Anonymous
05/20/2025 15:25
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
The military sends 18 year olds to other continents all the time. Stop being such a baby.
Anonymous
05/20/2025 15:24
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/university-st-andrews-students-americans-americanisation-rn2m3cxc5
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Over the past two decades St Andrews has been transformed from a quaint, windswept Scottish university into a globally recognised academic institution — a kind of “Ivy-adjacent” outpost, attracting Americans who are also applying to highly rated US schools. “On paper St Andrews is 20 per cent American, but it definitely feels like quite a lot more,” says one student from the US."
What a weird piece. It is only about partying and shopping and travel. Not a word about any academic or career pursuits at all.
...because that's why people go to St Andrews from the US. It's a party school for rich boarding school kids. Tulane abroad, essentially.
Its a solid school and academics are strong but yes it attracts wealthy kids from all over the world due to their amazing location, architecture, elite connections and opportunity to live and explore EU. However, I wouldn't send an 18 year old to another continent, a semester in junior year or a graduate program make more sense as kid would be more mature to handle life abroad and get more out of this experience. A friend's freshman got sick there during COVID and it was a logistical nightmare.
Anonymous
05/20/2025 15:16
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And at half of the price of the two t20s she gave up…
We’ve heard from you before. N=1
I went to St Andrews and this is the norm. My friends from school work at private equity firms, hedge funds, FAANG, F500 companies, MBB consulting etc.
My freshmen year roommate gave up a scholarship at Dartmouth, my good friend gave up Penn for St Andrews.
Laymen don't see St Andrews as prestigious, however, graduate institutions and competitive industries do. What's more important?
Anonymous
05/19/2025 20:13
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh god these rich kids remain safely ensconced in their little bubble wherever they go. You'd figure they'd be better served roughing it up somewhere different for once in their lives.
Oh they do, they do. Why just last year I know some who summered on a public beach.
In Nantucket, lol?
Hey now. There was red tide when I was there last year. Hardship experience.
Anonymous
05/19/2025 19:18
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/university-st-andrews-students-americans-americanisation-rn2m3cxc5
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Over the past two decades St Andrews has been transformed from a quaint, windswept Scottish university into a globally recognised academic institution — a kind of “Ivy-adjacent” outpost, attracting Americans who are also applying to highly rated US schools. “On paper St Andrews is 20 per cent American, but it definitely feels like quite a lot more,” says one student from the US."
What a weird piece. It is only about partying and shopping and travel. Not a word about any academic or career pursuits at all.
...because that's why people go to St Andrews from the US. It's a party school for rich boarding school kids. Tulane abroad, essentially.
This is idiotic. Clearly you know NOTHING about St Andrews. My daughter gave up 2 t20s to go to StA. Graduated with Double Honours is now at a one of the top 3 Law School in the US….
+1, similar story
Good thing, because you don’t get a job coming out of St. Andrew’s — but I think the point is to have a job out of undergrad so law school is unnecessary.
Huh? You do know people want to be lawyers right?
Anonymous
05/19/2025 16:56
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/university-st-andrews-students-americans-americanisation-rn2m3cxc5
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Over the past two decades St Andrews has been transformed from a quaint, windswept Scottish university into a globally recognised academic institution — a kind of “Ivy-adjacent” outpost, attracting Americans who are also applying to highly rated US schools. “On paper St Andrews is 20 per cent American, but it definitely feels like quite a lot more,” says one student from the US."
What a weird piece. It is only about partying and shopping and travel. Not a word about any academic or career pursuits at all.
...because that's why people go to St Andrews from the US. It's a party school for rich boarding school kids. Tulane abroad, essentially.
This is idiotic. Clearly you know NOTHING about St Andrews. My daughter gave up 2 t20s to go to StA. Graduated with Double Honours is now at a one of the top 3 Law School in the US….
+1, similar story
Good thing, because you don’t get a job coming out of St. Andrew’s — but I think the point is to have a job out of undergrad so law school is unnecessary.
Anonymous
05/19/2025 16:48
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Can anyone paste the article here or give a gift link?
Anonymous
05/19/2025 16:46
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I would love for my daughter to consider it simply because it would be 4 years in a safe town away from the risk of gun violence.
Or 3, I guess.
It's 4
Anonymous
05/19/2025 16:45
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/celebrity/article/university-st-andrews-students-americans-americanisation-rn2m3cxc5
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Over the past two decades St Andrews has been transformed from a quaint, windswept Scottish university into a globally recognised academic institution — a kind of “Ivy-adjacent” outpost, attracting Americans who are also applying to highly rated US schools. “On paper St Andrews is 20 per cent American, but it definitely feels like quite a lot more,” says one student from the US."
What a weird piece. It is only about partying and shopping and travel. Not a word about any academic or career pursuits at all.
...because that's why people go to St Andrews from the US. It's a party school for rich boarding school kids. Tulane abroad, essentially.
This is idiotic. Clearly you know NOTHING about St Andrews. My daughter gave up 2 t20s to go to StA. Graduated with Double Honours is now at a one of the top 3 Law School in the US….
+1, similar story
Anonymous
05/19/2025 15:39
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh god these rich kids remain safely ensconced in their little bubble wherever they go. You'd figure they'd be better served roughing it up somewhere different for once in their lives.
Oh they do, they do. Why just last year I know some who summered on a public beach.
In Nantucket, lol?
Anonymous
05/19/2025 15:38
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Oh god these rich kids remain safely ensconced in their little bubble wherever they go. You'd figure they'd be better served roughing it up somewhere different for once in their lives.
Oh they do, they do. Why just last year I know some who summered on a public beach.
Love it.
Why so much jealousy at DCUM? Why cant the rich be rich, send their kids wherever they want to? I guess some here would only be happy if the wealthy sent their kids to the SEC instead to rough it “ on a public beach”…
Anonymous
05/19/2025 15:36
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:I sold a house to a rich daddy whose son was attending St Andrews. He paid us over the odds so little boy could relax here I. Some style. Keep coming over here to educate your offspring. We don’t mind
You will as soon as you no longer can afford to buy a home there because of these rich daddy’s….
Anonymous
05/19/2025 15:08
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
I sold a house to a rich daddy whose son was attending St Andrews. He paid us over the odds so little boy could relax here I. Some style. Keep coming over here to educate your offspring. We don’t mind
Anonymous
05/19/2025 14:27
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:One friend’s son who attended transferred to USC. Did not love it. And he said the profs were tough to understand in lectures. They may speak English, but the brogue is thick.
Which USC?
? What's the other one?
The other one is located in Southern California.
Not according to the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/finally-usc-real-sc-thanks-u-supreme-court.html
Anonymous
05/19/2025 14:25
Subject: Uh oh, America's East coast elite have taken over sleepy St. Andrews
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:One friend’s son who attended transferred to USC. Did not love it. And he said the profs were tough to understand in lectures. They may speak English, but the brogue is thick.
Which USC?
? What's the other one?
The other one is located in Southern California.