Is a St. Andrews International relations degree good enough for US and Canadian Phd?

Do North American professors think St. Andrews is good for International Relations? I know no one can really give a definite answer. I really want to know more about St. Andrews's reputation in North America because I am also offered a place in U of Toronto, which is supposed to be very famous in North America (Of course). I did not apply to any US universities because I could not afford to study there.

of course a 1st from St. Andrews is good enough for top North American political science PhD programmes. a good 2:1 is a bit shaky for top PhD in Political Science. but then the same is also true for any university, even Oxbridge. 1st seems to be a must.

St. Andrews has an excellent reputation In North America. After Oxbridge, LSE, most North Americans I have met only know St. Andrews.

St. Andrews is quite well-known in the States. Harvard Law School is my only experience of US university education. You must know how competitive it is for international students to get a place for Harvard JD. Although I was doing LLM, I know 4 British JD students while I was there, 2 from St. Andrews, 1 from Oxford 1 from University of London (forgot which college). This says something about St. Andrews! Looking at the admission statistics, Toronto also only sent 2 students to Harvard JD that year. But bear in mind, far more Toronto students apply to US law school, while far fewer St. Andrews students apply (they prefer the CPE or doing a Scottish 2 year LLB).

Thank you so much! I get frustrated because St. Andrews is virtually unknown in Asia, particularly Hong Kong.

It is indeed very difficult to get into Harvard law school! I studied in HKU law school and only the top top top students could get into places like Harvard law school, Oxford BCL, Stanford law school! Many of them got in with scholarships though.

By the way, the fact that U of Toronto only sent two students to Harvard that year really surprised me. UT is supposed to be very very famous in North America...

Am I right in thinking that JD is harder to get into for int. student than LLM? If so, then the fact that St. Andrews sent 2 students for JD, really does say something about its rep in US.

That said, I'm not sure the amount of people we send to Harvard is any indication of quality (good or bad). It depends on who applies, right?

I was much more familiar with Edinburgh.

As a U of T alumnus about to do postgraduate study in London next year, I can tell you that a good 2:1 will be okay for a Poli Sci. Ph.D. A 1st would be better, of course, but whatever. Professors will look real hard at your research proposal so write a real good one. Good references help, of course.

Thank you for what you all have offered!!! Since U of T is really a good university (at least top 25 in the world?) while St. Andrews is ranked about 100th in the world, any further information will surely help.