The typical St. Andrews stereotype

I know, I know: "every student is different." But, if you had to describe it, what is the typical St. Andrews stereotype in the UK? As an American, I'm not really in the British culture loop, and I'm curious as to how the university is perceived. In the US, for instance, we have tons of uni stereotypes (ie- Brown is for smart hippies, Wesleyan is for hipsters, Dartmouth is full of preppy jocks, etc.). They're not accurate statements about the entire school population, obviously, but they're very helpful in figuring out whether you would "fit in" there.

...not to the point of being freaky or losers...

But generally I would say the "stereotype" of a St Andrews student is that of an intelligent young person seeking knowledge to further their careers and wanting to enjoy 3/4 years of their lives in a nice coastal town.

That qualification felt faux.



Get the **** off the moral high ground.

Why don't you, you foul mouthed cretin.

St Andrews was freezing when I was over- I think if I went I'd be permanently swaddled up in a big puffa coat!

Well in Scotland everyone thinks St Andrews students are all stuck up English public school kids who do polo and wear monocles. My friends won't stop ripping it out of me for going there next year.

Are there any students who dress in Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, Prada etc. or is Jack Wills as "posh rich kid" as it gets?

I think your 'I'm rich and I'm going to show you' wardrobe will be just fine.

*cringe* I like your tone. It's actually quite discreet, I promise. I'm asking because I don't want to appear out of place and like a massive cock. As I said, around here it's pretty much everybody's "everyday" clothing.

How's maths and french going, by the way? I'm going to St. Andrews for Maths-Econ, but would be interested in possibly changing to maths and a language after first year.

I think your 'I'm rich and I'm going to show you' wardrobe will be just fine.

Oohh...sorry just noticed you do french for science (i guess?) ... How is it in second year? Is it basically just a continuation of the same kinda stuff in 1st yr? Annd I've just been wondering, like cos we do science and art, does that mean we have to do 3 modules? (biology is 30 credits and french 20...) are we allowed to do 80 credits per semester?

sorry slight diversion from topic there...

How's maths and french going, by the way? I'm going to St. Andrews for Maths-Econ, but would be interested in possibly changing to maths and a language after first year.

Oohh...sorry just noticed you do french for science (i guess?) ... How is it in second year? Is it basically just a continuation of the same kinda stuff in 1st yr? Annd I've just been wondering, like cos we do science and art, does that mean we have to do 3 modules? (biology is 30 credits and french 20...) are we allowed to do 80 credits per semester?

sorry slight diversion from topic there...

You almost always aim for 60 credits per semester, so with the modules you mentioned, you might either want to find a 10-15 credit module to fill up the gap each semester, or do 70 and 50 over two semesters.
There is a (quite high) upper bound on how many credits you are allowed to do per year or per semester. I wouldn't reccommend doing extra credits... I've done it a couple of times, and you do notice it. It doesn't do you good.

Yeah it's pretty much a continuation, or its meant to be! However Isabelle Scott is retiring at the end of this academic year and she created the whole course, so as a result I think we will be noticing a lot of changes. Naturally the texts get more difficult in 2nd year and they are less accepting of mistakes but its a good course! As for modules, I had the same issue this year. I took one 30 credit maths module and 20 credit french module in each semester but I did a 20 credit 1000 level psychology module in first semester to make it up to 120 credits. But yeah, the most practical method is 70-50 split.

Yeh, we had our last oral class with Isabelle this Mon... twas a sad sad moment iindeed! lol!
Yeh, I think we've kinda been having some changes already this year as Elodie Laugt has taken charge, like we don't have an oral exam as such anymore, which Isabelle has given the impression of having been a part of the course before(??) Don't know if I'm right with that or not!
Just hope the course isn't as much of a shambles next yr as it has been this yr!

Wow you don't have an oral exam?! That's so unfair haha we have one in 2 weeks, and have had one at the end of every semester so far. Who has been teaching you grammar?

I'm from a lower class family, with none of my parents that went to Uni. Will I be in the minority? Jack Wills is taking over the world... AHHHH