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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is so interesting that uninformed Americans are denigrating St Andrews as a place for rich American kids when the tuition (even including airfare) is less than University of MD.  We are considering it for our high stats kid because it is a bargain - great school for less than you pay here.[/quote]

Uh, uninformed Americans? The most pointed critiques of the school are coming from Brits themselves. The simultaneous combination of intense pretentiousness and mediocrity at St Andrews and among its boosters is a huge turnoff.[/quote]

I truly have no dog in this fight other than curiosity because my DC attends another UK uni but the various league tables all rank St Andrews very highly. Sometimes prestige is a lagging indicator. Who knows?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankings_of_universities_in_the_United_Kingdom[/quote]

and yet no. 4, LSE is known as “Let’s See Europe” by my law school friends who couldn’t get into a T14 the first time around so wanted another shot or two at the LSAT[/quote]

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