How many A-levels should I take to get into Oxbridge

Hi
I’m currently studying 4 A-levels (mathematics, English literature, history and economics) as well as an EPQ but I’m considering dropping English literature. I am hoping to study PPE at Oxford therefore, I’m worried that dropping an A-level may jeopardize my chances of getting into Oxford especially as I do go to a private school. In short I’m asking if 3 A-levels and an EPQ is enough for a place at Oxford.
Thank You

Taking four A levels will confer no advantage, and the extra workload and stress of taking four may reduce your chances of doing well in three A levels.
Being at a private school confers an advantage, not a disadvantage. Approximately 30% of the places at Oxford and Cambridge are obtained by the roughly 8% of UK school pupils who attend private schools (about 16% at sixth form).

Private schools do NOT confer an advantage - it's a fallacy. They just are less aware of the weakness of some degress offered by Oxbridge these days and the 'push' of parents who are blinded by the past.

When I say "advantage", I am referring to the following: roughly 8% of all UK students (approximately 16% of sixth formers) attend private schools. That group obtains just under 30% of the undergraduate places at Oxford and Cambridge. Of the roughly 16% of students who attend private sixth forms, only some smaller percentage (varying from school to school) apply to Oxford and Cambridge, so the degree of disproportionate success is even greater than 16% of the student group getting 30% of the available places.
The advantage I refer to is a competitive advantage in obtaining undergraduate places at Oxford and Cambridge. Whether obtaining such places is worthwhile, as some may think, or a silly waste of time, as others may think, is not the point. I am not referring to advantage in terms of likelihood of getting into White's, the MCC, or marrying a Duke or Duchess.
I raised the point about competitive advantage on entry to the terrible two because it appeared that the OP might have mistakenly believed the line plugged by The Times and The Telegraph that Oxford and Cambridge unfairly discriminate against private school students. They don't. If they did, under 16% of the places would go to private school applicants. The media line is designed to make middle class parents feel aggrieved about an imaginary unfairness.
Anyway, it could be worse. At least Oxford and Cambridge aren't as socially divided as, say, the University of Exeter.
To borrow from Laurence Sterne, I suggest that your Oxford hobby horse might need some new shoes.

What utter nonsense about Exeter - far more rife at Oxbridge/Durham. I've got lots of ex-students who've loved in there and seen nothing dodgy re seggregation -
You can't just conpare the proportions in those different schools you need to compare applicants - do you have that data?
There's s NO advantage these days - in fact the opposite since they know state school pupils do better with the same A level grades - particularly when TAGS/CAGs were used. It was foolish not to moderate these like coursework as I've heard some awful true stories about what happened in a school where I'd actually tutored a student and knew what grade he was working at.

My mum said that just having 3 A*s and an A EPQ isn't enough to get into Oxbridge because she says that every applicant has at least those results. Is that true or no?

My mum said that just having 3 A*s and an A EPQ isn't enough to get into Oxbridge because she says that every applicant has at least those results. Is that true or no?

My mum said that just having 3 A*s and an A EPQ isn't enough to get into Oxbridge because she says that every applicant has at least those results. Is that true or no?

You can find articles like that about Oxbridge and Durham an example, albeit old but still true as reportd by my students there: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/22/oxford-university-state-schools-st-hildas
You need to look at data on applicants to see if there is an advantage - I would think it's very likely that far more Private school studnets apply so the proportion of offers reflects that. I note you do not acknowledge the point about student outcomes at university, I wonder why not?

My mum said that just having 3 A*s and an A EPQ isn't enough to get into Oxbridge because she says that every applicant has at least those results. Is that true or no?

I am not talking about student outcomes at university. I am making a point about admissions. A relatively small group of sixth formers obtain almost 30% of the places at Oxford and Cambridge. Not every privately educated sixth former applies to Oxford or Cambridge, so the disproportion is even greater than 16% of X students obtaining 30% of Y places. This is a simple point, made to dispel the OP's apparent notion that, as a student at a private school, he or she might face some disadvantage in the admission process. That notion derives from a media scare story intended to agitate parents of privately educated pupils. It used to be the case that the same small group of sixth formers obtained 50 or 60% of the places. That is no longer the position, but 30% is still a pretty significant tranche of the places, given the relatively small size of the group of privately educated applicants.
Did you study at the University of Exeter? The social division point relates closely to accommodation. At Oxford and Cambridge, people from different backgrounds all live close together in their colleges for at least one year, often two, and sometimes three. At Exeter and other universities, there appears to be some social division based on the cost of accommodation. That's not a good thing. That is the concern observed by my Exeter alumna friend who is closely involved with the university as a benefactrix and fund raiser.

I am not talking about student outcomes at university. I am making a point about admissions. A relatively small group of sixth formers obtain almost 30% of the places at Oxford and Cambridge. Not every privately educated sixth former applies to Oxford or Cambridge, so the disproportion is even greater than 16% of X students obtaining 30% of Y places. This is a simple point, made to dispel the OP's apparent notion that, as a student at a private school, he or she might face some disadvantage in the admission process. That notion derives from a media scare story intended to agitate parents of privately educated pupils. It used to be the case that the same small group of sixth formers obtained 50 or 60% of the places. That is no longer the position, but 30% is still a pretty significant tranche of the places, given the relatively small size of the group of privately educated applicants.
Did you study at the University of Exeter? The social division point relates closely to accommodation. At Oxford and Cambridge, people from different backgrounds all live close together in their colleges for at least one year, often two, and sometimes three. At Exeter and other universities, there appears to be some social division based on the cost of accommodation. That's not a good thing. That is the concern observed by my Exeter alumna friend who is closely involved with the university as a benefactrix and fund raiser.