<p>Need some quick advice. Just graduated as a double math/econ major w/ a minor in philosophy. Earned a 3.79 gpa. Cut off for Summa Cum Laude is 3.80. But my lower grades were in my philosophy courses and I have a few extra credits. So I could feasibly drop the phil minor and graduate Summa Cum Laude w/ just math/econ majors or I could graduate Magna Cum Laude w/ the minor in phil included. What should I do? What looks better? Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m not in expert in this, but I see it being more advantageous to keep the minor. Both GPAs are still very good, and remember that grad schools/employers don’t look too much into the courses you took, but the majors/minors. I’d rather take someone who’s extremely close to SCL with three diverse fields under their belt than someone who is SCL and just two.</p>
<p>Well, dang, you’re just doing well either way.</p>
<p>^
But employers won’t know what “close to” SCL is because it varies tremendously by school. But I think graduating magna with a philosophy minor would still be just fine!</p>
<p>These degree honors mean NOTHING. They are for you and you only. If Summa Cum Laude means something to you then consider your options. If you could care less either way then don’t bother worrying about it. When you apply for a job, your employer will look at your GPA. They will not look at your Latin honors. Summa means something at one school and something else at another.</p>
<p>I always thought that Latin honors were overall GPA.</p>
<p>If I faced that choice, I would drop the minor because my college has some fancy grad school fellowships for students graduating summa cum laude. If it weren’t for the fellowships, I would keep the philosophy minor because it might signal that I am a decent writer, which many students in quantitative majors are not.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies everyone. Really appreciate it.</p>
<p>I’m at the edge of Summa also. The way I see it, even though I’ve studied my butt off and chose easy classes, if I have to go to extraordinary measures to attain Summa then Summa ain’t me.</p>
<p>“When you apply for a job, your employer will look at your GPA. They will not look at your Latin honors.”</p>
<p>Not true. Employers are impressed by the honors that students graduate with. Saying this as someone who used to recruit employees for a Fortune 500 company.</p>
<p>I would drop the minor and go with the summa. But then again, at my school we don’t have minors so I guess I’m a bit biased against them.</p>
<p>I would go with summa cum laude. You will always have that, whereas 20 years from now no one will care what you majored or minored in; you may be working in a different field altogether.</p>