When I got back to Scotland the summer after my second year, I was eager to make up for lost time.

I missed the application deadline for the following autumn, but I was so enamoured with St Andrews that I decided to wait a year to apply.

These are my recommendations of things to do in and around St Andrews, as a former student and forever admirer of the Auld Grey Toon.

Tomorrow is Raisin Sunday, and I'm nostalgic. Here are ten unconventional traditions to take part in as a St Andrews student.

Wondering if the University of St Andrews is right for you? Check out my guide here.

Last month I turned twenty-five, an age that seems impossibly old because I only recently fully comprehended that I am no longer a teenager.