Transfer to St Andrews: possibility? Classics

You would have to be doing well at Manchester and be getting grades above those that mooch about first year. Other than that I think you have a decent shot at it. Check both the Faculty of Arts general requirements and the School of Classics course entry requirements to see if you tick the right boxes.

Okay. I meet the A-Level requirements at the moment -- and did additional A-Levels in my gap year, so very much hope to exceed them soon! I am a geek, and so planned to work incredibly hard at Manchester anyway, so that isn't a problem. I just hope it can be arranged, because as much as I love Manchester, studying at St Andrews would be amazing (and as Scottish degrees are four years long, I will still have enough time to build a strong social base there.)

EDIT: My most general question is, if anyone can answer it, do St Andrews accept transfers? Does anyone know if I would have to go through UCAS, as this would mean I would have to apply in September, before I even get to Manchester and so I won't be able to include my module grades at Manchester etc.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/admissions/ug/Applicationprocess/Howandwhentoapply/Transferstudents/

This should answer your questions

Why do you wanna transfer from Manchester to St. Andrews? Do you not think it'll be a shock to the system going from a large city, to a small city (it's still technically a city 'cos it has a university?) where you can't even compare the nightlife to Manchester

edit: and the social demography is gonna be completely different to - if that bothers you or not?

Nightlife is not particularly my thing, if I'm honest. I am working-class myself, but I am happy with people from all social strata -- though I did go to a private school, which I suppose helps (a state school, two private schools and a state college in fact!)

Manchester, plain and simple, does not have as good a rep for Classics as St Andrews. The place also looks incredibly beautiful.

Are you contemplating in transferring merely because the reputation for Classics at St Andrews is better than Mancs, or are there other variable such as you haven't enjoyed your first year at Manc (if so, why?), you don't like the big city thing? or you just fancy an extra year at uni

if you can transfer from law to classics at manchester and then do well in your first year there, transferring to st-andrews shouldn't be a problem.

I would stick at Manchester. Large city Vs Little village. No competition. St Andrews Classics can't be that much better than Manx.

Yeah, though I have lived in Manchester for my whole life (Salford, but it's the same thing) and would like a bit of a change to be honest, if it's possible. I'm not too bothered about nightlife or anything like that, St Andrews seems to have more individualised teaching methods and it also looks absolutely beautiful (i.e. it would console me for not getting into Oxford for Law originally -- not that I want to do Law any more of course!)

Though, of course, if it's not to be, so be it.

Fair enough, I wouldn't want to study near home either. St Andrews is beautiful. They also had the most friendly graffiti I've ever seen, on most of the walls in town some-one had scrawled "I love you"

Dear God man, are you changing your mind again?! There's no pleasing you

Honestly, I'm sure you'll like your course/university when you get there. Just try to enjoy it - there's no point anticipating that you'll want to leave before you've even got there.