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martymcfly_85

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    Minnesota
  • Application Season
    2016 Fall
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    Political Science

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  1. It felt like the professors I met did not follow the recent debates in the scholarship, and did not try to be interactive with their students. The reading lists were very dated, and felt like they had been teaching the same class for ages before I've been there. So, I felt that they did not really try to merge innovative aspects with their level of knowledge. But, these are all academia things and it seems like you are looking for a more policy oriented thing. For the jobs, the school really opens up lots of opportunities, especially at the French politics. However, if you are not a French citizen, that might not be the case for you. I do not honestly know anything about their placement rates for international students.
  2. I've studied there for some time. I can tell you that it's a very prestigious institution in France. Many public policy workers are graduates of Science Po. But, I felt that the school had a very conservative approach on many educational aspects (not politically conservative of course), and some professors were very far from being innovative.
  3. @buckinghamubadger Thank you for the info, that is very informative! The program is indeed a very good fit with what I am doing, and the center of democracy was one of the things that made me interested in the program at the beginning. My main concern is the job market. As @dagnabbit indicated, the placement is not great. I forgot to add I am an international and I have the two year requirement, meaning that I have to go to my home country for 2 years after my studies. So, I can't directly enter to the job market anyways, but I want to work at a research institution in the end, after satisfying my 2 year requirement. I do not think I'll have any problems finding a job back in Turkey at one of the prestigious universities of the country, but I am not sure if this would help me to get something at a good research university after then back in the US.
  4. Hey all! I have just discovered this website, and I am actually glad that I didn't find the board before, it would definitely lead me to obsessively refresh the main page. I have been admitted to the Political Science program at UC Irvine and this is my only option this cycle. My subfield is Comparative/Methods, and I do social movements/political participation. So far, the people I talked told me that the program is strong on social movements, and also it seems like the new head of the department is hiring new people. I've also learned that the faculty was really disorganized a few years back, but now they sorted it out. Their placement record does not seem very good. Now, I am trying to dig deeper. I haven't seen many posts on the main board, therefore I would be glad to hear some comments from here, especially regarding the employment opportunities after the program! Please feel free to shoot any ideas!
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