<p>Does anyone know anything on St. Andrews... campus, student life, academics, selectively, and ratings? I've heard it's really good for international relations and about what type of stats would someone need to get into there?</p>
<p>it's realllly hard to get into st andrews, particularly for american students although i know they have quite a high percentage of them (maybe 25% of students are american?). it's got a gorgeous campus, right on the water, and a very good international relations program. i know if you were in ib you had to achieve a certain ib score in order to be admitted, which i think was 36, and that's pretty hard. i would say, on the old sat, at least 1500.. obviously people with lower can get in, but since there isn't an essay requirement or even recs (not sure about that one) admission is very focused on numbers. and of course a high gpa (3.8 or above, i'd say) in a challenging program. i believe the website does a very good job of laying out their exact expectations for you, so you should check that out.</p>
<p>st andrews a while back sent me a prospectus basically you need a 3.3 on an unweighted scale as far as gpa....st andrews wants the most demanding courseload...if you obtain overseas student like you fall in that category you have a better chance at admisson however st andrews as far as i hear isan't too bad for american students to get into st andrews also is rolling in terms of admisson PM message me for more details</p>
<p>Admission isn't too bad, really. I had a 2150 SAT, national merit commended status, not a ton of extra circ. activities, and 3.9 unweighted GPA. I submitted no AP scores, and will only have taken 3 APs and 4 honors by graduation (at a school which offers a LOT of these classes that I opted not to take). I had really, really good letters of rec. (very specific and saying I was one of the very best students in terms of writing skills, speaking, confidence, intellectual ability, ect.) though and worked a lot on my personal statement. If you have AP scores, you should be fine, and apparently, even if you don't have them, you can still be admitted (like me). Oh, and I had only taken one SAT II subject test (lit...640) but apparently my other stuff made up for it. To make up for lack of AP scores, I sent graded writing samples from AP English and my syllabi (I think that may have helped). I can write very well and articulately, so I think that really helped my application.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>