<p>I think they took the minimum GPAs of people who on the basis of their theses got magna cum laude for the 3.657--not sure where the 3.414 came from, maybe it was a cutoff for a certain percentile of the class. The way they do it now, they're cutoffs that change every year based on the GPAs of the graduating class.</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm just bitter because despite having a GPA right around A- and having deliberately sought out some challenging classes, I probably won't get any kind of honors at all.</p>