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into Upper or Lower), 2 points for a Lower Second (a 2.ii), 1 point for a Third and no points for someone only granted an allowance towards an Ordinary Degree. The scores in each subject are then weighted to a common average, to avoid the bias towards colleges with higher proportions of students entered for subjects which receive higher average grades. The result is expressed as a percentage of the total number of points available. The differences between the highest places on the table are usually very slight.
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Initially, it only included final year exams but since 1997 has covered all exams for which grades are allocated. The table allocates 5 points for a First Class degree, 3 points for an Upper Second (known also as a 2.i), 2.5 points for a Second Undivided (A second class degree that is not divided
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and the methodology used to compile the Baxter Tables is also available. There is also a 'value-added' table, which shows how students' results improve over the course of their years at Cambridge, and is intended to give a measure or indication of the quality of teaching at the different
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They are compiled using published Class Lists, which do not include students who are not candidates for Honours degrees, or those who have failed to gain a degree, or those whose names the Council have determined should be withheld from public
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adopted split second-class degrees, the Norrington Table has adopted the same method of scoring as the Tompkins Table, but without the weighting attached to individual subject scores.
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website. Baxter tables rank colleges' undergraduate students by their year and subject separately and are delivered in July or August.
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However, with such small sample sizes, the amount of meaningful information which can be extracted from these tables is questionable.
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They are meant for internal use of Colleges but not the University, being distributed to the Senior Tutors of the Colleges
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admit only graduate students, they do not feature in this undergraduate ranking. Some of the mature colleges, including
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commission similar tables called Baxter Tables from Martin Baxter who is a financial analyst specialising in
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in order of their undergraduate students' performances in that year's examinations. Two colleges—
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was the top college in 2019, after coming top in 2018 following seven years in which
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came top. The rankings are not officially endorsed by the University. Since
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Since 2016, it has been published by 35:Colleges of the University of Cambridge 1777:History of the University of Cambridge 1772:Culture of the University of Cambridge 7: 33:is an annual ranking that lists the 16:Table that ranks Cambridge Colleges 1787:Universities in the United Kingdom 14: 1594:Garner, Richard (18 July 2011). 1782:University and college rankings 1691:"Oxbridge College League Table" 646: 1537:The corresponding ranking for 1: 1563:Oxbridge college league table 1553:Oxbridge College League Table 122:Below is the table for 2022: 65:, a student newspaper of the 898:Gonville & Caius College 1456: 1428: 1400: 1372: 1344: 1316: 1288: 1260: 1232: 1204: 1176: 1148: 1120: 1092: 1064: 1036: 1008: 980: 952: 924: 896: 868: 840: 812: 784: 756: 728: 700: 672: 1803: 1752:Tompkins Tables 1997, 1998 1742:Tompkins Tables 2000–2007 1545:. Since 1986, when the 1318:St. Catharine's College 67:University of Cambridge 1504:and who developed the 1502:mathematical modelling 1094:Murray Edwards College 1038:Lucy Cavendish College 758:Corpus Christi College 113:Lucy Cavendish College 26: 1487:Similar league tables 1290:Sidney Sussex College 24: 1654:. 18 September 2022. 1547:University of Oxford 1346:St. Edmund's College 105:St. Edmund's College 1747:Tompkins Table 1999 1737:Tompkins Table 2013 1732:Tompkins Table 2014 1727:Tompkins Table 2015 842:Fitzwilliam College 250:Gonville and Caius 1767:1981 introductions 1697:. 12 August 2020. 1557:Starting in 2020, 1506:Electoral Calculus 1374:St. John's College 27: 1484: 1483: 1066:Magdalene College 702:Churchill College 637: 636: 71:COVID-19 pandemic 1794: 1714: 1713: 1711: 1709: 1687: 1681: 1680: 1678: 1676: 1662: 1656: 1655: 1647: 1640: 1634: 1633: 1631: 1629: 1619: 1613: 1612: 1610: 1608: 1591: 1575:Norrington Table 1543:Norrington Table 1533:Norrington table 1234:Robinson 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Colleges of the University of Cambridge
Darwin
Clare Hall
mathematics
Trinity College
The Independent
Varsity
University of Cambridge
COVID-19 pandemic
Christ's College
Trinity College
Darwin College
Clare Hall
St. Edmund's College
Hughes Hall
Lucy Cavendish College
Wolfson College
Christ's College
Churchill College
Clare College
Corpus Christi College
Downing College
Emmanuel College
Fitzwilliam College
Girton College
Gonville & Caius College
Homerton College
Hughes Hall
Jesus College

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