St Andrews Hopefuls 2017

Another Scottish applicant 👋🏽
Course applying: modern history and economics
Nat5s AAAAAAAA
Highers AAAAA (maths, English, history, modern studies, economics)
Predicted AAA advanced highers (modern studies, economics, history)
Extra curriculars: debating, public speaking, model un, general reading stuff
Other unis applying to: Oxford, LSE, Warwick, Edinburgh

Cool! What course are you applying to at Edinburgh?

Will they not accept extra ones in S6? I know if you don't meet the minimum requirements at S5 at Glasgow for some courses they give out on AAAAAA

Thanks for the reply. I was at a UCAS exhibition where I asked the lady working for St Andrews about this saying I'm doing an additional higher so will in S6 meet entry requirements for international relations ( the subject I was interested in at the time ) but she said "that doesn't matter, AAAB are S5 requirements." And I was thinking WHY IS THAT NOT ON THE WEBSITE ANYWHERE OR IN THE PROSPECTUS? I'm going to contact admissions, it's very confusing.
Also, I'm applying to Glasgow too! Glasgow's entry requirements are so varied and confusing. Can't wait for the open day but a bit put off by night and big city life, it's all about clubbing and all that there but I'm really not the type.

Hope you get it sorted out! I was so close to applying to Glasgow but thought my course was way too focused on Scottish history / politics

Hey guys, I've applied for English.

AS Levels: A A A A (Eng Lit, History, Politics and Economics)

Predicted: A* A* A*

Also applying to: Cambridge, Durham, York (offer already) and Sussex.

From a north London state comprehensive btw. Where is everyone else from?

Wow you have amazing grades! I'm from Scotland so they have a cap on Scottish students :/ so hope I still get an offer! Applying for history and economics

Thanks so much! I'm actually 1/4 Scottish (lol, what a clichéd, English thing to say). It's weird that they'd put a cap on people from their own country, isn't it? Where about is it, percentage wise?

I don't think it's like a set cap... But because we get it for free they're not going to want everyone being From Scotland and not paying anything

Can someone shed some light on this? My Director of Sixth Form said last year that Scottish unis were 'weird' sometimes about giving offers to applicants from England. I was a bit miffed tbf last year. Got 4 pretty good offers for maths last year, places that rank above Edinburgh, yet they rejected me. Obviously I could have just been unlucky, but what my DOS said made me wonder. Don't mean to sound arrogant. X

Well surely they'd prefer English students over Scottish applicants since English pay fees... However there is a lot of demand for places from international studies a especially from the US. I don't think there is any truth in this? Edinburgh is really popular though, despite being 'the lowest ranking' uni I looked at out of the ones I was applying in Scotland it has the highest grade requirements. I think it's just very popular