Undergrad Institution: Reasonable UK institute (Not Oxford/Cambridge/Imperial)
Major(s): Physics with Theoretical Physics
Minor(s): N/A
GPA in Major: Converts to close to a 4.0 I think (High-ish British First Class if that means anything to anyone)
Overall GPA: 4.0
Length of Degree: 4 years long (I did an undergrad masters or MPhys which basically a bachelors with another year added on of grad courses and a bit of research, so a Bsc plus taught year masters in effect)
Position in Class: Third
Type of Student: International White male.
GRE Scores:
Q: 780
V: 570
W: 5.5
P: 830 (79%)
Research Experience: Largely comes from my final masters year which had two 3-4 month long research projects.
Publications: Second research project published a HEP-phenomonology paper in the Journal of HEP (one of four authors), this paper was to do with a certain detection channel at the LHC.
Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Awarded a prize from university for the above mentioned project, also got a scholarship before starting university for exeptionally high A-level (equivalent of US high school final year exams before college I guess) results.
Pertinent Activities or Jobs: Nothing much ....
Any Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: Not really.
Any Other Info That Shows Up On Your App and Might Matter: Nothing that matters...
Hoping to study: HEP-Theory

Thinking of Applying to Where:
This is where I could really use some input! I want to be in either NY/California/British Columbia, unless there's some particular exception to draw me away from these areas. Where could I get into?
Is the internationals must have higher PGRE so stringent for someone from Britain?
Thanks alot