How did St. Andrew's become such a big draw for Americans?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know people choosing it over UVA and W&M.

My child chose it over both of these, as well as 3 top 20 schools. They weren't interested in schools in the U.S. once Trump won.

Exactly! I was THRILLED to get my kid out of the US

Exactly! The cohesiveness and sense of country is much stronger in the UK than the US. They have zero issues with political disagreements on hot topics like immigration. It also has a much stronger framework of policing and making illegal speech to keep our community and kids safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know people choosing it over UVA and W&M.

My child chose it over both of these, as well as 3 top 20 schools. They weren't interested in schools in the U.S. once Trump won.

Exactly! I was THRILLED to get my kid out of the US

Exactly! The cohesiveness and sense of country is much stronger in the UK than the US. They have zero issues with political disagreements on hot topics like immigration. It also has a much stronger framework of policing and making illegal speech to keep our community and kids safe.

People in the UK literally attacked the residences of migrants, and the only speech being suppressed is anti-Zionist speech, especially when it seeks to hold the perpetrators of a genocide, including the UK government, accountable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprisingly SA doesn't have as many Chinese or Indian students as Brits and Americans. Most Chinese and Indian students it gets are second or third generation UK or US born not ones who grew up back home.

Lots of Cantonese

But most are permanent UK residents who happened to be born in Hong Kong, which was a UK colony for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People in the UK literally attacked the residences of migrants, and the only speech being suppressed is anti-Zionist speech, especially when it seeks to hold the perpetrators of a genocide, including the UK government, accountable.

A check of the BBC website confirms the above. There is a huge anti-migrant sentiment and endless complaints about illegal immigrants crossing the channel to the UK with fake asylum claims.

Though, to be fair, they also suppress Christians quoting the bible and preaching in public, but quoting the Quran and proselytizing for Islam is not suppressed. It is a very odd place just now.

[Anonymous]

Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

Says you. We all felt differently as we spent 3 hours (round trip) on a train to and from Edinburgh. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. The campus is lovely, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

Says you. We all felt differently as we spent 3 hours (round trip) on a train to and from Edinburgh. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. The campus is lovely, though.

St Andrews shuttle is 90 minutes door to door Edinburg airport to St Andrews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

Says you. We all felt differently as we spent 3 hours (round trip) on a train to and from Edinburgh. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. The campus is lovely, though.

PP apparently did not go to Dundee, which is the closest city at StA, and much closer than Edinburgh. No question though that the town of StA is a classic small college town or that Fife is largely rural.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People in the UK literally attacked the residences of migrants, and the only speech being suppressed is anti-Zionist speech, especially when it seeks to hold the perpetrators of a genocide, including the UK government, accountable.

A check of the BBC website confirms the above. There is a huge anti-migrant sentiment and endless complaints about illegal immigrants crossing the channel to the UK with fake asylum claims.

Though, to be fair, they also suppress Christians quoting the bible and preaching in public, but quoting the Quran and proselytizing for Islam is not suppressed. It is a very odd place just now.

ALL true. The PO is misguided about politics in The UK. My DS has been at Oxford for four years and very much involved in politics and the Oxford Union. Free speech does not exist there as it does here and that should be of concern to US parents. You cannot say and do anything you like- you have to know the rules and what activities might get you put on lists and deported. The immigration problem may not be discussed in PP’s views because the UK has lost that battle. Walk around London or Manchester and see. The economy is in serious ruin. Even if you wanted to stay after graduation (which you cannot because of visa issues), you don’t want to because of low pay, high costs. And socialized medicine is a nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

Says you. We all felt differently as we spent 3 hours (round trip) on a train to and from Edinburgh. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. The campus is lovely, though.

St Andrews shuttle is 90 minutes door to door Edinburg airport to St Andrews.

Let’s not mention what a hideous airport that is. I used it last year. Never again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got back from a tour. Heavily white and Asian. Super remote and hard to get to. DC loved the campus but is going to pass largely due to location.

This has been discussed before.
It is not super remote & not hard to get to.

Says you. We all felt differently as we spent 3 hours (round trip) on a train to and from Edinburgh. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere. The campus is lovely, though.

St Andrews shuttle is 90 minutes door to door Edinburg airport to St Andrews.

Let’s not mention what a hideous airport that is. I used it last year. Never again.

EDI needs a complete do-over. It is too small, not well designed, and falls short in many areas. Unfortunately, airports across the UK were privatized years ago. Airport owner for EDI raises the fees but minimizes spending on maintenance and improvements.

[Anonymous]

Too many Hogwarts fantasies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently about 20% of the student body is American and it's been nicknamed the "Nantucket of Scotland." What's the draw and why this one university particularly?

Oxford and Cambridge smell like curry. St. Andrew’s is the way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently about 20% of the student body is American and it's been nicknamed the "Nantucket of Scotland." What's the draw and why this one university particularly?

Oxford and Cambridge smell like curry. St. Andrew’s is the way to go.

Only if one can’t get into Oxford or Cambridge. St Andrew’s is so mid.