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Hundreds of people sit and only two people pass every year.
All Souls usually elects two Examination Fellows, but not literally every year. The college says it "normally" elects two, and it canceled the 2020 examination altogether.
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This overstates the pattern as an exceptionless rule. All Souls College’s own Examination Fellowships page says it "normally elects two Examination Fellows", which means two is the usual number, not a guaranteed outcome every single year. The college’s 2019–20 annual report gives a concrete counterexample: it says the college canceled the 2020 examinations for Fellowships by Examination because of COVID-era constraints. In a year when the examination was canceled, it is not true that "hundreds of people sit" or that "only two people pass every year."
So the accurate version is closer to: in a typical year, All Souls normally elects two Examination Fellows.
2 sources
- Examination Fellowships | All Souls College - Oxford University
Every autumn, All Souls College normally elects two Examination Fellows through its renowned Fellowship Examination.
- All Souls College Annual Report 2019–20
The College decided to proceed with the election of five new Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships ... but, because of the difficulties of conducting both the examinations and the vivas under social distancing constraints, it decided to cancel the 2020 examinations for Fellowships by Examination.