<p>MarySidney, you sound quite bitter. I’m sorry your experience wasn’t so hot – though the National Research Council ranks UVA English 4th in the country, and according to Poets & Writers, UVA’s [Creative</a> Writing Program is 3rd](<a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=10136]Creative”>http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=10136) as well. I studied Government/Foreign Affairs, which is what the OP is interested in studying. I feel I had a great education.</p>