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Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Hate to break it to you but St Andrews is very low hanging fruit. Anyone can go there...hence Prince William's admittance.

Royalty can go anywhere they want in their country. That is a fact. Also a fact: St Andrews is a good school.

You're right about the royalty but wrong about St. Andrews. Always and still considered the place for the "Tim, nice but dim" private school kids who fail to get into Edinburgh or Durham or any of the Russell Group universities. Its division 3

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Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Hate to break it to you but St Andrews is very low hanging fruit. Anyone can go there...hence Prince William's admittance.

I do not think anybody but William could get in with BCC at a levels

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:Our friend' DC is going in the Netherlands.

Have your friends heard about what happens to U.S. citizen students who go to Dutch universities, then come back to the United States for work, professional school or grad school?

No, what happens?

Anonymous wrote:Our friend' DC is going in the Netherlands.

Have your friends heard about what happens to U.S. citizen students who go to Dutch universities, then come back to the United States for work, professional school or grad school?

St. Andrews is more like an American University in that students attend classes and lectures (not a tutor system like Oxbridge). That said, American students, even the brightest, will have difficulty catching up as the UK system is much more focused during their "high school years" and Americans have a broader academic experience. If you are accepted to attend, there will be a time of catch up, no matter how talented the American student.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Hate to break it to you but St Andrews is very low hanging fruit. Anyone can go there...hence Prince William's admittance.

Royalty can go anywhere they want in their country. That is a fact. Also a fact: St Andrews is a good school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Hate to break it to you but St Andrews is very low hanging fruit. Anyone can go there...hence Prince William's admittance.

I do not think anybody but William could get in with BCC at a levels

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Hate to break it to you but St Andrews is very low hanging fruit. Anyone can go there...hence Prince William's admittance.

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Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in Europe will be a huge shock to the system for an American student.

How so? We've been to the UK (including Scotland) several times. And cannot see what would be the huge shock? And I don't mean that to be snarky. But, what am I missing?

you're probably one of those fools who think if people all speak the same language there are no cultural differences. you carry on as you are.

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Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Don’t fool yourself. Universities often get more money from foreign students; so, they’re plenty incentivized to consider factors other than “merit.”

I did my JYA at St Andrews, and it was filled with plenty of rich kids from other countries (China, India, the States, countries on the continent). Hard to imagine that such a posh student body all just happens to come together based on merit alone.

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere in Europe will be a huge shock to the system for an American student.

How so? We've been to the UK (including Scotland) several times. And cannot see what would be the huge shock? And I don't mean that to be snarky. But, what am I missing?

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Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Right. What percentage “merited” going to expensive preparatory schools?

Anonymous wrote:^^ UK universities are ENTIRELY merit based. They don't give a f*ck who your parents / uncle / grandma may have been.

All European universities are merit-based.

That's why some Americans are so afraid...

Anonymous wrote:Not to be a jerk, but I find the Scottish accent really hard to understand! I can’t imagine trying to do rigorous academic work that requires hearing lectures in it!

Almost all my professors were English. And Edinburgh isn't the highlands--the local accent is very easy to understand.

Not to be a jerk, but I find the Scottish accent really hard to understand! I can’t imagine trying to do rigorous academic work that requires hearing lectures in it!