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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those deciding..my son attends St Andrews and loves it! He went to a Big 3 in the DMV and said he feels well prepared.
Some notes:
Socially it's fantastic- he has friends from all over the world with a core group who are also from the US. Plenty of people from the DMV but more from the northeast and CA. They have something from freshmen akin to fraternities and sororities called academic families which really helps freshmen make friends with upperlassmen. 
The town is small (and incredible SAFE) but there are lots of restaurants and pubs and they go to Edinburgh which is 45 min by train.
He studies only things he is interested in. This is not a liberal arts format. You go deep into one or two subjects like the British system.
He travels cheaply all over Europe. He has been to France, Spain, Morocco, Amsterdam and Prague and he is just a sophomore.
RE the above-mentioned kids dressed up for an event...I can tell the PP there are TONS of dress-up social events balls, societies, raves. 
People still dress up in the UK my son has two Tuxes and a suit and blazers, and he wears all of them.
They also wear their red robes to university events aka Hogwarts.
It is A FANTASTIC place for an adventurous independent kid who knows what he or she wants to study.[/quote]

I have similar questions as PP plus one more: Is your 2nd year currently at a dorm? Or did he move out to a flat with others? And if he did more, how tough was it to get a rental?[/quote]

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