<p>I'm very interested in Scottish Universities, but have no idea what kind of stats it will take for a us student to be accepted. If you currently go or have been accepted to unis like Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, etc could you send your stats? I need some kind of general idea as to how much I'll be considered when I apply</p>
<p>anyone? if not stats, then personal opinions for those universities?</p>
<p>I don't know if this will help but IB and go to a scottish school?
My school's heritage is scottish. Amazingly scottish. Like highland dancing and bagpiping (hell we're like #1 in the world for bagpiping).</p>
<p>I believe that St. Andrews requires a minimum 1300/1600 SAT. St. Andrews actively seeks American students. Admission is competitive. The Univ. of Edinburgh is becoming quite popular with American students; over 10% of Groton's class of 2007 attend Edinburgh. Unfortunately I do not know whether or not admission is more or less competitive to Edinburgh than to St. Andrews, but a minimum 1300/1600 is probably necessary. My best guess is that St. Andrews is more difficult with respect to admissions based on the fact that Prince William went there over Oxford. St. Andrews' admissions is probably similiar to Cornell University. St. Andrews is a very prestigious school. There are more Americans enrolled as full time degree seeking students than at any other European university. Aberdeen is less selective.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the reply! So even though St Andrews is more selective, is Edinburgh stronger academically wise?</p>
<p>Edinburgh > St Andrews for most subjects, except for a few (international relations, for example, is a big StA specialty). Generally speaking, Edinburgh is a stronger school, yes. But be careful when comparing the two to analyze departmental strengths.</p>
<p>Americans are completely obsessed over St Andrews because Prince William went there, despite the fact William wasn't a particularly good student and before that everyone thought it was the name of a golf course (and most people in England STILL only know the golf course). It has of course gone up the rankings because fame has attracted better students there, but among the average person on the street, it has very low prestige in the UK outside of Scotland (other universities of similar rank, such as Edinburgh and Warwick, are far more well known). However, since everyone in the US seems to think it is a rival to Harvard, it will probably be advantageous for you to go there. People in the UK are just a whole lot less obsessed with their own royal family compared to everyone else.</p>
<p>Prince William didn't get anywhere near good enough grades to go to Oxford. His father didn't either, but they still gave him a place (at Cambridge), back in the day, and it caused national uproar. They wouldn't dare do that anymore. The government would cut their funding probably.</p>
<p>Anywhere other than St Andrews you will certainly get in if you can read, because as a full-fee paying international student, they need your money to subsidise the UK undergraduates. That is how it works</p>
<p>St. Andrews has been a popular choice for American prep school students for at least a decade now. It is not viewed by Americans as on the same level as Harvard, but it is reported to be an excellent school for foreign language study and for the study of international affairs. Americans are not obsessed with St. Andrews as the above poster claims, Americans are, however, obsessed with opportunity and egalitarianism; things, clearly, that are not of primary concern to all. St. Andrews is a gorgeous school in a spectacular location with excellent academics.</p>
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St. Andrews, she adds, "is a work hard, play hard kind of place."</p>
<p>But it was neither sports nor balls that her friends in California most often asked about when she entered St. Andrews in 2004. They wanted to hear about Prince William, second in line to the British throne, who was finishing his last year there as a geography major.</p>
<p>The presence of the crown prince added considerable cachet to St. Andrews's reputation. Applications from all students shot up 44 percent the year the prince announced his decision to study there. Says Ms. Silva, who has a double major in international relations and art history: "If it was good enough for Prince William, it's good enough for me."</p>
<p>The</a> Chronicle of Higher Education
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<p>:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Thank you for all the great replies, I definitely lost interest in St Andrews although it is a beautiful university nevertheless. Aberdeen has to be my number one at this point, their academics and atmosphere all seem impressive, and the students from what I've read are all pleased and enthusiastic about it. I know that it is less selective, so generally what kind of students does it accept? I do not attend a private school so I'm wondering if that will hurt my chances.</p>
<p>As an additional resource, the Fiske Guide to Colleges profiles both St. Andrews and Aberdeen.</p>
<p>^Thank you I'll definitely check it out</p>
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Aberdeen has to be my number one at this point, their academics and atmosphere all seem impressive, and the students from what I've read are all pleased and enthusiastic about it. I know that it is less selective, so generally what kind of students does it accept? I do not attend a private school so I'm wondering if that will hurt my chances.
