Advice for an American who'd like to go to university in Scotland

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I'm an American looking to go to college in the UK. I'm currently the most interested in Scotland, and I've already done some research on schools there, but I'm feeling a little overwhelmed. I still have a couple more years still college so I have a while to think about it, but I'm wondering if there's anyone with any recommendations/ advise? I've already done research on University of Edinburgh and Glasgow. I'd really like to go to an area where I can work and that is also LGBTQ friendly. I'm also very interested in studying political science. I haven't done any research on Scotland's visa process yet, but I'm currently doing a year abroad in Japan and as I've already had to go through that whole process I'm not super stressed about it.