<p>i am an australian student applying to study abroad in the us for the academic year beginning in august/september. i am currently completing my university of california application, which requires that i preference three campuses. i have two of my preferences, but am struggling with the third. i am tossing up between uci, ucsd, and ucd. does anyone have any advice as to which one would be better, particularly for an exchange student? i am also double majoring in political science and french.</p>
<p>Of the three, UCSD is the only to have a top 10 political science department (in the US)! And it has an incredibly strong international student community, along with the only professional school of international relations in the UC system. I graduated from UCSD in June of 2010, so feel free to message me if you any questions about the school! I had a great experience with the political science professors there, and meeting exchange students at the international house. Anyhow, I hope you have a great time in California where ever you end up : )</p>