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In Singapore, the Latin honors, cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude are used by Singapore Management University. Graduates from Singapore Management University have to achieve GPAs of 3.4, 3.6 and 3.8 out of 4.0 respectively and without any exceptions to qualify for the Latin honors.
At some universities, pairs of honor cords, in the school colors, indicate honors graduates: one pair for cum laude, two pairs for magna cum laude, and three pairs for summa cum laude. These are in addition to any cords for membership in an honor society.
Because Latin honors are often conferred to the approximate class rank whereby students also receive the dean's list (as the top 10 to 15 percent), magna and summa cum laude are usually held in higher regard. A dean's list may therefore be seen as equal to (or more prestigious than) cum laude, depending on the specific requirements involved.
summa cum laude (<1.0 = mit Auszeichnung, "with distinction") magna cum laude (1.0 = sehr gut, "very good") cum laude (2.0 = gut, "good") rite (3.0 = bestanden, "passed") There is no fail grade; in that case the dissertation is formally rejected without a grade.
Magna Cum Laude: 3.600–3.799 Cum Laude: 3.400–3.599 Honorable Mention [14] 3.200–3.399 University of Santo Tomas, and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Latin Honors.
The teacher from Traverse City, Michigan, earned the distinction of magna cum laude after juggling her studies, her work as an educator, motherhood and marriage. Szymchack, who has an associate ...
In all other years during that time period, the top student only managed to obtain the magna cum laude distinction. Since 2008, to address the difficulty of obtaining the summa cum laude distinction, in a year where no student manages to meet the GPA cut-off, Harvard will now award summa cum laude to the top student of the year. [136]
College and post-graduate schools usually award the following awards: summa cum laude (with highest honors), magna cum laude (with high honors), and cum laude (with honors). Unlike the awards are given in elementary and high schools which depend on class ranking, undergraduate and post-graduate awards are given based on grade point averages, so ...