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[quote=Anonymous]I am assuming OP means the University St Andrews in Scotland, not some other unrelated school…

I have been there many times.  It is a small college and golf town, with 3 main streets.  There are very few hotels, which are all expensive.  Some B&Bs, but try to book way in advance; B&B pricing is much higher during golf season.  It does not have a railway station, so one takes the train to Leuchars and then the 99 bus.  For climate, keep in mind it is pretty far north, so it is both cold and dark in winter with correspondingly more daylight in summer.  It is often wet, sometimes snowy.  Good university, but not really a large university.  Solid academics.  Students and faculty know each other well; students are a name not a number. One really needs to select one’s major prior to application, as with nearly all UK schools.  Because of its theology/religion major, lots of US Presbyterians undertake graduate degrees there.  Housing is very tight in/near town; market-rate housing is both scarce and expensive, so try to live in university accommodation every year.  Restaurant food is a bit more expensive in the UK than in metro DC in my experience, though there are some more affordable places, such as the local chippy.  Please do realize that many UK and European folks have and openly express anti-American sentiments, some based on reality (e.g., dislike US policy on topic X) and some are based on confusion/misunderstanding of the US constitutional and legal systems.  So Americans at StA need to be thick-skinned about negative feedback about the US from others.

Look at all of the UK university rankings/reviews published in these 3 major UK newspapers - Guardian, Times, Telegraph.  Each will rank differently, but also likely will list different strong/weak points for each UK university.  These likely can be found online via “www.google.co.uk”.

If other specific questions, please post them…

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