The Official 2019 St Andrews Applicants Thread

Course: Computer Science and Mathematics
Universities: Cambridge, Edinburgh, UCL, Imperial
Grades: 1.0 with 14-15 points in relevant subjects in the German Abitur

Not too sure about the CS part of the course but the university and the maths part seem pretty cool :smile:

Reply 21

Grumpsalot

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Heya, eu applicant here from Romania

Course: Computer Science and Philosophy
Universities: Oxford, Southampton, Warwick, Leeds ( + applying in the Netherlands at TU Delft)
Higher grades: 9.5/10/10 (sort of an A*A*A* equivalent) in Literature/Maths/Physics
Extracurriculars: some coding bootcamps, doing some philosophy at the university (gonna have a yearly seminar there) and a lot of further reading

Applied on 25/09/2018, already got my backup offer from Leeds

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 22

username2912782

13

Course: Maths (MMath)
Universities: Oxford, Durham, Warwick and Nottingham
A level grades: Predicted A*A*A* (A) - Maths, Further, Physics (Chem)
GCSE grades: 10A* 1A (equiv.)
Extracurriculars: Olympiad Maths n stuff.

Reply 23

Eclipsi

6

Course: Physics
Universities: Oxford, Manchester, QUB, Edinburgh
A level / IB / Higher grades: Predicted A*A*A*AA
GCSE grades: 6 A*s, 2 As, 2 Bs
Extracurriculars: half marathon and marahon running, yoga, bullet journaling. That's kinda it.

Reply 24

AmberStudies

9

Course: Bsc Psychology
Universities: Swansea, Cambridge, Birmingham, undecided slot
A level / IB / Higher grades: A* Psychology, A* English Lit, A Sociology, November submissions EPQ I haven't been given a prediction for yet but hopefully A*/A
GCSE grades: 99A*ABBBB4
Extracurriculars: 6 months hospital volunteering, ongoing research volunteering, 2 year post on a youth advisory board, books/lectures, upcoming 12 weeks CBT volunteering and GCSE Psychology tutoring etc etc

Reply 25

Patrick J-O'B

3

Social Anthropology and Geography

Oxford, Manchester, LSE, SOAS

I took American exams (AP, SAT, etc) my scores were 5544444433, 800, 800, 760, 730, 590, 680, 610 (mostly social sciences and history)

Extracurriculars: Model UN, student government, intern for Planned Parenthood, work for YDSA and DSA, over 100hrs community service, Boy Scouts

Reply 26

Christina.kp

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- Maths and Philosophy
- 8 7 6 4A's 5A*'s
- Maths, Further Maths, Philosophy and EPQ all A*
- Oxford, Durham, st Andrews, Bristol and Sheffield
- Music stuff - grade 8 clarinet and a load of orchestra stuff and tutoring

Reply 27

beckdong

6

Course: MA Philosophy and French
Universities: Oxford, St Andrews, Southampton, Exeter, Edinburgh
A level / IB / Higher grades: 4As at AS (I'm a Northern Irish student), predicted A*A*A* at A-level (Maths, Physics, French)
GCSE grades: 7A*s, 2As
Extracurriculars: I like to read, play badminton, and listen to music but I have a part time job as a waiter so that takes up quite a lot of my time!

Reply 28

bernadette2000

2

Course: Social anthropology
Universities: Newcastle, UCL and Northumbria
A level/ IB / Higher grades: predicted AAB for business, ICT and history
GCSEs: 2A* 3A 6B 1C
Extracurriculars: Had a part time job until recently so didn’t time but gonna try and be more productive this year and start a hobby

Reply 29

jarratel

6

Course: English and Modern History
Universities: Oxford, Durham, Warwick and Leeds
Grades: (international student :smile:

) AP 55554 Euro&American History, English Lit&Lang, Art History and 780 on SAT 2 Literature
Extracurriculars: Cello and student newspaper

Reply 30

abigailhope13

9

Course: Philosophy and Theological Studies
Other Universities: Oxford, Durham, Kent
A level / IB / Higher grades: D*D* in Music (year early), predicted A* in RS, A in English Language, predicted A in EPQ
GCSE grades: 1 9, 2 8s, 1 A*, 4 As, 1 C
Extracurriculars: Debate club, Bible study group, volunteer with Oxfam, going to Africa to do humanitarian and conservation work, going to Germany to study religious persecution in Nazi Germany, writing a book on 'Happiness', done further reading also (Plato, John Calvin, Isaiah Berlin)

DEFERRED ENTRY

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Reply 31

angelalmachado

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Hey, everybody! I've been dreaming of St Andrews for a long time now, but I'm quite nervous since my chosen course is very competitive to enter. Any opinions?

