<p>what i hear is that british universities are very scores oriented, especially with american applicants, because they judge british applicants mostly on their test scores on the national english exams. make sure you take a lot of ap exams and get lots of 5. you’ll need to get that sat up much, much higher as well, but that can be done with extra studying. also, if you like history and lit, then make sure you take the sat ii’s in world history and lit and get good scores. definetly over 750. british schools really dont look at EC’s or essays much at all. so work on those sat and ap scores. good luck!</p>