How did St. Andrew's become such a big draw for Americans?
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Anonymous
| I saw in the other thread that there are many students from California. We are in Los Angeles. It seems too far for us but are there really students that go there from California and make it work? |
Anonymous
| A lot of private school counsellors push for St Andrew’s to families they know won’t get into Ivies but won’t be happy with choices outside T25. It’s a brand name, it sounds worldly, royals went there. It’s an easy admit so it saves the CC some work and lets parents explain to friends their kid is going overseas. McGill is popular for similar reasons. At least that’s what happens at NYC privates. |
Anonymous
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I'm at a NYC private and the difference btw 6 years ago when my oldest was applying and last year is very different for St Andrews fwiw. It's a much harder admit now.
McGill gets a lot of kids from our school who has a parent with French citizenship. There's always one or two and that's a deal you can't not consider IMO. Wish I'd married a french guy! |
Anonymous
+1. Accurate for our nyc private as well. |
Anonymous
How does that work? The friends all know too well what it means. |
Anonymous
Geez ladies, simmer down! If your kid doesn’t go there, who the ‘eff cares?! Some (many?) US kids go there b/c it’s a great opportunity in many regards and they actively choose to go there over other options (whatever they may be). |
Anonymous
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It's often a pick for private school kids who can't get in somewhere more elite here. A family I knew drew the line at Colgate and when their son didn't get admitted there, they settled on St. Andrews.
It's obviously a good school, but I'm not sure the degree holds as much power if you plan to come back to the US for employment post graduation. |
Anonymous
Agree on the post graduation employment difficulties. |
Anonymous
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STEM hiring manager here. Always happy to hire a U. StA grad with a STEM degree. They reliably produce solid graduates in STEM. Silicon Valley hiring folks generally also know this.
We do not hire non-STEM, so I do not have experience with other degrees. |
Anonymous
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The negative perception of St Andrews is primarily tied to ignorance- people think because they haven’t heard of it, it’s not a good school.
In the UK, St Andrews is one of the hardest schools to gain entry. It’s consistently been ranked very high in UK league tables. Some US students would choose a T20 over St Andrews, but some people will choose St Andrews over a T20. It comes down to preference. |
Anonymous
| It's a good move to start a finance career in London fwiw. I know nothing about St Andrews, but London is a really coveted spot. A lot of opportunity there. It's pretty easy to move into a nice spot in nyc a couple years later. |
Anonymous
At our HS, Notre Dame is often a pick for private school kids who dont get in somewhere more elite. But.. anytime someone asks about ND, I dont jump in with that fact. Who cares?? My kids are at a top NYC private where every kid who is going to any college not named Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, or Stanford is going there because they didnt or couldn't get into HYPSM. Does that make Georgetown a bad school - it has over 50% acceptance rate from our HS. How about Carnegie Mellon? What about USC? you are all SO WEIRD |
Anonymous
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. |
Anonymous
So at least 30% less than a private university. |