r/standrews

Hi! I’m joining st andrews in september, and I just wanted to know how much I should budget monthly for living expenses in st andrews? This would include paying for social events, joining societies, going out, maybe saving for little trips etc. Whats a comfortable monthly budget? Would love to hear your thoughts and opinions :)

Hi,

Worried about not hitting my conditional offer. I can provide proof of reasonable extenuating circumstances but I’m unsure whether they will care. Has anyone had an experience similar to this or are aware of how good they are with it? For context i’m a UK student.

Thanks 😁

Is it common for the private landlord to start the housing lease from June even students won't be there until Sept when the semester starts? I understand that they want to lock the tenants in. You end up paying for a place you don't live in. Also, how difficult is it to find a place toward. the end of the summer before the Uni starts if not now? Thanks.

hello all. i am an american who will be starting their undergraduate degree at st andrew’s next year. j want to preface this by saying this is by no means a majorly important thing to me, but i realize that mary jane is illegal in the UK and i was wondering if that is something that’s completely non existent at the school? i do prefer usage of it over alcohol given some personal history. thanks!

Hello, my daughter is starting at St. Andrews in September, and she has environmental allergies (dust, dust mite, molds and a few others) she also really wants to be in town and share a room with someone! Does anyone know where would they place a student with high allergies? Can one request to be in town?

Hi, not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask, but i received admission to the uni for computer science and was wondering if there are any kink clubs/queer fraternities at St. Andrews. My step-father went to Stanford, and he’s told me about the club they had there. I’m sort of curious if this is an exclusively weird California thing, or if it’s something that exists abroad as well.

If there is one, could any of the members tell me more about it??

I’m looking for recommendations for purchasing yarn in St Andrew’s. I’m also interested in any societies or meet ups. Thanks!

I am a recent college grad from America looking to get my graduate degree abroad. I recently got into St Andrews for Psychology (Conversion) MSc and King's College London for a course called the Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface. I have done a lot of research online about the two universities and its quite hard to get a straight read. Can someone from the UK give me the US equivalent versions of both of these schools? I've had British people tell me that St Andrews is just below Oxbridge in rankings and prestige while I've found a lot of online chatter calling it not very good and not even in the top 20 in the UK? Same with KCL. The program at KCL offers placements at the hospital which is only second behind Harvard in psychology research. St Andrews also has an amazing psych department so I'm very conflicted; I also like the small town feel of it.

Hi All!

I'm a researcher over at the University of St Andrews and, for the past 5 weeks, have been the co-lead on a Holyrood '26 election monitoring project aimed at teaching our undergraduates about quantitative methods and giving them hands-on research experience, which we hope will give them a leg up in what appears to be a worsening job market.

Over the course of five short weeks, our 14 research assistants have collected polling data, built marginals, and tracked down candidate-specific data. I collated this data into an interactive dashboard, accessible here. Amongst other things, it shows live polling averages, data by pollster, an incumbency tracker, and a seat projection (which exists comfortably within the margins of error for big firms like YouGov).

The students are presenting their findings on the 7th at School V (St Salvatores Quad, St Andrews) from 1:00-3:00 PM, if anyone's interested.

I would appreciate it if you could help to amplify my students' findings - whether by sharing, joining us, or even having a look. They've done an exceptional job and, I believe, deserve to have a fuss made over them.**

** As a reminder, these are students, so please keep things constructive.

Hello! I’m just asking a question to the people who study Econ. Is there a big proportion of the course that’s maths based? I loved the subject at A Level and would like to continue it (I got an A* last year and am on a gap year now,) but the maths puts me off. How have you found it considering Maths A Level isn’t an entry requirement?

Thank you!

As a catholic conservative are there Catholic or conservative clubs that I could join? I would assume the town and college lean more left but is there still a place for conservatives

Hello, I need to leave St Andrews with the 5.10am Bus to the Airport on Sunday.
Does anyone have any advice on taxis that operate at that time? I emailed with a few and they all say “no availability”

I’ve just accepted my offer and will be going as a fresher fall 26 as a US student. Does anyone know of scholarships not offered by the university (they gave ne nothing) that i can use to fund my study?

Are there enough indians studying in st andrews??

Hey, i was just wondering if anyone knew of the chances of getting your 4th choice of accommodation. I am aware that it could happen but is it a very small chance? Also, do you have a say of if you want a single or shared room? And if so, do people often get their preferred room type?

I was also wondering if it mattered when you actually applied to the accommodation, is it a first come first serve sort of thing? Or does everyone have an equal chance no matter when you applied?

Thanks

hello, im wondering if I still have a chance of an offer as it is so late, and if any others are still waiting?

For more context, I’m a scottish, contextual applicant applying for international relations, I got AAAAB in S5 and needed AABB

Hi I’m currently a Y12 student from England (which I think makes my odds lower???) And I do Sociology, Psychology and Religious Studies.

I know these subjects would allow me to apply to StA but would they be seen as lesser compared to someone doing STEM even in IR applications??

Also is it worth applying to StA if I’m on track for ABB, will I have time to rectify my UCAS before the application deadline?

I am swithering between the three unis and cannot decide for the life of me. For context I am a Scottish Student so going to one of the Scottish unis comes with the added benefit of being free tuition. I know Warwick is more internationally prestiged than the other two but I am wondering whether its first worth the extra money and I have not heard amazing things about living there and the location is not ideal. Any advice is very appreciated.