07-21-2009 at 12:04 PM
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Hey,
I was wondering what McMaster GPA was for cum laude,magma cum laude and summa cum laude was. Does any one know?
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07-21-2009 at 03:11 PM
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The closest thing I could find is this:
"Graduation With Distinction standing may be awarded if a minimum CA of 9.5 is achieved in a degree program."
It doesn't say anything else in the undergraduate calendar-- at least nothing I could find...
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07-21-2009 at 03:15 PM
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Those terms are mainly used at American Universities.
However: I did my best, and found on google some previous McMaster student saying that she received one of those distinctions on her degree, although no other information was given. So maybe McMaster does use them, but I still don't know the GPA cutoff.
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07-21-2009 at 03:34 PM
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Whoa, what do those even mean?
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07-21-2009 at 03:42 PM
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They're Latin terms mainly used to refer to academic distinction, like "honours". In the U.K. I believe they use (or have used before) terms like first-class honours and second-class honours, depending on your grades by the time of graduation.
cum laude: literally, "with praise"
magna cum laude: with greater praise
summa cum laude: with greatest/highest praise
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07-21-2009 at 03:48 PM
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Thanks for clarifying :]. Hmm, I got "first-class honours" last year, but that wasn't during graduation, that was during the honour roll ceremony.
Well, I'm surprised it isn't clearly outline on the Mac website.
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07-21-2009 at 03:48 PM
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Summa cum laude is the highest, then Magna, then cum laude.
I'm pretty sure that Mac hands out this distinction by percentages. The top say, 1% of the graduating class would get summa, the top 3% would get magna, and maybe the top 5% would get cum laude.
I'm just guessing those numbers but I'm sure they're not far off.
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07-21-2009 at 03:55 PM
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Oops...sorry for that mistake...thanks for clarifying, Callen  . I edited my post accordingly. |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by .:callen:.
Summa cum laude is the highest, then Magna, then cum laude.
I'm pretty sure that Mac hands out this distinction by percentages. The top say, 1% of the graduating class would get summa, the top 3% would get magna, and maybe the top 5% would get cum laude.
I'm just guessing those numbers but I'm sure they're not far off.
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Ah, that makes sense. It's a lot better to have it related to the class rather than marks.
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07-21-2009 at 03:59 PM
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Top 1-5%? That's like a 12 average all the way through. >.>
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Top 1-5%? That's like a 12 average all the way through. >.>
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You're definitely looking at upper 11.xx average for sure.
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I got a Summa Cum Laude notation on my diploma...I had about a 10.7 CA.
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I doubt a lot of people get 12 CAs or even high 11s. Remember, CA is your average throughout ALL your years at McMaster.
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Last year, 2 people got a 12 CA...I think this year, only 1 (across all faculties).
So yeah, not many people get it.
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07-21-2009 at 05:26 PM
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I got a Summa Cum Laude notation on my diploma...I had about a 10.7 CA.
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Phew, that gives a lot of us more hope. :]
And yeah, getting on Provost's List is usually unheard of much less a CA of 12. |
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