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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.
In Latin, cum laude means "with honor", and summa cum laude, means "with highest honor"different colleges use different standards to decide these distinctions, but summa cum laude is generally the highest honor followed by magna cum laude (literally "with high honor") and then comes cum laude or with distinction.
The honors are indcated as follows, from lowest to highest.
* cum laude * magna cum laude * summa cum laude (highest honors)
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Summa Cum Laude is higher than Magna Cum Laude. However, both are honorable achievments.
Within the United States, summa cum laude is the highest academic honor.
Maxima cum laude (with very great praise), is typically between the summa (with highest praise) and the magna honors. Thus, the maxima cum laude is slightly lower than the summa cum laude.
summa cum laude
3.65-3.79 cum laude
3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude
3.90+ summa cum laude
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Is a summa cum laude or a distinction of higher status?
Summa cum laude is the highest distinction
What is the difference between cum laude and summa cum laude?
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.
How do you spell cumloudy?
The correct term is: cum laude, meaning "with distinction"; magna cum laude, meaning "with great distinction"; or summa cum laude, "with highest distinction".
Can a valedictorian also be summa cum laude?
Yes they can be. They are typically ranked as excellent (highest) academically and philosophically.
What is graduating highest academic average for college?
Typically it is the valedictorian. The designated honors would be that of summa cum laude.
What honors can you get in college?
At most colleges and universities, students can graduate with Latin honors. Cum laude, Summa cum laude, and Magna cum laude are the honors distinction.
Is cum laude higher than suma cum laude?
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
Is manga cum laude capitalized in a resume?
No, "manga cum laude" should not be capitalized in a resume. It is not a formal academic distinction like "Summa Cum Laude" and does not require capitalization.
How could I use summa cum laude in a sentence?
I graduated from Harvard Summa Cum Laude.
Should summa laude be capitalized?
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
What is grade point average for magnum cum laude and summa cum laude?
3.65-3.79 cum laude 3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude 3.90+ summa cum laude
How do you prononounce the word Laude as in Summa cum Laude?
loudi
