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UT and OX are Top25, of course. UBC and CAM, maybe. UWO is definitely not Top25. I think it is at best Top50. But I may be wrong, so...

Sorry if have got it wrong... Yeah, that is why I said VERY HARD instead of IMPOSSIBLE... BTW, are you a master in Mcgill? If that is the case, your success is really impresive! I knew something about their graduate econ courses. Their training is kind of inadequate, IMO. Correct me if I were wrong. Of course, it would be another story if you had done your undergraduate there... Anyway, congratulation on your great achievement!

To: wntsphdsb Was offered admission without funding about one and half month ago. Turned it down last Sunday. Hope it helps.

Surely it would be much easier to stand out in McGill than in BGSE. The issue is you are trying for Top20 schools. Even Top 1 student in McGill will find it VERY HARD to crack in Top 20 PhD in US, I'm afraid. In contrast, if you do VERY WELL in BGSE, you will have some realistic shot at the T20. BTW, no offense, T20 materials should not worry about or be afraid of the competition in BGSE, IMHO.

I guess you must know Joan Robinson. In case you are not that familiar with her, you can wiki her. Then you can partly understand what happened to Cam Econ.

Well, forget about Cam, it could not even compete. LSE Econ is pretty much the same level as UCL. Even the class size is close. UCL may be a little bit better in phd preparation. LSE has better reputation and it dominates if you aim at finding a job in industry as I think. Besides, I think time left for LSE Econ is limited as you even haven't got a GRE score yet and it is already April. Also, the tuition fee is much less in UCL if my memory serves.