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Apparently so.

All going well (William doesn't die before Charles and the country doesn't become a republic) the future king and queen might both be graduates of St Andrews. Even if it was (only) Art History.

BBC wrote:At their graduation ceremony in 2005 they heard a speech by their university principal, who described St Andrews in Fife as the country's top matchmaking university.

Anyone else wanting to own up to having fallen for their significant other at St Andrews?

William doesn't have a degree in Art History, he has an MA in Geography. Having been in most of his classes, and at his graduation ceremony I can happily say that that fact is absolutely incorrect. I also can't remember a speech saying that we were a matchmaking university, again having been in the same graduation ceremony. Although it was a few years ago now, so it's entirely possible I've forgotten.

RedCelt69 wrote:Anyone else wanting to own up to having fallen for their significant other at St Andrews?

Oh, most definitely. And broken some bones on the way down.

RedCelt69 wrote:Anyone else wanting to own up to having fallen for their significant other at St Andrews?

Yes, my husband and I met in St Andrews when we were both PhD students and I know lots of other couples who met there too.

RedCelt69 wrote:Anyone else wanting to own up to having fallen for their significant other at St Andrews?

Married this year. Academic daughter and all.

I heard the statistic was 1-in-3 (and 1-in-3 with an alcohol problem), but I've never been able to substantiate this. Anyway, time for another glass of Cab Sauv.

Gubbins wrote:I heard the statistic was 1-in-3 (and 1-in-3 with an alcohol problem), but I've never been able to substantiate this. Anyway, time for another glass of Cab Sauv.

Probably never been more appropriate to point out that correlation is not causation...

I heard 1 in 5 for marriage, whilst I was there.

(But still 1 in 3 with an alchohol problem...)

wild_quinine wrote:(But still 1 in 3 with an alchohol problem...)

Usually muttered when one of the 1-in-3 was struggling to get served at the bar.

wild_quinine wrote:Oh, most definitely. And broken some bones on the way down.

I know that feeling. Must try not to fall for someone if they're not ready to catch me.

I certainly recall being told that more St Andrews students meet their spouses here, although it was at the start of first year. But Brian Lang did seem fond of that bit of information, so he may well have repeated it at graduation.
Indeed, were the uni not such a place, I would not be alive, as my parents both studied here (biological parents!).

jollytiddlywink wrote:Indeed, were the uni not such a place, I would not be alive, as my parents both studied here (biological parents!).

Nor would my wife.

Interestingly enough, since both my and my new in-laws' weddings were set in motion by St. Andrews, I did a quick tally of the St. Andreans there and the number who had me their partners. From that (probably biased) sample, I reckon that the figure is somewhere between 20 and 45% (to one st. dev.), so I reckon anywhere from 1-in-5 to 1-in-3 could be substantiated.

Not surprising a lot of middle class white people end up going to St Andrews, meet some other solidly middle class people who want to be accountants and lawyers, entire plot of a classic richard curtis movie hilariously follows (in their minds anyway) and they end up together.

St Andrews is actually quite a homogeneous environment, wouldn't you agree? Nothing so attractive as seeing a bit of your own personality in a future spouse.

Hennessy wrote:Not surprising a lot of middle class white people end up going to St Andrews, meet some other solidly middle class people who want to be accountants and lawyers, entire plot of a classic richard curtis movie hilariously follows (in their minds anyway) and they end up together.

St Andrews is actually quite a homogeneous environment, wouldn't you agree? Nothing so attractive as seeing a bit of your own personality in a future spouse.

Well, someone got dumped.

+1

I'm engaged. I met my fiancee in St Andrews.

I feel the culture of relationships being more common than in other universities plays a big factor. Also the small space means if you break up, have a tiff, there's a lot more incentive to fix things or get back together, or not bother breaking up. Plus, there's not a great many avenues to hang out with locals, other unis and cities. But I reckon mostly it's the culture, most people i knew frowned upon sleeping around. I knew more people who were happy to have emotionless relationships from other universities than at st andrews.

*note part of same bracket, been with my academic daughter for over three years now.