Trinity Tops Tompkins Table

Trinity have topped the Tompkins Table, knocking Emma off the top spot and regaining the lead it held in 2009.

This news will come as a shock to Emma, who have come first five times in the last ten years.

Other high achievers include Trinity Hall, who came third – its highest position in the last 24 years – and Jesus who rose eight places.

Students at both colleges were relatively unsurprised. Max Gopfert, a second year student at Tit Hall said: “Ah, so that explains why exam term was so mental.” Matilda Wnek, a second year English student at Jesus, added: “You could’ve guessed it from the atmosphere in the library.”

Meanwhile, Churchill dropped from 3rd place to 10th. But, the biggest losers were Peterhouse, who fell a massive 11 positions.

Peterhouse’s JCR President Ben Ryan told The Tab: “Obviously it is disappointing to have slipped down the table. However Peterhouse’s small years do make it subject to considerable variation year on year – the data pool is simply smaller than anyone else’s.”

Trinity is Oxbridge’s biggest college, and awarded a huge 37% of its students a first class degree. Rob Young, a third year English student was overjoyed, telling The Tab: “It’s good to see the big boys back on top again.”

The table, which has been criticised in the past for magnifying small differences between colleges,  is based on a system which awards points for all exams for which grades are allocated, with 100% for a first, 60% for a 2:1, 40% for a 2:2 and 20% for a third.

Tompkins Table 2011 % Score – % Firsts

1 (2) Trinity 70.94% – 37.2%

2 (1) Emmanuel 69.79% – 31.8%

3 (4) Trinity Hall 68.40% – 29.3%

4 (8) Clare 67.51% – 26.9%

5 (10) Pembroke 67.49% – 28.9%

6 (12) Christ’s 67.41% – 27.7%

7 (6) Selwyn 67.11% – 26.3%

8 (16) Jesus 66.51% – 27.2%

9 (5) Magdalene 66.22% – 23.6%

10 (3) Churchill 66.16% – 25.1%

11 (9) St Catharine’s 65.94% – 26.7%

12 (13) Corpus Christi 65.88%  24.5%

13 (11) Gonville & Caius 65.36% – 23.5%

14 (17) Queens’ 65.14% – 23.7%

15 (20) St John’s 64.30% – 22.1%

16 (18) Sidney Sussex 64.21% – 21.0%

17 (15) Downing 64.02% – 19.4%

18 (7) Peterhouse 63.51% – 22.1%

19 (19) Robinson 63.18% – 18.6%

20 (14) King’s 63.08% – 20.9%

21 (22) Fitzwilliam 62.62% – 20.4%

22 (23) Murray Edwards 61.51% – 15.5%

23 (21) Girton 61.38% – 16.3%

24 (25) Newnham 60.96% – 13.8%

25 (24) Wolfson 60.69% – 17.1%

26 (26) Homerton 59.39% – 14.3%

27 (27) Hughes Hall  59.27% – 12.7%

28 (28) St Edmund’s 56.32% – 10.8%

29 (29) Lucy Cavendish 55.38% – 9.5%