<p>How much weight does graduating summa/magna cum laude hold with employers?</p>
<p>IF that Magna or Summa is accompanied by excellent social skills, I'd say A LOT.</p>
<p>Can someone explain what are excellent social skills? I can talk, tell jokes, tell stories, and in general get peope to like and remember me. Is that a social skill set if not .. what are they</p>
<p>you can talk? holy ****!</p>
<p>omg! He can talk!!! Let's give him a job! Right now!</p>
<p>:D</p>
<p>Ivanka is oh so hott.</p>
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Really if she studied hard then I apologize, but I mean the trend is unnerving, I'll have to find that list I saw (some newspaper I think it was the Tribune took note of how every year the magna cum laude of HBS seemed to be the son/daughter of a F500 executive)
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<p>I highly highly doubt that, considering that I know a number of Baker's Scholars (top 5% grads) of HBS who came from poverty-stricken backgrounds. One guy and one girl I know came from this country along with their families from Vietnam fleeing the Communists and arrived destitute with literally nothing more than the shirts on their backs, and both grew up in squalid poverty, with their parents, who couldn't speak English, working multiple low-end jobs to provide for their families. Yet the guy and the girl, along with their siblings, achieved stunning academic success. For example, the guy graduated from Harvard College, then HBS as a Baker Scholar, His brother got a bachelor's, master's, and PhD at MIT (hence, he's "MIT-cubed"). Another brother also went to MIT and then Stanford. </p>
<p>But the point is, you can find people who rise from the depths of poverty to rich the pinnacles of academic success. It is interesting, however, to note how so many of them tend to be recent immigrants, especially Asian immigrants.</p>
<p>What exactly is Summa Cumme Laude? As in, what GPA or percentile of your class?</p>
<p>At my school, we have the "Dean's List," which is a GPA of 3.5 or greater on a full course load for the year.</p>
<p>I can juggle too :)</p>
<p>Anyway it is my dream to go to Wharton and graduate summa/magna cum laude</p>
<p>till then HS it is</p>
<p>I think Summa cum laude is the top 1-2% of a graduating class, Magna cum laude is top 3-4%, and cum laude is top 5%... but each school is different and the GPA varies as well.</p>
<p>Magna and Summa Honors vary depending on your school; for some there may be a GPA cut off, for others you have to fit within a certain percentage of the student body (ie top% 1 for Summa, top 3% for Magna). Dean's list is much less impressive at most places, as it is usually a 3.5/3.6 GPA cut off.</p>
<p>Re: Sakky's last post...I agree. Although, I would not say that it's only Asian immigrants--though I don't dispute they are probably the majority percentage wise. I think the whole poverty and/or immigrant factor puts extra pressure on the right people and provides the fuel for success; it makes people "hungry" -- not literally, though that may well be the case at times. People from affluent backgrounds generally tend to feel entitled and "full". Just a casual observation.</p>
<p>They've got the "Eye of the Tiger"...</p>
<p>"Magna and Summa Honors vary depending on your school; for some there may be a GPA cut off, for others you have to fit within a certain percentage of the student body (ie top% 1 for Summa, top 3% for Magna). Dean's list is much less impressive at most places, as it is usually a 3.5/3.6 GPA cut off."</p>
<p>Do all schools offer it? I've never heard of any cumme laude at my school, and I have a 3.91 GPA.</p>
<p>It'd be kind of dumb for employers to look at it favourably if all schools don't offer it.</p>
<p>Russell7, what school do you go to... </p>
<p>It probably depends on the employer, and whether they even know what the latin honors equate to for their specific needs. I'm pretty sure that only a handful of employers/recruiters take it into account, and it probably is only used as a differentiating factor when all other things are equal, and the employer is left to make a decision between candidates. </p>
<p>Thus, why I asked how much weight it carries, because I'm skeptical that it really equates to much when it all comes down to the rubber meeting the road. (BTW, I'm a senior with a 3.829 GPA, .046 GPA points from Summa cum laude honors at my school). I think the very complimentary and positive remarks and feedback I've received from the VP of my company holds more weight, personally.</p>
<p>"I think the very complimentary and positive remarks and feedback I've received from the VP of my company holds more weight, personally."</p>
<p>Hey, if you can put those permanently on your official transcripts you are gold my firend, hehe. ;)</p>
<p>LOL, they can be used as a reference, and since I have a working relationship with the VP, I know he will be more than happy to give me outstanding references in pursuit of my goals.</p>
<p>i'd hit that.</p>
<p>A few years ago, 91% of Harvard graduated with honors. I think they've scaled that back some since then.</p>
<p>Yeah, gellino, that's why I'm suspiscious to the value of latin words. I'm not sure it means much beyond academia.</p>
<p>Doesn't everyone graduate cum laude from Penn? Grade inflation is outta control at the Ivy League. It is making relative performance meaningless.</p>
<p>Who is Vikram Chatwal?</p>