AU is absolutely NOT better than U Illinois for political science. I am a political science professor and would warn you off AU. Don’t think that because they are in DC they are better. Instead, because they are in DC, they have a large number of adjunct professors who don’t have PhDs. U Illinois, on the other hand, is an incredibly strong and vibrant PS program with some of the best scholars in the country. If your son knows he wants to study PS, there is no comparison.
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