Gown-spotting with meegons

[marnanel]

How to spot Cambridge gowns, with the help of some meegons:

Undergrads have short gowns that don't reach below their knees, and are allowed not to wear hats.

BAs have full-length gowns and pointy sleeves. Their hoods are rabbit fur (artificial these days).

MAs have spade sleeves. Their hoods are white silk.

PhDs are the same as MAs but with scarlet facings (unless it's full-dress, in which case their gowns are entirely scarlet). They wear a bonnet.

(But note that at graduations you wear the gown of the degree you have and the hood of the degree you're getting.)