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[quote=Anonymous]Americans getting accepted to St. Andrews are the kids applying to Pepperdine, Miami, SMU, Colgate, etc. these are not the kids getting into top 30 privates schools in the US. These are not the kids even trying to apply to Oxbridge. And St. Andrews is a small university with 50% international population. St Andrews has leaned into attracting rich Americans and internationals (as well as upper class Brits). It’s not hard. It is a rich kids playground. And it benefits the school to see these kids do well in their classes and be happy and do well with their degree or go on to inherit their family business.

It’s a small school with good instruction, but I would not say rigorous. Are the academics stronger than Miami? Maybe a tiny bit. But not like Oxford, uchicago, or even Cornell/Penn where I’ve seen kids struggle because of hard coursework. I would not say it’s 100% stronger academically than a school like Pepperdine nor is it in a different league. However naive Americans seem to think this so maybe that matters most![/quote]

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