says 'My thesis, entitled Permutation Groups, Error-Correcting Codes and Uncoverings, was examined on 21st December 2005, and was passed without corrections (no, I couldn't believe that either)', so it does happen; I could imagine Oxbridge having a uraltes policy of never passing immediately.
Googling on 'passed without corrections' gets everybody who put their boast of passing without corrections into their CV; there are at least a few pages of them
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Date: 2006-12-15 02:42 pm (UTC)says 'My thesis, entitled Permutation Groups, Error-Correcting Codes and Uncoverings, was examined on 21st December 2005, and was passed without corrections (no, I couldn't believe that either)', so it does happen; I could imagine Oxbridge having a uraltes policy of never passing immediately.
Googling on 'passed without corrections' gets everybody who put their boast of passing without corrections into their CV; there are at least a few pages of them