Polysci ranking?

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>Just wanted to know how the northwestern polysci dept. stacks up against others in the nation. I attended a polysci class @ preview and was entirely unimpressed.</p>

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<p>eugh…dont say that…im gonna major in poli sci…i knew i should ahve stayed and watched a class</p>

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<p>I don’t have access to US news anymore. I remember it’s ranked either #20 or #21.</p>

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<p>it’s 21. and I’m a poli sci major here, and the classes I’ve taken so far have been great. what class did you attend, sam?</p>

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<p>I attended “History of Political Thought” at 9:30 AM on a tuesday. It was god-awful, the TA taught it that day and everyone looked bored and it was just generally god-awful.</p>

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<p>History of Political Thought is an awful, soulless introductory survey course. I came to NU as a poli sci major, and after taking that class freshman year, decided to switch to Communication, which is the school from which I graduated. </p>

<p>From what I hear, if you can stomach that awful “History of Political Thought” sequence, the major gets far better. Personally, I was happy leaving the poli sci department and Weinberg’s disastrous advising system behind.</p>

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<p>What are the top 10 or 20 PoliSci schools? and/also International Relations? I have the unsubscriber verison of USNWR</p>

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<p>yes thats a good question… does anyone know?</p>

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<p>Poli Sci is Harvard, Yale, U Mich, Stanford I believe … IR is Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, maybe Tufts?</p>

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<p>US News doesn’t rank IR.
Poli Sci:

  1. Harvard University
  2. Stanford University
  3. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
  4. Princeton University
  5. University of California – Berkeley
    Yale University
  6. University of California – San Diego
  7. Duke University
    University of Chicago
  8. Columbia University
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    University of California – Los Angeles
  9. Ohio State University
    University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
    University of Rochester
  10. University of Wisconsin – Madison
    Washington University in St. Louis
  11. Cornell University
    New York University
    University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
  12. Northwestern University</p>
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<p>thanks blue! Wow I am surpised to see many Ivies below Public Schools like UMich</p>