My hopes for a London Russel Group Uni

I'm currently in year 12, just getting started with my a levels. I'm aiming to go to one of the four London Russel group Unis, which are UCL, LSE, Imperial and Kings. I am willing to apply to any course from these unis that are maths, finance, business, accounting or economics. I am currently doing Maths, Economics and Business for my A levels. Due to lack of motivation and a lot of procrastination, I did horrible in my GCSEs, as I only revised a maximum of about 3 hours per paper the night before..
My GCSE grades for context:
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Maths - 7
DT - 7
English Lang - 7
English Lit - 6
Bio, Chem, Physics - 6
Geography - 6
Drama - 6
German - 4

I understand these are way below any applicant that gets accepted into these unis, but is there any way I can still get in. Theoretically, if I were to get AAA in my AS levels, and be predicted 3 A*s, and then manage to get those grades, would I have any chance of getting accepted into these unis, or would I just get rejected.
I'm asking because I'm not too sure if I really want to go to Uni, and if I do go I would like to go to one of these Unis. If it isn't possible, I can focus on other areas rather than attempting to try and get 3A*s at A level.
Can anyone suggest any ideas and whether I would be able to get into these Unis if I was to get 3A*s

Reply 1

Academic007

LSE and Imperial may scrutinise your GCSEs but UCL and King's don't care as long as you have 6's in Maths & English. Each of the courses you want are different, I would rule out Economics at LSE since the competition is so fierce unless you've already achieved 3A*. For Maths you'd need an A* in Maths and Further Maths for Imperial or UCL.

Apart from Econ at LSE, I don't think anyone would reject you based on your GCSEs but make sure you get those A level grades!

Reply 2

elixirty83

Original post by Academic007

LSE and Imperial may scrutinise your GCSEs but UCL and King's don't care as long as you have 6's in Maths & English. Each of the courses you want are different, I would rule out Economics at LSE since the competition is so fierce unless you've already achieved 3A*. For Maths you'd need an A* in Maths and Further Maths for Imperial or UCL.
Apart from Econ at LSE, I don't think anyone would reject you based on your GCSEs but make sure you get those A level grades!

Thank you! I have realised that I will be unable to do any Mathematics courses at any of these unis, due to their requirements of Further Maths A level. So now I am aiming for Economics/Accounting and Finance courses at these unis, but obviously not LSE economics due to their high competitiveness.