What would be some realistic universities for me?

I got GCSE grades 877666664 (6 in maths, 8 in English language). I am studying the A-Levels Art, Economics and English literature currently, and I want to do either an economics degree or an accounting/ accounting and finance degree. I have only just decided recently that I want to do accounting or banking in the future. When I do pick unis, I'm considering Nottingham, Liverpool, Durham, Exeter, Royal Holloway, Birmingham and Edinburgh, and then Reading as a safe university since I've done a scholarship scheme and would be guaranteed a place there. I really do hope that I will have offers from RG unis this time next year! I was wondering how realistic it would be for me to get a place at any of these universities considering my grades and subjects, and what my 5 choices could be for safe but great offers? Thank you so much!!

I got GCSE grades 877666664 (6 in maths, 8 in English language). I am studying the A-Levels Art, Economics and English literature currently, and I want to do either an economics degree or an accounting/ accounting and finance degree. I have only just decided recently that I want to do accounting or banking in the future. When I do pick unis, I'm considering Nottingham, Liverpool, Durham, Exeter, Royal Holloway, Birmingham and Edinburgh, and then Reading as a safe university since I've done a scholarship scheme and would be guaranteed a place there. I really do hope that I will have offers from RG unis this time next year! I was wondering how realistic it would be for me to get a place at any of these universities considering my grades and subjects, and what my 5 choices could be for safe but great offers? Thank you so much!!

Is there a reason you didn't do maths A level? It's required for econ/finance at many RGs. Did a quick google search and from your list you'd only meet the entry requirements for Reading (for BA econ, not the BSc). Nottingham, Birmingham, and Royal Holloway all want a grade 7 in maths GCSE and the others want A level maths. If you look for unis that offer BA Econ rather than BSc, they are usually less demanding on the maths requirements. Not sure about accounting degrees, but they are a lot less mathematical than econ degrees so you'd probably have more options when applying to those. I don't think any from your list require maths A level for accounting, just a GCSE grade 6 which you have (although you may want to check yourself since I searched it very quickly).
If you wanted to do econ, you could have a look at these:
Manchester BA Econ - https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/2025/05134/baecon-economics/entry-requirements/#a-level
Sheffield BA Econ - https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/2026/economics-ba#entryreqs
Lancaster BA Econ (not a RG but still a good uni) - https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/economics-ba-hons-l110/2026/

You need to visit each web site and check the entry requirements for your chosen courses. For example Economics at Durham is a non-starter as the require A level Mathematics (see here). The same is true of Economics at Liverpool (see here), and Economics at Exeter (see here).
It's a bit tedious to check them all one by one, but I'd expect that your lack of Mathematics at A level will rule-out many of your target uni / course combinations, I'm afraid.

thank you for your reply! for the universities i listed, i meant accounting and finance degrees whoops i should have mentioned that. i am very passionate about economics but only discovered this after taking it as an alevel and i half-suck at maths so i didnt pick it. do you think that an accounting degree would be worth it? im only picking the degree since i dont really have a preference of degree and haven't cleared it up yet, and i think id get a good shot at a rg uni with it.

thank you for your reply! for the universities i listed, i meant accounting and finance degrees whoops i should have mentioned that. i am very passionate about economics but only discovered this after taking it as an alevel and i half-suck at maths so i didnt pick it. do you think that an accounting degree would be worth it? im only picking the degree since i dont really have a preference of degree and haven't cleared it up yet, and i think id get a good shot at a rg uni with it.

I got GCSE grades 877666664 (6 in maths, 8 in English language). I am studying the A-Levels Art, Economics and English literature currently, and I want to do either an economics degree or an accounting/ accounting and finance degree. I have only just decided recently that I want to do accounting or banking in the future. When I do pick unis, I'm considering Nottingham, Liverpool, Durham, Exeter, Royal Holloway, Birmingham and Edinburgh, and then Reading as a safe university since I've done a scholarship scheme and would be guaranteed a place there. I really do hope that I will have offers from RG unis this time next year! I was wondering how realistic it would be for me to get a place at any of these universities considering my grades and subjects, and what my 5 choices could be for safe but great offers? Thank you so much!!

I got GCSE grades 877666664 (6 in maths, 8 in English language). I am studying the A-Levels Art, Economics and English literature currently, and I want to do either an economics degree or an accounting/ accounting and finance degree. I have only just decided recently that I want to do accounting or banking in the future. When I do pick unis, I'm considering Nottingham, Liverpool, Durham, Exeter, Royal Holloway, Birmingham and Edinburgh, and then Reading as a safe university since I've done a scholarship scheme and would be guaranteed a place there. I really do hope that I will have offers from RG unis this time next year! I was wondering how realistic it would be for me to get a place at any of these universities considering my grades and subjects, and what my 5 choices could be for safe but great offers? Thank you so much!!

Hi 2nd year banking and finance student here. Basically the advice that has already been given is ok, but not great (no offence) especially from a “clearing advisor”. Econ especially at most Russel groups do prefer you to take “a level maths” however, it’s definitely not a deciding factor if you demonstrate already that you do “accounting or finance” or even Econ at a levels. This is what they fail to mention here and why ur case is slightly different to others without A level maths. Doesn’t mean that A level maths wouldnt significantly help you with an Econ degree if u was to choose it (highly advise u not to take it if you didn’t get A or higher in GCSE). Bsc Econ at Bangor for example doesn’t require A level maths, UWE doesn’t require A level maths (when I applied anyways). Not top universities by any means but to generalise it as outright A level maths is such a myth, it’s down to an individual assessment and alongside your other grades as well. However, I would stay far away from anything accounting even if it’s (Bsc Accounting and finance) purely because it will be heavily weighted in accounting and u won’t be a qualified accountant try to get an apprenticeship for this if possible. If so your options are also “Bsc finance, Bsc banking and finance, Bsc finance and law etc” if you want more in depth information about what’s is like (I studied econ 1st year but dropped it, btw didn’t take A level maths, but was one of the reason why I dropped it etc) then don’t be afraid to ask. Best of luck