The honors are typically based on a students grade point average (GPA). Each college or university may have a cut-off particular to itself. Some may start at a GPA of 3.4 for Cum Laude. The three common honors for colleges and universities within the United States are as follows from lowest to highest.
* Cum Laude * Magna Cum Laude * Summa Cum Laude (highest honor)
Grad school doesn't have latin distinctions. It's usually for undergrad and if grad school then it's only for law school.
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
It means you have achieved excellent academic performance. There are three common levels of distinction as follows from lowest to highest. * cum laude * magna cum laude * summa cum laude (highest honors)
Honor distinctions are almost always reserved for individuals graduating with a bachelors degree. There are some exceptions - although very rare - for graduate degrees such as Juris Doctor (Law degree).
At most colleges and universities, students can graduate with Latin honors. Cum laude, Summa cum laude, and Magna cum laude are the honors distinction.
Cum laude means 'with honor', magna cum laude is 'with high honor', and summa cum laude means 'with the greatest honor'. These designations are granted to every graduate who meets a required grade-point average, so several students in a class, or even an entire class, could graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude. The valedictorian is the student with the highest academic rank in the class, so you would expect he would at least be a cum laude graduate. But if you have a class where no one has over a B average, there will still be a valedictorian but he will not be graduated with honors.
The Graduate degree AB magna cum laude is an honors degree. It is in the area of Arts and Sciences.
You can if you keep up those great marks! Whether you qualify for summa cum laude depends on your GPA at the completion of your last semester as you graduate.
Yes it is. I have a bachelor of arts degree in psychology, and graduate summa cum laude.
To graduate with cum laude honors at Wheaton College in Illinois, you must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
The GPA requirement to graduate Magna Cum Laude for an under-graduate degree from UNC at Chapel Hill is 3.75. Students must also have earned a total of 75 semester hours to earn Latin honors from the University.
3.5