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As of 2009, only 22 graduates have received the summa cum laude honor at ITA. The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro awards the cum laude honor for graduates with average grade from 8.0 to 8.9, the magna cum laude honor for graduates with average grade from 9.0 to 9.4, and the summa cum laude honor for graduates with average grade from 9.5 to ...
Between 1970 and 2008 Harvard established a GPA cut-off required in order to obtain the summa cum laude distinction. During that time, only five students obtained the summa cum laude distinction, namelyLewis Sargentich (1970), [132] Isaac Pachulski (1974), [133] Peter Huber (1982), [134] Lisa Ann Grow/Sun (1997) and Julian Poon (1999). [135]
At university level, in some cases, Latin expressions are used. The Latin grades for a passed final exam in law at the University of Zurich, for example, are "summa cum laude" (excellent), "magna cum laude" (very good), "cum laude" (good) and "rite" (sufficient). [2]
Waddington received his BA in Psychology and Chinese from Arizona State University where he graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA; [citation needed] and was inducted into the academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa Society, [1] and won the Moeur award, [citation needed] ASU's highest academic honor.
summa cum laude will be awarded to all students receiving a 4.00 GPA; maxima cum laude to the next 3%; magna cum laude to the next 7%; cum laude to the next 10%. maxima clearly is less than summa (as in summit - the top)
A total average of around 14 (70%) earns a distinction grade (cum laude), around 16 (80%) means high distinction (magna cum laude) and an average of around 18 (90%) yields the highest distinction (summa/maxima cum laude). The exact scores for each grade differ between different universities. [31] [32]
To graduate with an Honors degree from Montana State University, students must have a minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA, 16-28 credits of Honors courses, and one year or equivalency of a single second language. There are three levels of distinction for honors graduation. [12]
Cum laude: if you have obtained a weighted percentage of at least 68%; Magna cum laude: if you have obtained a weighted percentage of at least 77%; Summa cum laude: if you have obtained a weighted percentage of at least 85%; Summa cum laude with the congratulations of the examination committee: if you have obtained a weighted percentage of at ...