anybody studied PPE without maths?

I believe there are several such courses that don't require Maths.

However the Oxford course it's basically a requirement - 95% of successful applicants have it.

Moreover, Economics at university is inherently fairly mathematical - at least up to the use of Calculus. if you struggled with GCSE Maths, why do you think this will be any better...?

You may want to consider Politics & Philosophy joint honours courses as an alternative.

If you're trying for Oxford, I'd suggest taking a course or two outside of school. Maybe you could do a summer school or an online course? You will need to show them you can do Maths. There are also loads of economics courses, maybe you could do some of them? Either way, you should probably do something to demonstrate that you can do it. Honestly, it might be difficult if you don't.
I'm in the same boat - they really want History A-level and I haven't even done the GCSE. I'm going to try to make it up by doing Politics A-level and maybe a History summer course.
Maybe you could switch to just doing Politics or Philosophy? If you aren't particularly confident with Maths it's important to remember you'd be doing it for a third of your degree.
Best of luck! X

Thank you. I take History, Politics and Psychology. Psychology has a maths element in it I guess. I think I could have done well in GCSE Maths but I had various teachers and for about 2-3 months we had supplies. I also missed a lot of school in Year 11. I don't have my heart completely set on PPE, but I think that it would be really useful in comparison to just philosophy and politics. I'm not aiming for Oxford btw.

Psychology has a maths element in it I guess.

No it doesn't lol

I’m sure there’s quite a lot of statistics and data handling?

I guess so but you can't really call it a maths element honestly haha, but to the OP, you can do PPE without maths, a lot of unis will allow you to drop the economics element after first year if you struggle.

Well outside of Oxford PPE has no particular additional prestige attached to it, so it's just as good or bad as a degree in Politics & Philosophy.

I guess so but you can't really call it a maths element honestly haha, but to the OP, you can do PPE without maths, a lot of unis will allow you to drop the economics element after first year if you struggle.

I beg your pardon, but I would definitely say that there is a maths element in A Level Psychology. We have to learn various formulae. In fact there's new maths in every new module/unit we do. As well as this we're asked to handle data in each one of our practical investigations for all 6 modules.

Really? My teacher said that it's "highly sought after".

anybody studied PPE without maths?

From Oxford, certainly. That particular course has a considerable history in producing major political and business figures (and a few notable academics) in its relatively short history. Elsewhere it's just a combined honours degree - good if you want to study those three subjects which do all link together, but there's nothing special about it otherwise, and you end up covering considerably less material than a comparable two subject combined honours or the Oxford course, which is notorious for packing in a huge amount of content. There's a reason LSE's version is 4 years long...

In any case, outside of Oxford it's just a degree like any other - while factors like the relative "prestige" of the course provider will continue to be relevant (for example Warwick/LSE will be notable on a CV revardless) it doesn't lend additional weight besides that. Case in point, as I recall York's version was the first outside Oxford, but they aren't renowned for PPE by any means - they're just considered a generally good university and it's one of their many courses which are all good.

Doing "just" Politics & Philosophy at one of their universities would be just as beneficial as doing PPE, outside of maybe dazzling extended family and long removed friends...

You say this as if any degree outside of Oxford doesn't really matter. I know PPE is Oxford's flagship course but I don't want to study it solely for the prestige that comes with studying at Oxford.
I want to do PPE because I like my humanties subjects and because I want a pathway to Law. The universities you mentioned are definitely prestigious so if I'm genuinely interested in PPE then it is worth applying to other universities.

I don't want to study PPE to 'dazzle' extended family and "long removed friends". I want to study PPE because I think it is a degree which is incredibly flexible and will help me get a job in many fields.
I don't think studying Politics and Philosophy will provide such opportunity.

You misunderstand the point. The commentary is not "degrees outside Oxford are pointless". The commentary is "this specific degree subject/combination, outside it's originator, is no better or worse than any other degree".

Also regardless of how much or little maths is ostensibly involved in Psychology, it's irrelevant because the maths in Economics is not "just" statistics. You will need calculus, and most serious economics courses will probably introduce at least basic concepts of matrices and simple first order differential equations. This is already far beyond the level of Maths in Psychology in and undergraduate degree, and certainly in A-level.

A course in Politics & Philosophy will open the same number of doors as a degree in PPE, with the two exceptions indicated in my earlier post. Now, if you want to study all three subjects then that's fine, but you've indicated you're not even that invested in PPE specifically anyway. If you're serious about PPE, then I suggest considering, if unsuccessful in application or otherwise, taking a gap year to take A-level Maths.

Before you get too hung up on defending to your last breath your right to study PPE, take a look at the entry requirements of the course in various places. The majority of the more appealing courses (certainly, relative to your predicted grades) require A-level Maths, OR GCSE Maths at Grade A/7. You have neither. Thus, the recommendation to consider Politics & Philosophy...which covers similar content, is just as reputable, and does not generally require mathematics.

Thank you.
What I would like clarified is ‘is PPE alone not a highly sought after degree?’ Even from a non-oxford university? Just as medicine, and law are?