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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the poster who said that Saint Andrews wasn’t all that selective and was reported and deleted for daring to say that lol. I don’t want to say too much, but I do know a family where all of the kids went to Saint Andrews from the DMV. They were smart kids but not superstars. None was accepted top schools.  Denied in state UVA etc.  So I do have more than just the theoretical knowledge about this.[/quote]

There are a couple of factors here:
-Year: When were the kids accepted to St Andrews? It has become even more competitive in recent years.
-School: Did the children attend a private school? If so they would have a higher chance of gaining acceptance to St Andrews as they target private school to get higher donors
-Acceptance rate & prestige: As addressed numerous times on this thread, you cannot correlate the US acceptance rate with the academic prestige of a school like St Andrews for various reasons. 
-Bias: You state that "They were smart kids but not superstars. None was accepted top schools". As noted on this thread there are countless "superstars" who were also accepted to top schools and decided to attend St Andrews. Your own perception does not capture the full picture. Furthermore, even in the US there are kids who slip through the cracks and attend top schools. There are also multiple people on this thread who have shared the stats of their impressive kids who were not accepted to St Andrews.

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DP. Last year was actually the least competitive of the past three years for American students.

There are multiple people on this thread and others whose kids were choosing between it and CU Boulder and the like. The anecdotes on here are worthless.[/quote]

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