Americans?

[VThigh]

Question regarding prospective students: Does St Andrews require a midyear report from your high school? Thanks

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[killbill]

Quoting VThigh from 23:25, 9th Jan 2007
Question regarding prospective students: Does St Andrews require a midyear report from your high school? Thanks

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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

no i think you just have to dish out lots of cash, tell them you're doing I.R, wear some preppy clothing, speak very loudly, and then everyone is happy.

[VThigh]

hahahaha, pretty much summed up the stereotypical American... please don't think we are all like that.

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[Big X]

just to add to killbills comments: u must also wear any king of SWIM TEAM/STATE WRESTLING/LACROSSE clothing that u managed to acquire over the years. it matters not a jot that it was sourced from ebay

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[[James]]

Quoting VThigh from 02:44, 10th Jan 2007

Quoting killbill from 00:59, 10th Jan 2007
no i think you just have to dish out lots of cash, tell them you're doing I.R, wear some preppy clothing, speak very loudly, and then everyone is happy.

hahahaha, pretty much summed up the stereotypical American... please don't think we are all like that.

If you fit the above description, please don't bother coming. We accidentally ordered too many back in 1992 and still have surplus American yahs in the IR department.

"Like, totally oh my gawd, Bush is so awesome. Dude, we should totally just build a giant Starbucks around Eye-raq so the terrorists can't get out."

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Yeah St Andrews take any loud american as long as they are willing to pay.

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I like many Americans.


(just for balance the bashing was making me cringe a little...)

[exnihilo]

The bashing is also total drivel - once again, American students have entry requirements the same as everyone else. American students do not pay more, they just pay directly where we pay via taxes paid to the government. And, if many Americans are reading IR it's because of the international reputation of that department.

Finally, the number of Americans at St Andrews is hardly a secret, so everyone who dislikes them could have exercised the choice to go elsewhere. Personally, I have always felt that the greatest asset St Andrews has is its international makeup, and I hope it not only continues, but continues to broaden to bring people in from all over the world.

[oddly familiar]

Quoting exnihilo from 16:41, 10th Jan 2007
American students do not pay more, they just pay directly where we pay via taxes paid to the government.

Well... not entirely true, bearing in mind the people who don't attend university who are also paying for us to have gone. But yes, the overall amount of money received by the university is the same.

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[exnihilo]

Ah, yes, sorry what I meant was that certianly it costs an American more, directly, than it costs a UK student. But the sum of money paid to the University is the same - for a US student paid personally, for a UK student paid part in fees (or not) and the rest from the Exchequer - I did not intend to imply that a UK student would have paid the cost of his or her tuition personally to the Exchequer.

[Gubbins]

Though one would assume they would still ended up paying personally through their taxes after they graduate, am I correct?

To VThigh and other American students: America-bashing (like English-bashing) is somewhat of a national pastime. It's not meant to be taken seriously and everyone knows its only directed at the subset of Americans (I'm sure you all know the type) that really make you grind your teeth. Every nation has their favourite other nation(s) to pick on, and there's plenty of pommy/limey bashing goes on around the world. Think of all the movies made where the baddy speaks in a English accent. It's rarely personal and if it is, it's probably just that everyone hates you - not just us.

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...but then again, that is only my opinion.

[oddly familiar]

Quoting Gubbins from 18:16, 10th Jan 2007 Think of all the movies made where the baddy speaks in a English accent.

I often wondered about that. Is it some hangover from the revolutionary war? Do the Americans still see us (subconsciously) as the great evil oppressors of the past?
Or is it more that a posh English accent could indicate privilege, and thus the everyman’s enemy?


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[exnihilo]

It's more that baddies are meant to be clever and sophisticated and to many Americans English accents sound just that. I've known Americans who think Birmingham accents sound sophisticated - we all hear things differently. Though that's just silly.

[VThigh]

well I see I'm going to feel very welcome next year, haha. No, I can honestly say that I have never been on a Swim Team and I don't talk with a blond American accent. Thanks for the support, us Americans don't hate you all, and I realize the administration hasn't made the best decisions in Eye-Raq, but don't let a red neck Texan negatively influence against all other Americans.

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[exnihilo]

99% of people wont, and you'll spot the other 1% easily enough.

[Gealle]

Bollocks to this.

I'm one of a rare breed left here - I'm a Scot. You're all bloody welcome as long as you do your part to be a decent human being whilst in Scotland.

*whispers: but loud, IR studying, yanks do get a bit annoying*

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[Guest]

So, for an actual answer:

No. Or at least, they didn't from mine, but I went to a weird hippie school with no real grades or anything, so to be honest I'm not entirely sure what they require from "normal" schools.

Really, though, I got the impression that admission for Americans is mostly based on SAT scores.

[DrAlex]

I applied here from an American curriculum school in the UK, and my entrance was based on my AP and SAT I scores. My high school grades were not sent.

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[Griggsy]

Quoting exnihilo from 17:58, 10th Jan 2007
Ah, yes, sorry what I meant was that certianly it costs an American more, directly, than it costs a UK student. But the sum of money paid to the University is the same - for a US student paid personally, for a UK student paid part in fees (or not) and the rest from the Exchequer - I did not intend to imply that a UK student would have paid the cost of his or her tuition personally to the Exchequer.

How long will it be I wonder before tuition fees are not funded by the Exchequer at all and UK students have to pay the full sums that our friends across the pond have to pay?

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[JohnQPublic]

Quoting VThigh from 23:25, 9th Jan 2007
Question regarding prospective students: Does St Andrews require a midyear report from your high school? Thanks

If your grades are good, including your entire transcript was (I seem to recall) standard operating procedure for American applicants to British schools. I am unsure how that works with UCAS

The most important things to include are your SAT 1/2 scores, ACT, and Advanced Placement scores if you have them. E-mail the admissions office if you have questions, they're very nice people.