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You're absolutely right that all three programs offer top training--I merely wanted to suggest that within methods in particular, WashU has an extremely strong program (top ten in fact).

While I don't pretend to know a lot about American politics programs, WashU sounds most promising because it is the best methods program out of the three you're choosing among. Also, WashU has a strong program in gender studies, political science, and psychology.

While I'm still waiting on Harvard and Georgetown, I'm currently deciding between UCLA and UCSD. IR is my subfield and I'm mostly interested in global governance, European integration and international law/norms governing the use of force. I got equivalent funding packages from each so the decision will be based purely on the merits of departments, not funding. Thanks for any advice and feel free to post your own questions!

Now that we are a bit more certain of where we've been accepted, why not discuss WHERE we should go? If you want advice for choosing among your options, post your information. Good things to include would be your program options, subfield, research interests, funding package, and anything else you deem relevant.