Thank you all for taking time to comment. The input is greatly appreciated.
After further discussion with my D, this is what she is actually interested in at St Andrews (BSc in Chem or Biochem then apply to US med school). Apologies for starting down the wrong track in my original post… she dropped the St Andrews idea on me out of nowhere (when I thought we had her application list close to finalized), and I am scrambling to get as much information as possible. I spent 24 hours reading the StA website, threads on CC and then panic posted with some misconceptions! Ha
Our current plan is to arrange an interview with a StA rep and also an AO at a US med school. We are letting our daughter take ownership of the college application process (with our input but trying not to hover too much which gives D anxiety), but the added considerations with StA make me feel the need to be a bit more involved in this application decision. There are more factors to consider with an international school, after all.
I will update when we learn a bit more. In the meantime, I am open to any and all comments on this new scenario.