starred firsts in Cambridge

I was wondering if anyone knew how many starred firsts there have been in Law over the last few years? Are starred firsts more likely to be offered in other subjects such as history or sps?

where can i get such stats?
not that i could ever aspire to such greatness!

thanks

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Reply 1

amateurish

not sure about exact numbers but friends who do law tell me that there are relatively few firsts awarded in law part II compared to other arts subjects, so there's probably likely to be less starred firsts as well.

Reply 2

proudclod

Firsts of any kind in law are incredibly scarce, or so I've been lead to believe. They're fairly uncommon in SPS too - out of ~120 Part I students whose results were released today, there was only one starred first.

The history department are apparently more willing to give 1*s as a way of distinguishing the best Class I students - this is what I was told by a guy who got one in his second year, I don't have any stats to back it up.

Reply 3

Alaric

bouboukimou

Who cares, you're not going to get one?!

Reply 4

Ticki

In History, any student achieving a first in every paper is awarded a starred first. This may also be the case in Law, although I'm not certain.

Reply 5

KaiserSoze

Ticki

In History, any student achieving a first in every paper is awarded a starred first. This may also be the case in Law, although I'm not certain.

It isn't also the case in law, more's the pity... :rolleyes:

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Intelligentsia

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any particular reason for this???? :confused:

Reply 8

proudclod

Seconded: the information in my post and Ticki's post covers just about everything.

Reply 9

Intelligentsia

Well I apologize. It's just nice to fantasize....

Reply 10

bob_54321

just seemed a rather odd thread to bump without any explanation, normally someone will bump something and then give a reason . . . i noticed you did it for another thread as well, lol.

Reply 11

Intelligentsia

Ah hmm yes, I remember now. I wanted to ask about starred firsts in natsci/maths/eng/compsci basically science/math oriented courses. Do they even have them?

Reply 12

sebbie

when do they give double starred firsts? is this like a once every 10 years thing? and do the sciences give starred firsts?

Reply 13

Helenia

sebbie

when do they give double starred firsts? is this like a once every 10 years thing? and do the sciences give starred firsts?

Double starred first simply means you got a starred first in both parts of the tripos. I honestly don't know if they award them for the sciences.

Reply 14

Alaric

Intelligentsia

compsci basically science

don't think they exist in compsci, you can win prizes if you do well in exams, but I don't think starred degrees exist.

A.

Reply 15

Mithent

I don't even know it would be possible for me (NatSci) to get one. I'm not sure if they award them at all.

Reply 16

hungry_hog

This dude got a triple!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Ascherson

I guess in theory a quadruple is possible - Part IA, IB, II and III. but subjects with four year courses (e.g NatSci, Eng) tend not to award starred firsts

Reply 17

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sTe\/o

I think starred Firsts are only given out in some of the more arty Triposes. I've never heard of one in NatSci or Medicine, despite knowing some brilliant people who I reckon would have got it if it existed.

Reply 18

Mib

hungry_hog

Given that Mr Ascherson studied History, and given that History has only a Part I and Part II, how could he have got a triple starred first?

Reply 19

coldfish

Well... history students don't take a part 1a and 1b, they take a prelim. He could have done so well in his prelims that he -would- have got a starred first had they been real exams, and so this has been interpretted as him having got a starred first in his prelims.

Just a suggestion.