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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, what you are saying is that students with great scores, etc. etc., choose St Andrews over other US schools that seemed less appealing. And what does it matter if historically (or currently) it is "easier" for Americans to get in? When I applied to college, there were many "back-door" ways to get into good US schools. You could do summer programs that gave automatic admits...and today you can graduate frrm a more prestigious school if you transfer in from programs that many schools designate as specific feeders (BU, Northeastern, Emory). The OP asked about the school and people's experience with them. not your rude opinion of their reputation. Your comments are what is wrong with this entire system. You are not looking at whether a school is a good fit or what the students hopes to get out of it. You are thinking about how a student's admit looks to snobby adults.

For the OP, I don't think anyone send their kid across an ocean to a totally different culture just to "save face" or get cachet. I think it takes a specific kid who has an adventurous spirit to choose that path. My kid that will be attending STA chose this path specifically and is excited to meet like minded students from all over. Incidentally, my student is in the top 5% of their class but we are not rich socialites.[/quote]
What do you mean be specific feeders? [quote] You could do summer programs that gave automatic admits...and today you can graduate frrm a more prestigious school if you transfer in from programs that many schools designate as specific feeders (BU, Northeastern, Emory)[/quote][/quote]

"What do you mean be specific feeders?"
"You could do summer programs that gave automatic admits...and today you can graduate frrm a more prestigious school if you transfer in from programs that many schools designate as specific feeders (BU, Northeastern, Emory)"

I'm not the OP on any of these comments, but Northeastern and BU both operate programs for second-tier applicants where they send them abroad for a first semester or year, under a different academic unit of the university, so they can avoid reporting the stats of these lesser students to USNWR, and thus inflate their rankings.

Look up "NUin" program at Northeastern. After the semester or year, they have the students technically "transfer" into the regular university's collage of arts and sciences, engineering, etc. from the original unit they attended.

At Emory, they operate "Oxford College of Emory University" in rural Georgia,  a two-year college, again for lesser applicants, where the students then transfer into the regular Emory University after their two years at Emory's Oxford. As to why you'd want to attend a 900 student two-year college in rural Georgia? Idk, but it's how Emory makes their numbers look better[/quote]
Wouldn't you want to attend Oxford college for the chance to go to Emory when one otherwise wouldn't have?And I actually think Oxford makes Emory looked worse than it is. People think Emory isn't as selective as its peers (WashU, Vandy, Rice, etc) when in fact it is. [/quote]

I said Oxford College of Emory makes Emory's numbers and stats which they report to USNWR look better, as lesser candidates can go to Oxford College and their stats aren't reported to USNWR.[/quote]

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