What are my chances of being offered a place at Cambridge?

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I doubt it why don’t you drop one so it’s much easier for you to get a higher grades. You would probs get a contextual offer but the predicted grades are low to the standard of Cambridge. It’s fine if you don’t have further maths it’s only desirable so you’ll be fine as long as you have maths. What does the IGCSE maths counts towards???

Do you think having 3 A levels is equally as good as doing 3 A levels?

There is no contextual adjustment for overseas applicants, widening participation only extends to UK students.

Don't understand your question...

I meant whether having 4 A levels would give me an advantage and look better on my application then having 3 A levels? For example if a grade requirement is AAA, would universities still offer me a place with AABB and, let’s say, a really good personal statement?

In my experience, no. If anything (based on my experience and the people I know), Cambridge is likely to increase your offer to A*A*AA.

Ultimately, I think you almost certainly won't get an offer if you apply now. Even if your teachers predicted you A*A*AA, your previous exam results are going to make that look very unlikely unless you have some serious extenuating circumstances. If you did end up getting all As, you could apply next year. For now I would focus on looking at other universities that don't require all As and thinking about which of them you would enjoy going to.

EDIT: I don't really know what's typical of a contextual offer so it might be worth listening to other people about that aspect of it.

Really?? I didn’t know that... it doesn’t say anywhere on the website.

Oh
That really helps, thank you!

I suppose it doesn't really have to. It's a UK charity, additional funded by UK taxpayers money. It's widening participation focus is, like all universities' widening participation efforts, based on the UK population. If you look at the detail of how they measure contextual data, it is all about the UK.

https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/applying/contextual-data

I meant whether having 4 A levels would give me an advantage and look better on my application then having 3 A levels? For example if a grade requirement is AAA, would universities still offer me a place with AABB and, let’s say, a really good personal statement?

Try not to worry too much about it. There are still a lot of other good unversities that you could consider applying to even if you don't end up getting the A-Level grades you're hoping for. Have you considered St Andrew's? They're also an old, fairly traditional university with a good reputation, but their minimum A-Level requirement for economics is only ABB *. I know someone who went to St Andrews and after she'd graduated got an offer to to Part III Maths (a masters degree) at Cambridge based on her performance there.

I probably would consider dropping one of your A Levels though, if you think it would help. Most people only do three, and universities much prefer to see good grades in three subjects than mediocre grades in four.

*They say their standard offer is AAA, but if you make sure your teachers talk about the school context in your recommendation and you show you are keen about the subject they may well give a lower offer.

I will consider it, thanks!
Other universities I considered so far are Nottingham, Bristol and Sheffield. Do you think I stand a chance with them?
One more thing, are all of The Russel Group universities good? Academically, and later for employment.

Thanks for answering. I don’t know if they care about IGCSE, I know some universities do. Do you think having 3 A levels is equally as good as doing 3 A levels?

I meant whether having 4 A levels would give me an advantage and look better on my application then having 3 A levels? For example if a grade requirement is AAA, would universities still offer me a place with AABB and, let’s say, a really good personal statement?

They care for igcse is if you meet their requirements for it but if it doesn’t specifiy it’s normally like 5 igcses passes. Maybe since it’s economics they might require like 6/B for it but it should be on their website. Wdym 3 a level is equally good as 3 a levels?

Not really. If you did well in them yes but if it’s worse than 3 a levels it doesn’t at all. A AAA is better than AABB. But for each uni they have different offers so it’s possible but it depends on the offer they give you.