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St Andrews Applicants 2016

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Reply 400

Ibac

Original post by CaitlinDy

What would you like to know?

Night life, employability, quality of teaching, campus :smile:

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Reply 401

Ibac

Original post by careyboyle

I went in October for an open day and although it was small, I loved the feel of it. Its very student-ty as you'd expect because of the size versus the population of the uni, but I live about 12 miles away from Durham so I'm used to that. It's got a range of shops which I was surprised at because I was picturing it to be a ghost town.

Thank you! What have you applied for?

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Reply 402

careyboyle

Original post by Ibac

Thank you! What have you applied for?

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English and Classics

Reply 403

CaitlinDy

Original post by Ibac

Night life, employability, quality of teaching, campus :smile:

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Night isn't what you'd find in a large city - there are one or two places to go and with the amount of people there it can be quite fun, my roommate loves the themed "Bops" at the union and my friend loves karaoke night. Quite a few people (myself included) stay in with friends and a bottle of wine watching a movie or chatting away so it's really friendly and intimate in that respect and personally I prefer that to going out.

There are quite a number of jobs around if you ask, I work a part-time job in an ice-cream parlour, one of my academic dads delivers domino's, a friend makes domino's and another works in the Fairmont hotel for example - it's just a case of looking at what's available and handing in CVs.

St Andrews isn't a campus university since all the buildings are spread around the town. This is actually quite nice since you're not in a campus all day and can wonder around town and interact with people. Some of the architecture where I live is breathtaking! The only downside is potentially having to walk 15 minutes (maximum) to your lectures, tutorials etc. depending on where they are held and where you live - I stay in Sallies and physics is just under 15 minutes away.

The quality of teaching is marvellous. As would be the case at any institution, there are lecturers or tutors about whom people are initially sceptical but you will always learn something from them. If there are issues then there are students in your class who are elected to liaise with a module coordinator to discuss things like that. Out of the seven lecturers I had last semester, five of them, I would say, were the best people for the job and the other two were extremely intelligent and knowledgeable but were better at teaching one-on-one because they could address any issues much easier that way.
All the staff at the university are friendly and approachable people who are enthusiastic and want to get the best out of you.

Reply 404

laurabeth18

Anyone else apply for biology?

Reply 405

second1234

anyone applied or got an offer for Economics and Modern History?

Reply 406

CSAdam

Hi, just wondering if anyone has heard anything from the computer science department? :smile:

Reply 407

Debjitdj

Original post by CSAdam

Hi, just wondering if anyone has heard anything from the computer science department? :smile:

Yeah. Mathematics and Computer Science.

Reply 408

agirdzius

Original post by CSAdam

Hi, just wondering if anyone has heard anything from the computer science department? :smile:

Applied for CS on 16th of December, still nothing :/

Reply 409

timelizard

Original post by agirdzius

Applied for CS on 16th of December, still nothing :/

lmao thats nothing tbh, most of that time thats passed since has been xmas hols

Reply 410

JennieRDS

Original post by laurabeth18

Anyone else apply for biology?

I did! I applied for the MBiochem. What about yourself - did you chose a specialisation or just go for Biological Sciences? Have you gotten an offer yet?

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Reply 411

Shamebob

Original post by CSAdam

Hi, just wondering if anyone has heard anything from the computer science department? :smile:

Still no reply sadly! The wait is torturing me!

Reply 412

millieellen

Original post by second1234

anyone applied or got an offer for Economics and Modern History?

Me! Waiting to hear back, I sent my application off in October so it's been such a long wait! Where else are you applying?

Reply 413

mirrk97

Has anyone heard back from the English Department? :smile:

Reply 414

careyboyle

Original post by mirrk97

Has anyone heard back from the English Department? :smile:

Not yet

Reply 415

laurabeth18

Original post by JennieRDS

I did! I applied for the MBiochem. What about yourself - did you chose a specialisation or just go for Biological Sciences? Have you gotten an offer yet?

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I just went for biological sciences and no offer yet but im not really expecting to get in

Reply 416

mariastefivanova

Original post by laurabeth18

Anyone else apply for biology?

hey, I've applied for molecular biology on 18 of November aand I'm still waiting for an answer

Reply 417

sportyannie

Original post by JennieRDS

I did! I applied for the MBiochem. What about yourself - did you chose a specialisation or just go for Biological Sciences? Have you gotten an offer yet?

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I've applied for MBioChem too!