<p>I honestly think threads like this do a DISSERVICE to any prefroshing look at schools. There are so many anecdotal claims and pieces of information passed on as fact without any sort of basis in truth. </p>
<p>There is no undergraduate rank in political science, fyi. UMRunner, I’d really like to see the qualitiative and quanitative differences between the schools on political science. I too, when given the choice between UM and UW researched the schools to an obsessive degree of depth. I found that while on the graduate level Michigan ranked higher (we’re talking top 5 vs. top 10-15, a minimal difference) at the undergraduate level one would be paying 40K more for the same education. Both have outstanding profs, same size classes, internship opportunities, programs in DC, etc.</p>