<p>Bowdoin and Claremont McKenna have very strong and well-known government programs. Bowdoin is test-optional, in case he doesn’t score well on the SAT/ACT.</p>
<p>He may also want to look into public policy programs. At least at my undergrad, political science was favored by pre-law students, whereas public policy was better at actually placing students in DC. I wrote a detailed [post</a> on public policy colleges](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13751552-post7.html]post”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/13751552-post7.html) elsewhere on CC.</p>