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For what it's worth, the curve at Cambridge, for Natural Sciences, was set such that 67% or thereabouts is a First.
by adw 13y ago
For what it's worth, the curve at Cambridge, for Natural Sciences, was set such that 67% or thereabouts is a First.
- Timmmmbob 13y ago70% in Engineering. People did get more than 80% though so it's clearly not absurd. I got 100% in a couple of exams.
- Osmium 13y agoI think it may be a percent or so higher now, depending on subject. That said, I find it interesting that even though Cambridge still has damn hard exams, they still haven't escaped some grade inflation: I remember seeing a graph showing how the percentage of Firsts, 2:1s etc. has increased steadily over the last few decades. What's unclear to me is whether that's because they're awarding them more liberally now, or if students are just under a lot more pressure to succeed on paper than they used to be.
- adw 13y agoDefinitely have, and it's deliberate; instead of Cambridge acting only with reference to itself (and generally grade harsher than other universities), they now apparently aim to make a Cambridge 1st or 2:1 equivalent to the same grades at the other Russell Group universities. So there we go.