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<p>I have never been to Aberdeen and I don't know anyone who goes there. But I have never heard anything bad about it. It is quite remote for the UK and no doubt also cold for the UK (but it's all relative to your usualy temperature. Nowehere here is arctic really). </p>
<p>I am 99% sure you will get in, no questions asked, if you are going to pay full foreign fees. I really wouldn't worry about it. </p>
<p>Hardly anyone attends a private school in the UK. Contrary to popular belief amongst most Americans. Boarding school is ever rarer. It is only for millionnaries and royalty really. The vast majority of Brits attend "state schools" which are the free sort provided by the government (public schools are a TYPE of private school. "Public" in this sense originally meant anyone could attend as long as they paid. No entry test. A private school is still a private school. The word "private" means the same as it does in the US. Fee paying). </p>
<p>since people will not believe me, I found this article on the web. in 2004
Rise</a> in cost of school fees outstrips inflation
by my calculations that's about 6.5% of students attending private schools.</p>
<p>What this amounts to is that outside the top few colleges you will hardly meet anyone who went to a private school in the UK. in real life on the street, almost none. No-one will care and attending a US "public" school won't harm you. They won't have heard of it anyway (unless there has been a school shooting there...)!</p>
<p>Cupcake: Thank you so much for that reply, extremely helpful actually. I don't need to seek any financial aid if I am to attend a UK uni, so will that really increase my chances of acceptance? I've heard that pretty much any American that can pay their way with no assistance is almost an automatic shoe-in, I just can't believe it! As for the weather issues, winters here are usually in the below zero-twenty degrees Fahrenheit range. Haha so I'm thinking that the cold Scottish weather will not pose as too much of a problem for me.</p>
<p>Hey I am a senior this year and I applied to 5 schools in the UK: York, Edinburgh, UCL, KCL and St. Andrews. </p>
<p>The scottish schools are solely interested in SATs and your personal statement. A 1300 is good enough for St. Andrews or Edinburgh. St. Andrews looks at your transcript, but not too thoroughly; Edinburgh cares about 2-3 good subject tests. These are easier to get into simply because of the number of americans applying. You'll either get an unconditional offer or be unsuccessful.</p>
<p>UCL, KCL and York, on the other hand, gave me conditional offers based off of my APs. A bit more difficult, as they don't really care about your SATs, and they couldn't care less about your grades. I guess they look at your SATs for an indication of whether or not to give an offer... But just plan to do well in 3-4 APs and you'll be set. </p>
<p>As far as financial aid is concerned, it's extremely benefiical to need none as there literally is none. You'll be paying overseas fees, which will help you get in a bit easier. But as far as admission goes, it's soley academic test scores so you better do well. NYU's average SAT is only 1315; St. Andrews is 1400+. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>hi, was wondering did any of you apply before having your sat results, or did you wait 'till after you got them to apply? I'm planning to apply to st andrews, cardiff, aberdeen, wales, but i only have my act results, so i was wondering would you recommend me to apply before my sat results from the march test get there, or should i wait till its all done?
also, the more time i wait to apply even if the deadline is on june, the less chances i've got to get in right?
thanks</p>
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yes, all applications are rolling. To maximise your chances you should really have applied before the UK deadline which is in January.</p>
<p>Yea I agree you should have applied before January 15th, but now it won't make any difference. I would wait for your SATs to come out, as you'll have to write it on your ucas form. You can send it with the scores blank, but they won't make a decision until they recieve the scores.</p>
<p>I sent my ucas the minute I got my last set of SATs.</p>
<p>Each of the UK universities have web sites with a tab for international applicants. Here is the one for Glasgow:
University</a> of Glasgow :: Glasgow, Scotland, UK</p>