U of St Andrews - Admissions per State

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize how small St Andrews is relative to the other Scottish unis (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde).

1st year’s class of about 2000 is the smallest of any of the top 20 UK unis.

Of which 20% will be American. At Oxford only 1.7% of the undergrads are American.

And your point is?

not PP but as everyone knows St Andrews courts American full-pay students. It has a dedicated staff of 12 that do nothing but tour New England privates to find full-pay students. Oxbridge doesn’t need to do that.

And still, what i the point? What does this have to do with the conversation? Who brought up Oxford in comparison? Nobody…..

The point is obvious. St. Andrews courts American full-pay students in a way the elite UK universities don’t. If you want that environment, fine …

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My D is there as a first year & is really impressed by all the super smart kids around her. She says she’s amazed at the schools they decided against attending to attend StA instead. FWIW

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize how small St Andrews is relative to the other Scottish unis (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde).

1st year’s class of about 2000 is the smallest of any of the top 20 UK unis.

Of which 20% will be American. At Oxford only 1.7% of the undergrads are American.

And your point is?

not PP but as everyone knows St Andrews courts American full-pay students. It has a dedicated staff of 12 that do nothing but tour New England privates to find full-pay students. Oxbridge doesn’t need to do that.

And still, what i the point? What does this have to do with the conversation? Who brought up Oxford in comparison? Nobody…..

The point is obvious. St. Andrews courts American full-pay students in a way the elite UK universities don’t. If you want that environment, fine …

Interesting….the ways NYU and LSE does….huh..

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Anonymous wrote:DD didnt change her major, but she added a second one for a joint degree. I think this is pretty common and one of the 2 main reasons she selected St Andrews over UCL.

Absolutely. The flexibility of Scottish unis is great when compared to English unis.

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Just to be clear here. Yes, while there is flexibility, you still have to take those year 1 and year 2 classes of the program you are looking to change to in order to be able to change programmes. You can’t just decide in year 2 after taking Econ, History and English that you now want to chance to Management.

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I see that McKinsey now (don’t know when it started) targets St Andrews. Is mostly for Management or Business students?

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I dont think so. Although management students would make the most sense, McKinsey recruit from a variety of majors.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to be clear here. Yes, while there is flexibility, you still have to take those year 1 and year 2 classes of the program you are looking to change to in order to be able to change programmes. You can’t just decide in year 2 after taking Econ, History and English that you now want to chance to Management.

Yes. DC added IR to History. In the past you had to join a lottery to take the 1st semester IR module. She got lucky and got in. In the end of her 2nd yr she officially IR to her degree for a Joint Degree. She graduates in 2026.

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How does your DD feel about her job prospects? How has the campus recruitment been so far? My DC plans to do IR.

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This university experience is too amazing to pass up! It is the best thing out there right now.

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Anonymous wrote:How does your DD feel about her job prospects? How has the campus recruitment been so far? My DC plans to do IR.

She had an offer from a Swiss NGO already. But she is applying to a master’s program at Science Po and LSE. She is not actively pursuing a job as her intention was to always go to grad school first, but she interned at this Swiss group and they really liked her and made her an offer.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is there and LOVES it. The high number of CT acceptances reflects the high number of boarding school kids.
Most of my son's friends are Americans (about 60%-ish) but his flat mate is European and so is his girlfriend (British -gulp!)
It is a fantastic place for an independent, adventurous kid. It is academically rigourous- hard to get into from the US but Ivy-level difficult from the UK and Scotland.

It’s a wonderful opportunity for any American student who can gather in, right now.

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“get in,” not gather

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This is pretty interesting for those interested in CS and AI:

https://golfbusinessnews.com/news/training-and-education/university-of-st-andrews-appoints-chair-in-ai-research-funded-by-dunhill-links-players/

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize how small St Andrews is relative to the other Scottish unis (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde).

1st year’s class of about 2000 is the smallest of any of the top 20 UK unis.

Of which 20% will be American. At Oxford only 1.7% of the undergrads are American.

And your point is?

not PP but as everyone knows St Andrews courts American full-pay students. It has a dedicated staff of 12 that do nothing but tour New England privates to find full-pay students. Oxbridge doesn’t need to do that.

And still, what i the point? What does this have to do with the conversation? Who brought up Oxford in comparison? Nobody…..

The point is obvious. St. Andrews courts American full-pay students in a way the elite UK universities don’t. If you want that environment, fine …

Interesting….the ways NYU and LSE does….huh..

False equivalents. The discussion is about the high number of full-pay Americans at St. Andrews compared to American students at other UK universities so NYU is irrelevant.

LSE is an entirely different beast than St. Andrews in terms of offerings and programs but, even if we were to compare, LSE has only 254 American students in a class of 5,680 so only 4.47% compared to St. Andrews which is 39% American.