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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]St Andrews this week. I know DCUM hates it, but kid is super excited! And price is great for us (otherwise full pay here)[/quote]

St Andrews takes anybody from the USA who applies. [/quote]

calling[b] from 2005? [/quote][/b]

DP. Not everyone but it’s estimated to take 30-37% applying, which is a lot compared to the selectivity percentages of elite American schools[/quote]

This discourse is everything that’s wrong with American college admissions. Once you decide that the quality of a school is determined by admissions rate, you then have to conclude that it’s “bad” to have a high but clear standard for admissions.[/quote]

[b]It also feels ignorant of how admissions are done at UK universities [/b]and globally, which as a general rule are much less holistic and much more minimum stats driven. They may be equally selective but they close the door to kids they aren’t going to admit prior to application, instead of after application.

Also congrats to the parent of St Andrews kid. That’s great![/quote]

The “discourse” is only a response to the person claiming St. Andrews takes everyone. That is all. Obviously you are the parent invested in getting your get into St. Andrews. Buckle up because you are going to get roughed up here. If you don’t like St. Andrews’ stats, then your kid shouldn’t go or you shouldn’t bother posting. The fact is St. Andrews loves full-pay Americans. One quarter of its student body is full pay Americans. It’s now expensive at $70k and it’s not considered elite. It takes 30% of applicants. It has 10 full-time recruiters working the private schools on the eastern seaboard who drum up interest in full-pay wealthy private school kids.[/quote]

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