St Andrews, Edinburgh, Durham - anyone have knowledge

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Does anyone have a DC at these unis or have any knowledge of them? if so, I'd appreciated any honest positives and negatives.

DD has had a change of heart over where to apply for uni. At this stage, it's impossible to get her to open days for St Andrews and Edinburgh, however, hoping to get her booked onto an tour around each in summer hols and an overnight stay in each area, so at least she's seen something of the area. Durham have an open day late October which we can attend, but she won't have much time to consider other options if that gets written off.

Sorry I don't know - she organised it all herself.

I graduated from St A 9 years ago

I wouldn’t ever go back. Those 4 years drrrrrrag. I looked into transferring after first year.

As a plus, Sus D is a great course there and sub-honours means you can take courses in super cool subjects that interest you.

It’s ‘a bubble’, which I could take or leave... I went to an independent school and so felt no exclusion but I think the official statistic there is 60% independent, 40% state.

Shit load of Americans. It’s a very ‘country’ set...there were student polo matches...I thought it was cringe, with people flaunting daddy’s credit card.

I was a scared mouse though and a three street town was what I needed.

It’s so insular that at your welcome lecture around matriculation, the dean or someone says 50% of you will meet your future spouse there... I can vouch. Although he’s now my ex.

I like to think the other 50% wind up with a drug or drink problem by the time they graduate, but that’s because I saw ‘too much money, not enough sense’ up there

Merryhobnobs, my DD is very interested in the Sustainable Development course. SD is what brings a smile to her face, but she's also interested in the flexibility of the course to include modules from other subjects. Not sure which she's consider but she's enjoying her A levels - philosophy, music and the human side of geography, she's also interested in politics.