
Univ of California-Los Angeles
Univ of California-San Diego
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Rochester
Massachusetts Inst of Technology
University of Minnesota
Duke University
Cornell University
Columbia University
Ohio State University
U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
University of Washington
Washington University
University of Iowa
University of Virginia
Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick
Michigan State University
University of Maryland College Park
U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Pittsburgh
University of California-Irvine
University of Houston
State U of New York-Stony Brook
University of Arizona
Emory University
Georgetown University
Florida State University
University of Colorado
Syracuse University
Univ of California-Santa Barbara
University of Pennsylvania
Arizona State University
University of Georgia
University of Notre Dame
University of California-Davis
CUNY - Grad Sch & Univ Center
George Washington University
Tufts University
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Florida
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Rice University
University of Kentucky
Brandeis University
New York University
University of South Carolina
Purdue University
U of Massachusetts at Amherst
American University
Univ of California-Riverside
University of Southern California
University of Kansas
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vanderbilt University
State Univ of New York-Albany
University of Connecticut
State Univ of New York-Binghamton
Pennsylvania State University
University of Denver
University of Oregon
State Univ of New York-Buffalo
Wayne State University
Louisiana State U & A&M College
Boston College
American University a
University of Oklahoma
Claremont Graduate School
University of Missouri-Columbia
Northern Illinois University
University of Utah
Boston University
University of Cincinnati
University of North Texas
Howard University
Temple University
Tulane University
University of New Orleans
Washington State University
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Texas Tech University
University of Texas at Dallas
Northern Arizona University
Kent State University
Fordham University
Catholic University of America
Clark Atlanta University
Idaho State University

those are in order ...

By Argilospsychi (Argilospsychi) on Monday, January 05, 2004 - 08:46 pm: Edit

what are nrc ratings?

tulane is lower than temple? that's crazy. tulane is in the top 50 univ. nationally. temple is like 3rd teir.....