When obtaining a degree, what does "cume laude" and "summa cume laude" means?
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with honors, and with great honors.  summa is usually for people with a 3.9+ gpa.
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Esquire. As in he/she went to law school.
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mba = masters in business administration (means you have a bonafide masters degree, recognized everywhere)\n\ncba = college of business administration (it's where one gets a business degree)\n\ncfa = certification for financial analysis (a certificate that tells people that one is really really good in analyzing financial data, recognized by most developed countries)
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The Spanish term "expediente académico" corresponds to the English "transcript" or "academic transcript" -- a summary of all courses taken by a student at a given institution, and marks/credits  received in those courses.\n\nNeed the answer? Ask your friendly neighborhood librarian!
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Graduation is the name of the ceremony where a degree is confered.\n\nI am a graduate of Lincoln University\nMy graduation was formal\nParents and family may attend a graduation ceremony.
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Graduated with  highest honours (exact meaning as written by poster above). Include it if you did graduate with honours. Otherwise it's a no no.
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Corrections:\n1. Bacholar degree is wrong. It is bachelor's degree.\n2. MBA stands for Master of Business Administration; therefore, it is wrong to say, "master MBA."\n\nI think you should think twice about following a business career. I have heard from my well-educated acquaintances that many MBA graduates from prestigious schools cannot find a job very easily because of the high competition. I'm not saying it's easy to find a job with a mere bachelor's degree in biochemistry, but at least scientists are known to be bad spellers. With your unsatisfactory spelling, you will be laughed at in the business world.
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It means the course was slightly harder/longer, and you had to do a dissertation or extended project at the end. Double honours means you had to do two- so basically you didn't do a minor, but two main courses.\n\nMost graduate jobs now demand 'Hons'. Without the Hons, the degree is often viewed more like an HND.
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Well, I have my associates degree in graphic design and it's titled: Associates of Applied Science degree, for some reason. For a bachelor degree, I believe it's called a Bachelor of Arts degree. (BA).
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A University has graduate programs. A college is supposed to be undergrad only.
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It is Master's Degree with an apostrophe.
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yes, honors means you're among the top 97% (percentage varies with different university/college/school) of the whole b.com course/degree/subject.
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Cap and Gown. What do they mean and where did they come from? \n\nWhat we call today a “cap,” which is worn by students and faculty in some cases, used to be called a “hood.” The “hood” is believed to be dated back to the Celtic Groups. At that time in history only the Druid priests wore capes with hoods, symbolizing their superiority and higher intelligence. Today, the “hood” or “cap” is used to identify the student’s academic institution and degree. The tassel that is attached (and sometimes the color of the cap and gown or scarf) is used to signify the student’s academic achievement within the academic structure. \n\nPrior to the 1950’s the color of the graduation gown was gray. This was practiced only in the U.S. Colors in European countries were used as far back as the 1800s to signify the area of study. Sometime during the 1950’s students began to ask for cap and gowns that represented their school colors. Their wish was granted and the emergence of varying colors used for gowns caught on. \n\nDuring the 12th and 13th centuries the academic dress for graduation was born. At that time the standard dress for faculty or students was clerical dress. It wasn’t until 1321 that the University of Coimbra decided that all Doctors, Bachelors, and Licentiates would be required to wear gowns. \n\nSo there you have the basic history of Graduation Day and the ceremonial garb that is worn
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You are a college graduate if you have a degree.  It doesn't matter if it's an associates , bachelor's, masters, whatever.
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It's spelled "summa".  As a noun, it means "the highest place" (think "summit" in English)  As an adjective, it means "highest", and is seen frequently in the phrase "summa cum laude" which is a university graduation distinction meaning "with highest honors".
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GPA... honors means you graduated near the top of your class... some schools also have presdent's or dean's lists... these all relate to just how close to the top of your class you graduated... more impressive on your resume...
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The US uses the Latin honours system with undergraduate degrees; I'm guessing that the nearest would be magna c um laude for a 2:1 degree.\n\nLatin honours are:\nsumma c um laude, highest honour. This is generally reserved at US universities for people with above roughly a 3.8 out of 4.0, of course depending on the school.\nmagna c um laude, great honour. Usually I think this is from about a 3.6 or so to summa c um laude, again depending on the school.\nc um laude, with honour, is awarded often if you make above a 3.5 out of 4.0, but this depends again upon the school.\n\n(Sorry about the odd spacing, but for some reason Yahoo! doesn't like the Latin word for "with."  I wonder what profanity people have made that into - no, wait, please don't enlighten me, I withdraw the question.)\n\nThere's not really anything below that at US universities, besides just getting your degree. 2.0 is passing (C), 3.0 is above average (B) and 4.0 is excellent (A) just for your reference.