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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you.  
Major is political science 
Tuition not an issue. 
Hasn’t visited Michigan [/quote]
You do not pick Michigan over Georgetown for anything having to do with government. End of discussion. Full stop. Don’t bury the lead next time.

Tuition may not be an issue for you, but Georgetown is also going to have more perks and smaller classes; that should matter.[/quote]

I went to Georgetown, and agree that Georgetown is the better bet for anyone who wants to work in government.  But to STUDY government -- Michigan faculty is better published and its PhD program more highly ranked. So you are wrong. At least when it comes to research PhDs, one should pick Michigan over Georgetown for gov't.[/quote]
Lots of assumptions here. Kid ain’t applying to a Ph.D program, in case you had not noticed, if this was kid’s ultimate goal, both Georgetown and Michigan are decidedly bad places to do it. So you are wrong.[/quote]

I don't think so.  Michigan's Political Science PhD program is currently ranked #5.  The factuly is fine and the placement for grads is good.

In truth, I did not read/ was not responding to the career goals of OP's kid.  I was responding to the statement "You do not pick Michigan over Georgetown for anything having to do with government. End of discussion. Full stop."  Completing a research PhD in political science certainly falls under the rubric of 'anything having to do with government' , and for that, Michigan is a better choice.  Placement from the Georgetown PhD program into top academic jobs is not as impressive.

However, if you're looking for a think tank or gov't career, a PhD at Georgetown could be a better option than Michigan.

Either way, OP's kid has good choices and can't go wrong.[/quote]
As I said, “kid ain’t applying to a Ph.D. Program.” Get it?
The best undergrad to get into a top Ph.D. Program in political science (which should never be anyone’s goal) would be neither Georgetown nor Michigan — it would probably be a SLAC.
Stop it with your graduate school nonsense: this is about undergrad.[/quote]

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