St Andrews 2016 Postgraduate Students

I received an email a while ago asking me to go through the steps on this link: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/newpgtaught/

It includes setting up your computer account and getting your ID card ready for when you start.

It appears that most of the things we need to do are under the "Online Matriculation" section which is not open until the 23rd of August.

I have received another email today about the first week. It is as follows:

"Hi, According to my records you are due to start an MSc at the School of Computer Science this academic year. You are expected to attend Orientation week, which begins Monday 5^th September with a Welcome to the MSc students at 9.30am. I will contact you again closer to the date to arrange an advising appointment, which will also take place during Orientation Week.

Please let me remind you that it is paramount for your studies to arrive in St Andrews on time, that is on or before the 5^th September. If you have any problems that prevents you from arriving on that date, please get in touch with us as soon as possible as you will need to seek permission to arrive late both from your school and from Registry. No student will be allowed to begin their studies after the 26^th September 2016.

We look forward to welcoming you to St Andrews soon."

As I expected it is very important to be at the university for the 5th. I assume it's also the day we will make module choices?

Ugh i didn't receive this on either seems like they forgot about me.
Either on the 5th or on some day during the first week I think.
2 more months to go *Wohoo*

Ugh i didn't receive this on either seems like they forgot about me.
Either on the 5th or on some day during the first week I think.
2 more months to go *Wohoo*

I have received another email today about the first week. It is as follows:

"Hi, According to my records you are due to start an MSc at the School of Computer Science this academic year. You are expected to attend Orientation week, which begins Monday 5^th September with a Welcome to the MSc students at 9.30am. I will contact you again closer to the date to arrange an advising appointment, which will also take place during Orientation Week.

Please let me remind you that it is paramount for your studies to arrive in St Andrews on time, that is on or before the 5^th September. If you have any problems that prevents you from arriving on that date, please get in touch with us as soon as possible as you will need to seek permission to arrive late both from your school and from Registry. No student will be allowed to begin their studies after the 26^th September 2016.

We look forward to welcoming you to St Andrews soon."

As I expected it is very important to be at the university for the 5th. I assume it's also the day we will make module choices?

It is like torture waiting for my official undergrad certificate to be released! Without sending this over to St. Andrews my position as an official student is still 'conditional' and it is driving me up the wall! More than anything, I am worried about not getting an accommodation offer because my choice will be all full up by that time! Anyone else just anxiously waiting?
And anyone else on MLitt Central and East European Studies course?

I'm anxiously waiting, but not for the same reasons. I applied only a few weeks ago because my specific programme only came into existance a couple of months ago. :P
If I don't get on the course, I have to find a job. If I get on the course, I still don't have anywhere to live, yet. I'm sure they'll try and help out students like us with accommodation, so don't worry!

Do you still have a conditional offer? I think you're not supposed to get these kinds of emails until your offer is unconditional.
If you won't meet your conditions until shortly before the semester starts, you can probably arrange something so that you do not miss out on information in the meantime. I had my university write a letter which made it clear I would meet my conditions in time, which gave me the more convenient unconditional status.

Nope my offer is unconditional :/
I'll send them an email and let them know that some people are missing out on information ^.^

Just received a welcome email today telling us to pick a first-semester module and a seminar group, and it also provided some reading lists. Still holding a conditional offer though, haha.

I also have not received this email. Is it sent by your academic department?

At those who got the email: Did you receive them on your office 365 account ?

Hey, I've just received an offer for an Mlitt in Middle Eastern & Central Asian Security Studies, but I can't decide between Andrews and Johns Hopkins SAIS in the United States. Any postgrads in the IR school here?