<p>Do they have them? What do you need to do to earn them?</p>
<p>I’m not entirely sure that U-M does latin honors; I do not believe they use the “cum laude” distinctions. There have been previous threads on this matter, so you might want to check those for confirmation on this. </p>
<p>U-M still does designate distinctions for graduation based on GPA. “With highest distinction” is reserved for those ranked in the top 3% of the class, “with high distinction” is allocated to top 10%, and “with distinction” is ordained upon the top 25%. Based on the research I’ve done, I think it is safe to say that achieving these honors is no easy task. Last year’s graduates had to maintain between 3.924-4.000 in order to be classified as highest distinction, between 3.837-3.923 for high distinction, and 3.682-3.836 for distinction. </p>
<p>Get previous years’ data here: [College</a> of Literature, Science, and the Arts : Students](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/bulletin/chapter4/honors/grad_honors/distinction]College”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/bulletin/chapter4/honors/grad_honors/distinction)</p>
<p>In addition to the distinctions above, U-M also provides the option to students of receiving a “with honors,” “with high honors,” or “with highest honors” notation on their transcript. I’m not very knowledgable about this. I only know that you have to follow the honors track of your concentration that involves writing a senior thesis, and that your work will be evaluated by a committee, which will be the sole judge of your candidacy for these honors. </p>
<p>Note that everything I have said above pertains to the LSA (the info in this post is from their website), and I cannot speak for other colleges on campus.</p>
<p>Engineering</p>
<p>Cum Laude 3.20-3.49
Magna Cum Laude 3.50-3.74
Summa Cum Laude 3.75-4.00</p>
<p>I believe…</p>