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If I go out every night, have 3-4 drinks each night, plus eating during the day and stuff, how much will it cost? I don’t have the freshers pass or anything but if you think it’ll be a big money saver then I could get it! Honestly the only event that sounded good at the union to me was jazz works so I guess I would just be pub hopping mostly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🙏🙏

Has anyone not gotten their accom yet? I feel like I’m the only one even though I submitted the stuff on time. Is it worth it to email the uni?

I’ve just received an offer of accommodation for Andrew Melville hall - with a single bedroom. I’m doing English lit which is the furthest away from AM, but is super convenient if you do sciences as it’s the closest to science buildings. Would preferably swap for St Salvatores or St Regs but dm me if you’re interested in doing a swap!

Hi! I’ve been accepted into St Andrews for my psychology undergraduate…but I haven’t received any response on my accommodation application. I had applied in April this year and completed the form, and was sent no additional questions so…I’m just asking if it’s normal to have not received an offer yet because my parents are getting concerned and my insurance had sent me a confirmation of accommodation prior to results day.

So is this normal for St Andrews? And if so when should I expect to receive a response, just asking because I’m very nervous rn.

Admittedly it was my insurance but i initially fought with my head of academics to change it to my firm. I'm going to be honest, i like the community at St Andrews better than at Edinburgh. But since St Andrews had a safer offer i was told to pick Edinburgh over St Andrews... blablabla, results day, didn't make it, back to St Andrews.

She has been screaming at me non-stop because 1) St Andrews is far away and would require more costs 2) St Andrews is not up there globally despite great UK-based rankings and 3) I didn't try hard enough, that's why I didn't get the grades I needed.

See, even if I'm hurt cuz she looks at me different now, as long as she's on board with me that this is a good school and I haven't failed her that much, I feel like i'll have a reason to keep going. I want to go. I mean, hell, if i didn't wanna go, i wouldn't have applied. I really, really wanted to go here. Dude, this is my dream. I would've never been happy at Edinburgh, I begged her to put it as my first choice. I hate rankings. God I hate rankings. That's all she cares about.

Hello! Just want to preface the post by saying that as an upcoming international student, this sub has been invaluable to me in my preparations <3

I’m flying in for a 1-year MSc in September, and I was wondering what the general public sentiment is towards face masks in St Andrews?

I’m somewhat immunocompromised from multiple (bad) covid infections in the past, so I’ve generally just masked everywhere in public since 2020. I come from an Asian country though, and public masking is normalised here so no one bats an eye over it.

Understand from going through some other UK subreddits that masking is a rare (and maybe controversial?) thing in the UK now… I know I’ll likely stick out from masking everywhere but I’m willing to deal with that. My main concern is really if I’ll get any shit for masking from people at the uni/around town? Like would I be making a faux pas if i walked around with a face mask?

Is it possible to switch from normal entry to direct entry and how? Also would it be worth asking since my a level grades are AAAB which isn’t exactly exceptional (the website says AAA but ‘above required’ is preferred).

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I used the other St Andrews crushes IG/FB etc, I never saw anyone get a S/O from that.

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Hello. I am an American student who will be studying abroad at st Andrew’s in the fall. I am trying to figure out how / what phone plan to get.

My program requires me to be able to receive and make international and UK calls. I also heard from my program that Amazon prime requires a UK number to make a UK account. My phone is an iPhone 15 and it only supports eSims.

When looking into plans nothing has been clear on what it provides calls and messages wise for eSims. Often we can find how much data you can get. But other than that we can’t find any information. From what I’ve learned eSIMs are not the standard. And my program is not being very helpful on guiding us through this process. So any help by someone who has experienced this would be greatly appreciated.

I want to find the cheapest way to receive international and UK calls and the cheapest way to keep in contact with family at home and anyone I meet in Scotland. And if the Amazon prime thing is true then I want to get a UK number as well. Also ideally I would not have to buy a new phone.

Thank you for any information!

So I just had my offer accepted (Im beyond happy) but I’m seeing conflicting dates for the start of orientation. Some places say it’s the 6th, others the 7th.

Also, when does the accommodation get sorted? I’m just so anxious because I really wasn’t expecting to get in (I thought I failed everything 😭😭) and now I have to do look up and organise everything.

Thank youuuu

Basically what the title says. Going into second year, but despite living in halls, having an academic family, joining several societies, and generally being outgoing and trying to meet people (ie. doing everything everyone says when it comes to friendship), I’ve not managed to find a ‘group’ or make many friends. I’m not sure if it’s because I don’t tend to love nights out, which is how a lot of people said they’ve made or strengthened friendships. I can strike up conversations at society events fine, but never tend to be invited to hang out outside of them, despite getting’s people’s contact info, following up, etcetera. It’s a bit disheartening to have literally stuck up conversations with hundreds of people, only to never have been invited into any kind of group, hangout, or birthday party.

Maybe this is just a St Andrews thing? Everyone here seems to make friends just fine, but a lot of people tend to, in my experience, totally ignore people early on. I put in a lot of effort to try and become friends with my neighbours in halls last year, but none of them ever followed up on plans and only messaged if they wanted to borrow something or something like that. Even societies that seem to be really close-knit ended up as ones where I was repeatedly ignored by most people whenever I showed up, and I’m still not sure why.

Would love to hear any advice, or if people have had similar experiences? I’m genuinely not sure what to try this year, given that I took so much of the usual ‘how to make friends in college‘ advice last year, and it didn’t work out for me in general. I’ve heard that second year’s a lot better since people are more settled, but I’m afraid of having the same experience all over again.

I got sunday tickets for the open next year at st.andrews in the ballot, which is brilliant, but comes with some headaches.

There is absolutely no accommodation in st andrews in any sort of budget. I was wondering how do normal fans usually do these trips? Stay in Edinburgh and get the first possible train?. Are very early bird and late evening trains put on for the open weekend?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone!
I’ve recently been accepted to the University of St Andrews for a Master’s and will be moving to St Andrews this September. Since everything has happened quite last minute, I’m trying to sort out accommodation ASAP and would really appreciate some advice from current/past students.
What accommodation would you recommend for a postgraduate student? I’m mainly looking for somewhere that:
• Has a good social atmosphere and makes it relatively easy to meet other postgrads
• Is in a good location / walking distance from the university and town
• Is comfortable and generally nice to live in
• Ideally has a good mix of international and UK students
Would you recommend university postgraduate accommodation or looking privately? And are there any specific halls/residences you’d particularly recommend (or avoid)?
I’m also curious about the social side — I’d love somewhere friendly and sociable, but not necessarily an undergraduate/party-hall atmosphere.
Since I’m moving in September, I know I’m quite late, so any advice on where I should be looking right now would be massively appreciated!

Thank you!! :)

Hello everyone,

I’m an incoming first year student and I’m going to be living at Andrew Melville. Can anyone give me an idea of what the rooms look like or what carpet is on the floors. I‘m trying to plan what sort of duvet I should be buying.

Thanks ever so much!

Hello! I am starting as an undergrad in september. I applied for accommodation on the 29th of june (i know the deadline was the 30th) and have yet to receive a place. I am a bit confused and worried, since i am an international student. Did anyone experience something similar ?