Another resume question: "cum laude" or "with honors"?

MathildaMae
Tue, 07 May 2013 13:59:10 +0000

A little more info, since you all obviously know more about this than me . . . D agrees that “with honors” rather than “cum laude” would be incorrect because departments also award honors for a thesis, which she did not complete.

BUT her plan now is to leave off “cum laude” altogether because she says “Phi Beta Kappa” is a better honor than “cum laude.”

At her school, the “cum laude” distinctions are based on gpa not percents. So “summa” is 3.95 and “magna” is 3.85.

She missed “magna” by 0.03 and is a little bitter, in case you can’t tell . . .