Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 13:07     Subject: What percent of college students
Middlebury

Cum Laude 3.50-3.74
Magna Cum Laude 3.75-3.89
Summa Cum Laude 3.90-4.00

It accounts for a significant percentage of the student body there. Niece graduated Magna Cum Laude and didn’t get Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa is a bigger deal because no more than 10% of the class is allowed in and that’s universal across schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:56     Subject: What percent of college students
Another

Williams
Cum laude: top 35%
Magna: top 15%
Summa: top 2%

Some other LACs determine by GPA.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:47     Subject: What percent of college students
Anonymous wrote:At my kids' two LACs:

Cum laude: top 30% / top 20%
Magna: top 15% / top 8%
Summa: top 2% / top 2%

It's in the academic catalogs.


This is OP, thank you for providing these two examples. So generally, do Latin Honors represent the top 20-30% of students at a school? I was thinking that half of the student body graduated with honors but I guess that's not the case.
Anonymous
Post 12/11/2023 12:39     Subject: What percent of college students
Anonymous wrote:Also students who start with basic level courses vs ones who get AP waivers and start with high level courses.


What are you trying to say?

At DS's college, only courses taken at the college in the major count, and they don't distinguish between specific courses.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 21:15     Subject: What percent of college students
Also students who start with basic level courses vs ones who get AP waivers and start with high level courses.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 21:13     Subject: What percent of college students
*level of
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 21:12     Subject: What percent of college students
Anonymous wrote:Graduate
Cum laude
Magna
Summa?
I’m sure it varies by school, is this published anywhere? Just curious how much grade inflation there is out there. Are Latin honors really an achievement any more?


Just like high school GPA scales, it varies vastly on system set up and legel of competition, as well as choice of major and rigor or teachers of their courses.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 18:36     Subject: What percent of college students
At my kids' two LACs:

Cum laude: top 30% / top 20%
Magna: top 15% / top 8%
Summa: top 2% / top 2%

It's in the academic catalogs.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 18:19     Subject: Re:What percent of college students
Depends upon what majority of majors are at schools. A largely engineering/STEM school will likely have less than a LA college. Fact is more psychology majors have a high gpa than a Chemical engineer/aerospace eng major.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 17:11     Subject: What percent of college students
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not all school make those distinctions.


Not helpful to OP. OP the schools usually make this very clear. VERY clear because students will argue forever with the registrar over such things - signed summa cum laud SLAC (out of 400) and cum from law school



+1. Here, for example, is USC's (Cal). https://undergrad.usc.edu/programs/honors/
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 17:06     Subject: What percent of college students
At my childs school it differs by school so she is an engineering major and needs a 3.5 for cum. Not sure of the others as she will not hit them..
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 17:04     Subject: What percent of college students
Anonymous wrote:Not all school make those distinctions.


Not helpful to OP. OP the schools usually make this very clear. VERY clear because students will argue forever with the registrar over such things - signed summa cum laud SLAC (out of 400) and cum from law school
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 14:47     Subject: What percent of college students
My DD attends a LAC that does not disclose the minimum GPA needed for Latin Honors as it changes from year to year based on the grade distribution of that graduating class. Approximately 25% of students receive Honors.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 14:38     Subject: What percent of college students
Not all school make those distinctions.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2023 13:55     Subject: What percent of college students
Graduate
Cum laude
Magna
Summa?
I’m sure it varies by school, is this published anywhere? Just curious how much grade inflation there is out there. Are Latin honors really an achievement any more?