<p>Can anyone tell me the colleges that have a strong program in the majors above. I don’t want the usual Tufts or other top major schools but more colleges we never talk about whose Pol Scienc, History, and Int’ Studies depts. are top-notch.</p>
<p>Rhodes College
Poli Sci leads the best mock trial team in the nation
History department is doing really interesting thing like [Crossroads</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.crossroadstofreedom.org%5DCrossroads”>http://www.crossroadstofreedom.org)
Int’l Studies is backed up by one of the best study abroad programs among lacs and a good modern language department.</p>
<p>The College of William and Mary</p>
<p>Best Model United Nations team in the United States. Part of the IR department publishes the rankings for US IR programs. Hosts the largest database of project level international aid in the world. IR major is interdisciplinary and doesn’t treat IR as a subset of PoliSci.</p>
<p>Amazing History Department, especially for American History. Colonial Williamsburg is literally on your doorstep. Jamestown is a jog away and Yorktown is just a bike ride the other direction.</p>
<p>Undergraduate research oriented. Freshmen go to professors’ homes to talk about research proposals while enjoying homecooked barbecue. Then the professor from next door smells it, wanders over, and joins the conversation (and meal). That freshman then does the exact same work as, and in coordination with, a graduate student at another top public university.</p>
<p>The Earl Gregg Swem Library was ranked the 7th best in the nation for universities. Any good IR/History/PoliSci major needs a good library with a great inter-library loan program.</p>
<p>Study abroad is expected, but not required, of all students. Great tuition exchange programs across the globe. Satellite campus in DC; staffed by regular professors. Service trips at home and abroad are very popular. Lots of summer and semester intern/study/study abroad/research opportunities available.</p>
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<p>you have no fcking clue what you’re talking about, anyone in the know will tell you that the top college model UN teams in the US are: Georgetown, West Point, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Upenn/UChicago. W&M is not even on the map for Model UN.</p>
<p>Then why did they win 3rd in the World Championship’s in 2006?</p>
<p>[William</a> and Mary Model UN team notches third consecutive world championship | University Relations](<a href=“http://web.wm.edu/news/archive/index.php?id=5748]William”>http://web.wm.edu/news/archive/index.php?id=5748)</p>
<p>Winning the best delegation award in an exotic country (even 3 consecutive years) does not equal being a top team, because the competition is naturally limited by schools which have their spring break during the time of the conference (severe limit) and then by people in those schools who can afford to travel to the exotic locations (another severe limit). It’s also extremely easy to go into another country where English is not the first language and beat people at a debate in English. </p>
<p>Schools are judged by their performances at well known US conferences which only require the commitment of a weekend and aren’t nearly as expensive. Here the competition is far less constrained and competitors are (almost) all in one place at the same time. William and Mary at these conferences, which feature the most competitive delegates, is off the map. They might have one or two strong members, but the team as a whole is never recognized as a threat.</p>
<p>I actually had the Rhodes coach contact me a couple of days ago for Cross Country and Track. The problem though is my VERY low GPA a 3.26 and I dont know if I can get the money to go to a school like Rhodes. Also Lynixinsider do you go to Rhodes? If you do how ist it.</p>
<p>Also what are the average stats of an acceptee to Rhodes?</p>
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WorldMUN is hosted by Harvard in conjunction with an international school and is easily the best quality MUN debate in the world. Anyone “in the know” will tell you that. Students take off a week from school, it never falls on Spring Break, at least for W&M. Part of the mark of a good MUN team is the fundraising ability to subsidize member’s travels. These are delegations from around the US and around the world. All of the “top schools” that you named attend. You underestimate the ability of those from outside the US to speak English. The team from the “United Netherlands” is one of the top teams every year too. WorldMUN is the best because of these limitations. Schools can’t just send any member to WorldMUN. It is the best of the best. I have seen schools send their newbies to Harvard National, but then their most experienced to WorldMUN.</p>
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W&M rarely sends it best members all to the same conference, which I am sure is the case at most schools. The quality of conferences differs as well - many of the more experienced members do not want to attend Yale’s SCSY because of the poor quality of moderation and debate in recent years. We hope this improves. The best of the best come together at WorldMUN, where W&M has obtained the “Best Delegation” tag 3 times in the past decade, the most of any school, and has remained in the top 5 out of over 200 schools attending for the rest of the years, iirc.</p>
<p>More on Topic:
[Rhodes</a> College | Profile of Entering Class](<a href=“http://www.rhodes.edu/admissions/3717.asp]Rhodes”>http://www.rhodes.edu/admissions/3717.asp)
"Seventy-three percent had a grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0; the mean GPA of the class is 3.73 "
“the middle 50% range of SAT-I scores is 1210 to 1370, with a mean of 1290, and the ACT middle 50% range is 26 to 30, with a mean of 28”</p>
<p>I work at Rhodes (I’m an institutional researcher) and I’m a member of the class of 2000. I loved it as a student and love it now. Can’t say enough good things about it. </p>
<p>Don’t let the sticker price scare you off immediately; we awarded over $20 million in institutional grant aid last year, and while I don’t have the numbers handy yet, it’s probably more this year.</p>
<p>About 16% of the entering class from last year had a GPA lower than yours, so it’s not unthinkable by any stretch to imagine you’d be admitted. It would of course depend on things like your class rank, the quality of your high school, your test scores, your essay, etc. The best detail on acceptee stats is at [Rhodes</a> College | Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.rhodes.edu/1328.asp]Rhodes”>http://www.rhodes.edu/1328.asp) - look at the Common Data Set, section C.</p>
<p>Coach Shankman can connect you with an admissions counselor if you want to talk about your personal situation. If you PM me your contact info, I can get a counselor in touch with you as well.</p>
<p>S2 talked to a prof at W&M and the IR major is a HUGE undertaking. It’s basically double the number of courses of a typical major, in large part because it’s heavily multidisciplinary. That said, he was fascinated.</p>