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American colleges, with their strange insistence on "holistic" admissions, are not very appealing to my teen, who wants to focus on academics and go somewhere that admits based on that.
Universities abroad place much greater importance on grades and test scores than those in the US.

However, if my teen looks for a job or applies to grad school in the US (it would likely be grad school for him), how will hiring managers or admissions officers view those universities?

[/quote] personally I view UTornonto and UWaterloo and Warwick, ICL, UCL, other Russel group unis more than those two. St. Andrews in particular seems to market itself to mediocre full pay Americans.[/quote]

BS to lump “other Russell group unis more than St Andrews”. You clearly doesnt know much about Russell group unis. 
St Andrews is a fine school. As you can see from all of current threads here, there are plenty of Americans giving up spots at t30 schools for St Andrews.

I have two kids that studied in the UK. My son went to Warwick and my daughter to St Andrews. 
My son graduate with a first in their Econ & Management program. 
My daughter graduated from St Andrews with a Mgmt and International Relations degree.

She is now at an MBB consulting back in the US straight from St Andrews. My son is in NYC working for a boutique investment firm where one of the partners has a Warwick degree. But he couldn’t get through the recruiting process for US top firms straight from undergrad. While she had doors opened. So there you go….[/quote]

"there are plenty of Americans giving up spots at t30 schools for St Andrews." - a testament to their marketing, to be sure. Nothing to do with their academic quality.

As for your children, perhaps your daughter is a better interviewer, or they wanted her for some other reason besides her degree. Purely in terms of academics, your son certainly had the more academic qualification.

Go see what each of your children covered in their core econ courses first, second, years.[/quote]

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