<p>Has anyone gotten into a competitive american uni with 3 A Levels?
Or do you need 4? It's just I know they prefer it if you do as many AP's as possible, so would it make more sense to do more A2s?</p>
<p>This coming from a British student. I know A Levels are worth double credits but how many do they expect you to do? Most British students only do 3.</p>
<p>I think it would be better to do 4. There are other parts of the application as well, remember that.</p>
<p>I do the A levels and most, if not all, of the people from my school who were admitted into top tier schools did 4 A levels.</p>
<p>Is it better to do 2 AS levels rather than one complete A level?</p>
<p>Virtually all top tier UK universities now look for at least 3 subjects at full A level (A2) plus an additional subject studied at least up to AS level. In fact, the whole idea of introducing a modular A-level structure with the separation between AS and A2 was precisely to increase breadth of education so that students could take more subjects at their first A-level year and then specialize further in the second year. </p>
<p>For Oxbridge and some of the most competitive courses at Imperial/LSE, it is actually common for applicants to have 4 subjects at A2 plus a fifth at AS. Applicants to those courses typically also have 10+ subjects at GCSE, mostly with A* and A grades.</p>
<p>^ Very useful information but OP was looking at US schools.</p>