1* degrees

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What does this 1* degree mean?

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Muse

trev

What does this 1* degree mean?

a starred first class honours degree - awarded to a very small % of people in certain universities.

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timeofyourlife

a starred first class honours degree - awarded to a very small % of people in certain universities.

Alright. Is this a new degree classification? According to Chicken, you have to score 85% or above. Does that mean through out the 3 years, last 2 years or only the third year?

I saw some stats that there is no such degree classification, does that mean no one achieved it? :redface:

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Muse

trev

Alright. Is this a new degree classification? According to Chicken, you have to score 85% or above. Does that mean through out the 3 years, last 2 years or only the third year?

I saw some stats that there is no such degree classification, does that mean no one achieved it? :redface:

no it's not a new classification, i don't know about UEA, but in most places that offer them very few are given out and they are only issued for outstanding achievement. in bristol i think only a couple are issued for the entire university every year. most unis don't offer them - they originated from oxbridge i believe.

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Elles

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I think 1* is a Cambridge thing & basically for the person who comes top in the year.. not heard of any at Oxford, but doesn't mean they don't exist here..

"double firsts" are controversial - originally i think literally for people who did two degrees at the same time & got a 1st in both! but degrees are somewhat more time demanding now, so that's obviously nigh on impossible..

but the usage we (Oxford) have is normally a 1st in prelims & 1st in finals.. so perhaps i could claim i have a double first First BM..go me.. :p:

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Chicken

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timeofyourlife

no it's not a new classification, i don't know about UEA, but in most places that offer them very few are given out and they are only issued for outstanding achievement. in bristol i think only a couple are issued for the entire university every year. most unis don't offer them - they originated from oxbridge i believe.

They are very rare, from talking to my professor only one has been given out in the chemistry department in the last 3 years or so (and I think it might be 90% rather than 85%, I can't remember - doesn't matter cos i'm not likely to get one!), and i'm not sure about how many have been issued university wide.

And trev - the 1* figures will be included in the data for 1st's and 2:1's, so you would hardly ever see them on their own in tables. And you have to have got a 1* grading in both second year and third year at UEA (since the first year doesn't count towards the actual degree). Not sure how other universities award them.

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Chicken

They are very rare, from talking to my professor only one has been given out in the chemistry department in the last 3 years or so (and I think it might be 90% rather than 85%, I can't remember - doesn't matter cos i'm not likely to get one!), and i'm not sure about how many have been issued university wide.

And trev - the 1* figures will be included in the data for 1st's and 2:1's, so you would hardly ever see them on their own in tables. And you have to have got a 1* grading in both second year and third year at UEA (since the first year doesn't count towards the actual degree). Not sure how other universities award them.

If there are a few people that have 90% overall, will all of them get one or only one person will get it?

I guess the 1* is like an A* kind of thing then.

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Muse

trev

I guess the 1* is like an A* kind of thing then.

hehe, i wish.

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dexterity

Aah I'm nt even thinking about 1*!!

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Chicken

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trev

If there are a few people that have 90% overall, will all of them get one or only one person will get it?

I guess the 1* is like an A* kind of thing then.

Well put it this way - I got A*'s at GCSE without much effort, a 1* degree would pretty much be a miracle, and would involve a) a LOT more brain cells, b) pretty much no social life and c) practically living in the library.

And if there are a few people over 90% (which is HIGHLY unlikely), I suppose they'd all be awarded it.

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Fluffy

Elles

I think 1* is a Cambridge thing & basically for the person who comes top in the year.. not heard of any at Oxford, but doesn't mean they don't exist here..

"double firsts" are controversial - originally i think literally for people who did two degrees at the same time & got a 1st in both! but degrees are somewhat more time demanding now, so that's obviously nigh on impossible..

but the usage we (Oxford) have is normally a 1st in prelims & 1st in finals.. so perhaps i could claim i have a double first First BM..go me.. :p:

Taht 16 year old Oxford maths spod got a started first a few years back, so Oxford do do them. Not sure if it's department specific though...

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Fluffy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/4/newsid_2492000/2492853.stm

It also seems that she went on and did physics at Oxford in a year and got a first!!!

http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~ruthjl/cv00.pdf

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Madelyn

No idea about 1*, but a double first (certainly if you're doing Classics at Oxford) is when you get firsts in both your Mods (2nd year exams) and Greats (4th year exams). I think Oscar Wilde got one.

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Fluffy

I thought a Oxford double first was a first in your first year and a first in your finals??? That's certainly what Oxford graduates have told me...

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Madelyn

Classicists don't have first year exams at oxford, but for other subjects you're probably right.

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silence

OP

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when doing a joint honours degree, say english and classics, are two degrees awarded, or is it an overall achievement resulting in one degree?

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