St Andrews - Ask A Current Student Thread

EDIT: found it, just go to http://timetable.st-andrews.ac.uk/webtt/ select modules then look up your module it will tell you where and when its held.

I'm not presuming to know anything about your financial situation, but I do know people here who get the full grant and the full maintanance loan from the government, and manage fine, so money doesn't have to be a huge issue.

I think there's also a Comp.Sci scholarship of £500. Not a massive amount of money, but it's something.

ok, so if say the maintenance grant can pay for halls...standard catered for example, that leaves only about £400 by my calculation...what other grants are available to help with other expenses throughout the year?

Exactly my problem!
After Halls, I'll have something like £600 left for the year and i really don't want to have to get a job in my first year!

How much does the golf cost? Now that's a damn good question!

That is a good question!
As far as I'm aware, if you're actually interested, there are 'smart' cards you can buy that give you 1000 balls (20 buckets of 50 balls) I think it works out £4 cheaper, and I know that the short game practice area is about £2 to get in for 45mins!

I'm golf mad, and a lot of my weekly budget is going on golf!! I already play a little over a 1000 balls a week, but then its really cheap at my club, only about £35 (cheap compared to £50!), but then again this is St Andrews! Hopefully I can get good enough to get an R&A bursary, but I doubt that'll happen!

Thanks - that's something! I wonder if there are student deals on any of the courses. Having said this, I'm pretty bad... handicap of 24!

I went to an open day at St Andrews last week, and really really loved it. But the Scottish system of doing 3 subjects year one and two confused me a little. I want to do Psychology which can be done as either a BSc or an MA. Does my choice have any effect on what other subjects I can do in the first 2 years?
I've got a more science-y background, I'm going Biology, Psychology and Maths for A levels, but some of the arts subjects, like Social Anthropology, really intrigued me.

Thats not bad at all! About the Student deals I don't think there are any, I think there's just a flat rate for adults, students/Senior Citizens, and then Children. Handicap of 24 would be easy to decrease if you can play regularly enough, moving from the 20s to the 10s is easier than Mid 10s down to say 7 or 8!

Shame, I would have to save up before going to uni then! Or invest in some night vision goggles.

I know what you mean, golf is a very nasty habit! Luckily for me, the whole taking a year out thing has helped me in that, basically from March to July/August I'm going to work full time so I'll have enough money to pay for the golf on a weekly basis, and hopefully also save enough so I can stay over the summer in 2010, when the British Open is in town!!
I could put the money towards something useful like paying insurance on a car, or just away so I have something towards a flat or something but no....my heart tells me it must go towards the most noble pursuit that is stalking Phil Mickelson! Aaaah well!

Does anyone know if St Andrews does post - offer visit days like Edinburgh for example? Sorry if this question has already been asked!