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aha, first congratulations if you've gotten in, if not good luck.
Econ grad student here.
I'm going to make suggestions more specific to the course of study given there. I'm going to assume you're going into undergrad and from the UK, and I won't say anything about PolySci.
You can start with an introduction to logic like this. I unfortunately don't remember the name of my textbook, but I think they were similar, save money by emailing the professor who teaches that course and asking him what book he uses. If you want to take the 'classics' approach, maybe Aristotle's Organon. Definitely start with the logic because it's the one thing that will help you in any of the other classes.
I don't see any reason not to read Descartes' Discourse on Method, Plato’s Republic; or Aristotle’s Ethics from your second year core courses. Kant I remember as being kind of dense and hard to read, but I wasn't reading it for a purpose so I gave up easily.
As far as economics, sooner or later you will want to get a jumpstart on the mathematical methods. Hoy's Mathematics for Economists is my favorite. It's very readable and has answers in the back. Kahnacademy will help with any parts you don't remember, or need additional work to ease into. How to Prove it may come in handy, if not it's just really neat to see how mathematics evolves out of logical philosophy.
For your micro and macro series. If you want to go with a classical approach, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations is very readable (skim over the parts about corn sales). Nudge is an interesting popular economics book. Again, you can email the professor's who teach the first year Micro and Macro and ask them what textbooks they use. (this will also allow you to buy the textbooks used online, rather than paying through the nose for them at the bookstore).
Sorry for the wall!
Edit 1: Kahnacademy also has several sections of videos on economics, and I think you would find the documentary series The Ascent of Money interesting.