Course: International Relations and Economics
Universities: St Andrews, Edinburgh, UCL, King's, Sheffield, Warwick (still choosing)
A level / IB / Higher grades: got a 41 in the IB (HL: English, Port, German | SL: Biology, Maths, History)
Extracurriculars: MUN club co-founder, various volunteer projects, debate, co-founder of a feminist activist group at my school

Reply 32

Bubbergee

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Has anyone had any offers from St Andrews for History?

Reply 33

bernadette2000

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Original post by Bubbergee

Has anyone had any offers from St Andrews for History?

Hiya, from what I've read St Andrews doesn't start giving out offers till January, for UCAS students at least might be different for international applicants.

Reply 34

wolfmoon88

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Original post by bernadette2000

Course: Social anthropology
Universities: Newcastle, UCL and Northumbria
A level/ IB / Higher grades: predicted AAB for business, ICT and history
GCSEs: 2A* 3A 6B 1C
Extracurriculars: Had a part time job until recently so didn’t time but gonna try and be more productive this year and start a hobby

Original post by Patrick J-O'B

Social Anthropology and Geography

Oxford, Manchester, LSE, SOAS

I took American exams (AP, SAT, etc) my scores were 5544444433, 800, 800, 760, 730, 590, 680, 610 (mostly social sciences and history)

Extracurriculars: Model UN, student government, intern for Planned Parenthood, work for YDSA and DSA, over 100hrs community service, Boy Scouts

If you both have any questions about first year social anthropology, I can answer if possible. Taking social anthropology as a module this year. :yep:

Reply 35

wolfmoon88

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Original post by Bubbergee

Has anyone had any offers from St Andrews for History?

For international applicants, decisions are made on a rolling basis.

https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/apply/ug/after/

so yes most offers are given after January 15th but some offers may trickle in for RUK/Internationals around November/December :yep:

Reply 36

CheeseStudy123

11

Original post by yerselfesteem

Course: Computer Science (perhaps cs and mathematics, depending on what i think after the open day)
Other Universities: Oxford, Imperial, UCL, Durham
A level / IB / Higher grades: A* in maths (year early), predicted A*A* in F. maths and physics
GCSE grades: 2 9s 1 8 5A*s 3 As
Extracurriculars: very little, although i've done quite a lot of further reading

Hey there, i've also got just one or two (unrelated) extra-curriculars, are you worried at all that you won't be accepted. I am curious because I see everyone else has many ECs and I don't. I'm very much like you in that I enjoy the academic side of things but have not been involved much outside of that. I want to do History with Psychology after a gap year. But, I do things like go to the gym regularly and play school basketball, however, have not got many relevant ECs.

Relevant subjects: Adv High History, High English (last year),High Psychology, High Modern studies AAAB

16YO Final HS year.

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 37

A Rolling Stone

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Original post by CheeseStudy123

Hey there, i've also got just one or two (unrelated) extra-curriculars, are you worried at all that you won't be accepted. I am curious because I see everyone else has many ECs and I don't. I'm very much like you in that I enjoy the academic side of things but have not been involved much outside of that. I want to do History with Psychology after a gap year. But, I do things like go to the gym regularly and play school basketball, however, have not got many relevant ECs.

Relevant subjects: Adv High History, High English (last year),High Psychology, High Modern studies AAAB

16YO Final HS year.

st andrews (and most other british unis) won't care about your ECs... but will care about those ECs relevant to your degree subject in the context of a good personal statement. i can only think of one uni (kings college london) which cares about ECs in general but is easy to get into for most subjects

Reply 38

CheeseStudy123

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Original post by CollectiveSoul

st andrews (and most other british unis) won't care about your ECs... but will care about those ECs relevant to your degree subject in the context of a good personal statement. i can only think of one uni (kings college london) which cares about ECs in general but is easy to get into for most subjects

Thank you, so generally speaking in the context of a good personal statement it matters but not to the extent where it's a deciding factor if another personal statement is good but lacks ECs. That made sense thanks.

Reply 39

wolfmoon88

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Original post by CheeseStudy123

Thank you, so generally speaking in the context of a good personal statement it matters but not to the extent where it's a deciding factor if another personal statement is good but lacks ECs. That made sense thanks.

I wouldn't say it like that; wider reading/projects that's relevant to your subject also count as ECs. I wouldn't even say that it matters in the context of having a good personal statement; as long as you show engagement in your chosen subject.

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