There are three common levels of honors for colleges and universities within the United States. Below the are three types of honors from lowest to highest.
* Cum Laude * Magna Cum Laude * Summa Cum Laude (highest honors)
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
The highest level of honors is Summa Cum Laude, then comes Magna Cum Laude, and then Cum Laude. Thus, a grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 is Summa Cum Laude. Acutally, Summa Cum Laude starts at a 3.85 GPA. Still, different institutions have different requirements.
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
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The valedictorian gives the valedictory address to the graduates. The valedictory is, basically, the "parting words", "the words of sending-off". Magna cum laude is the attainment of a certain level of academic excellence. The valedictorian may or may not have attained special recoginition for academic excellence.
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
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 honors, cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude, are awarded at the college level.
summa cum laude is top 5% of the class magna cum laude is next 10% cum laude is next 15%
The Graduate degree AB magna cum laude is an honors degree. It is in the area of Arts and Sciences.
It is an honor awarded to college and university students who display academic excellence. There are three levels of honors as follows from lowest to highest. * Cum Laude * Magna Cum Laude * Summa Cum Laude (highest level).
3.65-3.79 cum laude 3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude 3.90+ summa cum laude