St Andrews Decisions Advice

Hey, I got into medicine for Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St Andrews. I literally never even thought of going to St Andrews and I basically applied as a filler choice. However after the open day on the 5th, Im really considering going since i loved the vibe and the course structure. I'm still just really unsure, so is anyone able to talk about their experience at St Andrews for medicine or just in general, because i always imagined myself going to a city so it's really different. Literally anything would help thanks.

Hey, I got into medicine for Glasgow, Edinburgh, and St Andrews. I literally never even thought of going to St Andrews and I basically applied as a filler choice. However after the open day on the 5th, Im really considering going since i loved the vibe and the course structure. I'm still just really unsure, so is anyone able to talk about their experience at St Andrews for medicine or just in general, because i always imagined myself going to a city so it's really different. Literally anything would help thanks.

Hi, can I ask what specifically was at the open day and what information they gave? I have applied to st Andrews but unfortunately missed the open day.

Hey I’ll try and summarise,
For the medicine part they showed us the weekly schedules so you’ll have around 10 (55 minute longs) lectures a week, some labs, and small group tutorials. We got shown the clinical skills labs, VR, and experiments done. These were all very interesting and the teaching seemed really good in my opinion. Also the medical building feels really nice, new, and up to date.
On the uni as a whole, they talked about traditions and stuff. So they have academic families where you can talk to and get help from students older than you. There’s a bunch of other stuff like the pier walk, may dip, and raisin - i’m sure youtube will have a video on all this stuff.
If you picked the 6 year Bsc course (which i did), I'm pretty sure that if you decide to you can switch to their 5 year course, If you really like it at St Andrews.
Overall i just really liked the vibe and I think that St Andrews Uni is an experience you can only get once and it’s just seems really close knit. But obviously if you really want experiences like clubbing or really enjoy city life it might not be for you.
Let me know if this was helpful 🙏🙏

Hi, this was helpful. Thank you! Do you know where the majority of students go for the last 3 years of the course? I have heard that it was Glasgow and Edinburgh, however, I am not sure if it is 100% correct. P.S. I have chosen the 6-year course as my firm choice!

Hey I’ll try and summarise,
For the medicine part they showed us the weekly schedules so you’ll have around 10 (55 minute longs) lectures a week, some labs, and small group tutorials. We got shown the clinical skills labs, VR, and experiments done. These were all very interesting and the teaching seemed really good in my opinion. Also the medical building feels really nice, new, and up to date.
On the uni as a whole, they talked about traditions and stuff. So they have academic families where you can talk to and get help from students older than you. There’s a bunch of other stuff like the pier walk, may dip, and raisin - i’m sure youtube will have a video on all this stuff.
If you picked the 6 year Bsc course (which i did), I'm pretty sure that if you decide to you can switch to their 5 year course, If you really like it at St Andrews.
Overall i just really liked the vibe and I think that St Andrews Uni is an experience you can only get once and it’s just seems really close knit. But obviously if you really want experiences like clubbing or really enjoy city life it might not be for you.
Let me know if this was helpful 🙏🙏