Is summa cum laude a higher distinction than valedictorian?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

The honors are indcated as follows, from lowest to highest.

* cum laude * magna cum laude * summa cum laude (highest honors)

Answer 4

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Summa Cum Laude is higher than Magna Cum Laude. However, both are honorable achievments.

Answer 5

Within the United States, summa cum laude is the highest academic honor.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

summa cum laude

3.65-3.79 cum laude

3.80-3.89 magnum cum laude

3.90+ summa cum laude

Answer 8

suma cum laude

Answer 9

Magna cum laude

Answer 10

D