University of St. Andrews, Scotland?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey All,</p>

<p>If you have any knowledge on the school itself that isn't displayed on the website (i.e., social life, etc.) that would also be much appreciated. :o)</p>

<p>Here goes...White Male
GPA (unweighted): 4.00
GPA (weighted, 9-12): 4.43
GPA (weighted, 10-12): 4.625
SAT: 2130
ACT: 32
SAT II: Literature: 720, US History and Biology (E): TBA
AP Scores: Statistics: 5, European History: 5, Biology and English Lang/Comp: TBA, IB Scores: TBA</p>

<p>Top 1% of Class</p>

<p>Schedule:</p>

<p>9th Grade
Algebra II/Trigonometry, Honors
Biology
Symphony Orchestra
Spanish I
English I, Honors
Cross Country Team (Semester 1)
Health (Required for Graduation, Semester 2)</p>

<p>10th Grade:
Spanish II
AP Statistics
Symphony Orchestra
Chemistry
English II, Honors
Cross Country
AP European History
(Additional Symphonic Orchestra class at Community College)</p>

<p>11th Grade
IB History of the Americas
IB Math Studies
IB Music
Spanish III
AP Biology
IB World Literature (English A1)
Marching Band
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>12th Grade (This is what I signed up for. Whether or not I get all of the classes... that's a different story.)
AP Art History
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Biology HL
IB Music HL/Symphony Orchestra
IB Spanish HL
IB English A1 HL
IB Theory of Knowledge
Marching Band
Precalculus, Honors</p>

<p>I have received straight "A"s in all of my classes.
Thus far, I have received all 5s on my AP exams.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/Activities:
Marching Band (Taught myself how to play the trumpet without assistance)
School Orchestra (all 4 years, section leader for 2)
Community College Orchestra (1 year)
District Honor Orchestra (7 years)
SCSBOA All Southern California Honor Orchestra (2 years)
CSF (all 4 years)
National Honor Society (2 years)
Leo Club (As Founding Vice President, helped to organize "pop top" drive at school to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House, and then made lunch there. 2 years)
Amnesty International (2 years, founding Treasurer. Wrote letters to foreign governments about human rights issues.)
Played Piano for 12 years, Violin for 7 years, Viola for 6 years, Trumpet for 2 years, Baritone for 2 years
Held 132 hour internship at Scripps Institute of Oceanography (Hour and a half drive one way)
Work almost full time</p>

<p>My main instrument is the viola (at this point), which is kind of a "rarer" instrument which is always in-demand... so that could be a good thing for me.</p>

<p>I want to major in International Relations (and do some Music stuff on the side for fun), and I have been considering the University of St. Andrews because of its great reputation worldwide in this area (IR). I know there are about 2,934,639,479,214,387,561,083,746,580 of these chances threads out there, but your comments would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>American schools I am interested in are: Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Georgetown, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Claremont McKenna</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>st. andrews has too many americans for it to be a british university</p>

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<p>Well... okay. Thanks. I think.</p>

<p>Anything else, anyone?</p>

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<p>Most likely you'll get into St. Andrews and half of your list of American universities</p>

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<p>Bumppp. .</p>

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<p>Update:</p>

<p>Biology E: 760</p>

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<p>those are nice scores...i <em>think</em> you're fine although i probably don't know any better</p>

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<p>Does anyone have any more information on St. Andrews, especially their International Relations Programme?</p>

<p>...and Scores Update:</p>

<p>AP Biology:4
AP Comp:5</p>

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<p>I got accepted to St. Andrew's for medicine and my stats are about the same as yours. You'll have no trouble getting in, but just make sure you can deal with living in a small town. Aside from playing golf and studying there's not all that much to do there, although it's a really beautiful place.</p>

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<p>I go to St Andrews and have recently started classes in IR. You should have no problem getting in, and IR is a really popular subject, especially among Americans for some reason. Standards for the IR program are pretty high, since it is so popular, but being an American will really help, since that’s where the school gets its money. (UK and EU students either go for free or at a steep discount.) The quality of teaching is excellent, and I believe we’re the most highly-rated for student satisfaction in the UK … something like that. Also, St Andrews has a newish course in Sustainable Development that everyone here is really excited about, and you can take that with or as part of your courses in IR.</p>

<p>It is a small town, and for the most part you have to go out and find yourself something to do - it doesn’t necessarily come to you. We’ve seriously got a billion student societies and sports clubs though, and dances and pub crawls and things. There’s generally somebody doing something.</p>

<p>The best part of St Andrews is that it’s a really ancient town with little bits of history everywhere. It is in no way a large or exciting city; it’s a small town and it doesn’t try to be anything else. </p>

<p>Bottom line: If you get into an Ivy League college, you should probably go there. But St Andrews is a really nice second option, and the IR program is excellent.</p>

<p>Hope that helped!</p>

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<p>Yeah you would probably get in!</p>