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The Tompkins Table is an annual ranking that lists the colleges of the University of Cambridge in order of their students' performances in that year's examinations. It was created in 1981 by Peter Tompkins, an undergraduate mathematics student, and is compiled exclusively for the newspaper The Independent.[1]
The rankings
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 2-1), 2 points for a Lower Second (a 2-2), 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. It should be noted that the differences between the highest places on the table are usually very slight. The rankings are not officially endorsed by the University.
Below is the table for 2007 (2006 place in brackets): Score (% Firsts)
- (1) Emmanuel College 66.62% (29.5%)
- (6) Christ's College 66.33% (28.7%)
- (11) Downing College 66.18% (25.1%)
- (7) Selwyn College 66.12% (23.1%)
- (3) St. Catharine's College 66.10% (25.1%)
- (5) Trinity College 65.87% (27.6%)
- (4) Pembroke College 65.60% (26.6%)
- (8) Corpus Christi College 65.57% (25.9%)
- (10) Jesus College 65.47% (24.9%)
- (2) Gonville & Caius College 65.03% (24.5%)
- (14) Queens' College 64.25% (24.4%)
- (9)
Sidney Sussex College 64.11% (21.8%) - (20) Magdalene College 63.98% (20.1%)
- (19) Fitzwilliam College 63.96% (23.6%)
- (13) Churchill College 63.76% (24.9%)
- (16) Trinity Hall 63.36% (20.4%)
- (12) Clare College 62.63% (19.4%)
- (17) King's College 62.37% (20.9%)
- (15) St. John's College 61.82% (18.3%)
- (18) Robinson College 61.25% (18.5%)
- (22) Girton College 61.06% (15.9%)
- (23) Newnham College 59.99% (14.7%)
- (24) New Hall 59.37% (14.4%)
- (26) Lucy Cavendish College 58.92% (14.8%)
- (21) Peterhouse 58.85% (12.7%)
- (25) Homerton College 58.33% (10.5%)
- (27) Wolfson College 55.92% (11.1%)
- (28) St Edmund's College 51.57% (7.4%)
- (29) Hughes Hall 49.38% (8.9%)
| College | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ's College | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Churchill College | 15 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 15 |
| Clare College | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 17 |
| Corpus Christi College | 10 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Downing College | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
| Emmanuel College | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Fitzwilliam College | 21 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 14 |
| Girton College | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 |
| Gonville and Caius College | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Homerton College | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 26 | |||
| Hughes Hall | 27 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |||
| Jesus College | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
| King's College | 20 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 17 | 18 |
| Lucy Cavendish College | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 24 | |||
| Magdalene College | 22 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 13 |
| New Hall | 16 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
| Newnham College | 24 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 22 |
| Pembroke College | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
| Peterhouse | 14 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 25 |
| Queens' College | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 11 |
| Robinson College | 19 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 |
| St Catharine's College | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| St Edmund's College | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | |||
| St John's College | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 19 |
| Selwyn College | 7 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
| 23 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 12 | |
| Trinity College | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Trinity Hall | 17 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Wolfson College | 28 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 27 |
Norrington Table
The corresponding rankings for the University of Oxford is the Norrington Table. Since Oxford adopted split second-class degrees in 1986, the Norrington Table has adopted the Tompkins Table method of scoring, but without the weighting attached to individual subject scores.
References
- ^ Garner, Richard. "Emmanuel regains top rung on Cambridge's academic ladder", The Independent, 2007-07-16. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
- ^ http://www.mattmayer.com/fun/tompkins/
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