2 more University choices for Economics / PPE to go into Investment banking Front office

Hi so I have 3 of my university choices made which are: Nottingham (Econ), St Andrews (Econ) and KCL (PPE).

Im thinking of applying to Exeter (PPE) too but what other university would be recommended. I am limited by some of my choices as I didn't do Alevel maths and have a 5 in GCSE English so I can't apply to LSE, UCL or Warwick. I could shoot my shot at Oxford PPE as maths isn't essential but recommended but im not sure if I want to waste an option.

I know it will be slightly harder to get into IB as i'm applying to semi targets only but any advice would be appreciated.

Edit: PPE = Politics, Philosophy and Economics

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They dont have a PPE but they have politics with economics which doesn't need maths. However they also have economics with politics which does need maths so I'll look into it and see what the difference is

 

The difference will most likely be the modules that you take. 

The course that doesn't require A-level Maths as a prerequisite should just be less quantitative. 

Besides that you're splitting hairs. 

 

Why do the Brits always have questions about universities? 3x as many questions in this forum compared to Americans but there’s only only like 5 places to choose from in their whole country compared to 2000+ in the States lol

 

Even Oxford PPE never said AL Maths was mandatory, BUT that doesn't mean they will consider your application. Let me give another example, the entry requirements for a Bachelor of Data Science at LSE are AAA (with an A in Mathematics), but a recruitment agency experienced with LSE told us that LSE will not consider students without Further Mathematics at A level. There are thousands and thousands of applications sent to Oxford each year, Oxford would never hestitate to reject "non-preferred" applications.

 

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