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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.
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
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.
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
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).
top 2 percent typically Considering that Summa Cum Laude is a higher honor than Magna Cum Laude, I beg to differ with your assessment. I don't know the correct answer, but I do know that yours is incorrect.
Most colleges and universities within the US do not indicate honors. There are some, but they are rare. Still, I have never heard of a summa magna. The common degree honors are as follows.cum laudemagna cum laudesumma cum laude
For most colleges and universities it would be magna cum laude. Summa cum laude typically starts no lower than 3.85.
The Latin term for a 4.0 GPA or higher when graduating college is Magna Cum Laude. The term for a 3.7 GPA is Summa Cum Laude.
Summa cum laude is the highest distinction
Typically, it is magna cum laude. Suma cum laude can start at 3.86 for some schools, some are higher. I received the Magna Cum Laude and had 3.90. Got all A's except in two classes got B's. So it must depend on the university.