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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's often a pick for private school kids who can't get in somewhere more elite here. A family I knew drew the line at Colgate and when their son didn't get admitted there, they settled on St. Andrews.

It's obviously a good school, but I'm not sure the degree holds as much power if you plan to come back to the US for employment post graduation.[/quote]

About right.  It's somewhere between Colgate and Bucknell.  Can't get in Colgate and don't want to go to Bucknell, that's where StA comes in.  [/quote]

This is inaccurate and has 0 basis. Where is your data to back this?

Look at the UK league tables, St Andrews has a similar graduate prospectus score to Oxford and LSE. This is an unbiased analysis highlighting that students from those 3 universities have similar graduate outcomes.

Go to any MD at an Investment banking firm or Consulting firm in London/NYC. They consider St Andrews a target school. I know this because I work directly with both parties and have discussed their perception of St Andrews.

None of my kids went to St Andrews, it doesn’t matter to me. People on this thread need to stop it with the baseless claims it only causes more drama. 
Just stop with the nonsense. St Andrews is not even on the radars of NY firms. It’s not a target school for US firms. Kids that want to do internships or seek full time employment in the US would be much better served by attending a US-based school. The academics may be wonderful, questionable, but the pipeline is non-existent,

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