Math HL required?

[Mia18]

Got a question about needing Math HL to study Economics.

I'm in IB1 at the moment and I'm contemplating studying Economics at university. I take Math SL and am fairly confident that I could score 6/7. Will simply not taking HL put me at a disadvantage though?

I'm asking 'cause when choosing my courses last year, everybody I spoke to encouraged me to take Math SL if I could score very well there, as opposed to a 4 or 5 at Higher Level. However, now that I'm doing some research, I'm confused as to whether top UK universities only accept applicants who took Math HL or whether it's just helpful.

Does anybody know whether top UK universities (Oxbridge, LSE, UCL...) require Math HL for people who want to do something with economics?

Any feedback and information is welcome

[Abu]

Simple answer: yes you need Maths HL to do economics. Automatic rejection if you don't do it.

A simple search on google, i.e. working to get the answer instead of us doing it for you, would've give you the same answer.

[lelony]

It depends, wonderfully helpful I know! There are different types of courses some are more maths based which require HL maths, however it is worth looking around there are quite a few where a good score in SL is fine. Subjects like PPE generally don't need HL either.