It is a play of words that I created. It means the same as Suma Cum Laude , but freely mixing Greek and Latin words - Maximum praise.
Since I am a Sigma camera devotee , that integrates the Asian camera body with the Western made Foveon sensor , I decided to create a way to effectively praise the Yin Yang connotations and the Sigma brand , simultaneously-Maximum praise to Sigma.
SIGMACUMLAUDE.
http://www.sigmacumlaude.com
Use lower case and italicize cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum.
Summa cum laude is the highest it means "With highest honor"Magna cum laude means "With great Honor"Cum Laude means "With honor"
The main difference between graduating summa cum laude and magna cum laude is the level of academic achievement. Summa cum laude is a higher honor than magna cum laude, indicating the highest level of academic excellence.
Depends on schools. Ussually it is... Summa Cum Laude is 3.9 and better. Magna Cum Laude is 3.7 - 3.9 Cum laude is 3.5 - 3.7 There is also Egregia Cum Laude which holds the same GPA requirement as summa but is only given to the selected elite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cum_laude
The correct term is: cum laude, meaning "with distinction"; magna cum laude, meaning "with great distinction"; or summa cum laude, "with highest distinction".
It is one of several notations for a student who has achieved honors status based on their grade point average(GPA). Most all colleges and universities have this. There are three levels of honors. They are listed below from highest to lowest. * Suma Cum Laude * Magnum Cum Laude * Cum Laude
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.
3.65-3.79 cum laude 3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude 3.90+ summa cum laude
Engregia Cum Laude is the highest honor.
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 top 5% of the class magna cum laude is next 10% cum laude is next 15%
The honors, cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude, are awarded at the college level.