I’m 18 years old and graduated high school. I plan to go to college, but I’m curious what you need to graduate cum laude because I heard someone (clearly older than me) say they graduated cum laude.

  • @RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    It’s going to vary.

    My daughter’s high school was 3.95, 4.25 and 4.45 for the three honors. She had a 4.3 GPA and got the middle honor. At the college she’s in now it goes by top percentage and is somehow based on the previous year’s GPA. So, I think, they average everyone’s GPA from the previous grads and you get an honor for being in the top 5 or 10 percent of that number.