What does Magna *** laud mean?

Answer 1

c- u-m laude means "with honor
magna c.l. means "with great honor"
summa c.l. means "with the highest honor"

they don't have anything to do with the designation "salutatorian" which is usually used to mean the second ranking student in a class, and "valedictorian" which means the first, top ranking student.

Answer 2

magna and suma *** laud are the terms use with highest honor in college. the opposite of magna in high school term is salutatorian and suma is valedictorian in high school. i dont see any reason of censores/censoring the word of ***. why not complete the word magna *** laud or suma *** laud, i dont think its offending words.

Answer 3

Literally it means "Great with honors".

BTW, Bunky and oryyyo, re the middle word: Actually, Lorettaann didn't star it out herself. It is also a swear word referring to semen, and Yahoo Answers automatically stars it out, most likely for that reason.

EDIT: In answering some questions about Yahoo Answers' apparent stance against profanity, I've speculated that their system is automated when it comes to the starring-out of certain words. Let's face it--there are literally thousands of questions being asked in these forums, and Yahoo simply wouldn't have the staff necessary to read every message and censor out words on a contextual basis. See also my answer to the following question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajflo6p9mM69B5iDKplUgwvsy6IX?qid=20060922173630AAZ7hHV

If you read this question from a Yahoo Answers site designed for another language, the word won't be starred out there.

Answer 4

its a rank in the Honor system if finished a level either in highschool or college. Suma Cumlaude for the 1st ranking student, and i guess 2nd for magna cumlaude

and you dont need to *** the cumlaude word.

Answer 5

It means a person is very very smart. Top of the class, dean's list. etc.

Answer 6

"With great praise" (or honours). It's a designation for high honours.

And it's funny that the Latin word for "with" was censored. :)

Answer 7

hehehehe that cracks me up. Ok it means with high or great honours, nothing sexual guys , it's latin LOL.

Answer 8

Heh heh--you got censored!

Answer 9

Adjective: magna *** laude. With high honour; with high academic distinction "a magna *** laude graduate" Adverb: magna *** laude. With high honour "he graduated magna *** laude" See also: worthy.


Latin honors
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Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. Some universities in the United States use the English translation of these honor phrases rather than the Latin originals.

There are typically three types of Latin honors. In order of increasing level of honor, they are:

*** laude, "with honor"; direct translation: "with praise"
magna *** laude, "with great honor"; direct translation: "with great praise"
summa *** laude, "with highest honor"; direct translation: "with highest praise"
Generally, a college or university's degree regulations give clear rules on the requirements to be met to obtain specific honors distinctions. These may be a specific grade point average, a requirement that the student submit an "honors thesis" or "honors project" for evaluation, a requirement that a student be part of an honors program, or a combination of the above. It should be noted that each university sets its own standards, and these standards often vary greatly between different universities. Thus, comparing Latin honors across universities is often meaningless; the same level of Latin honors attained at different universities may actually indicate very different levels of academic achievement.

Some colleges and universities use the additional note in cursu honorum, to signify that the degree and honors were earned while taking a more rigorous "honors course."

These honors are almost always awarded to undergraduates earning their bachelor's, and much more rarely to graduate students taking their master's or doctorate. The honor is typically indicated on the diploma. Latin honors are often conferred upon law school graduates receiving a Juris Doctor or J.D., where they are generally based upon class rank or grade point average.

The term honoris causa ("for the sake of honor"), on the other hand, is used when a university bestows an honorary degree.

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Use of Latin honors around the world
While the use of Latin honors for undergraduate degrees is common in the American academia, their use with doctorate degrees is common worldwide. For example, the Netherlands use a one-class Latin honors system at least for the Master's diplomas. The British undergraduate degree classification is a different scheme, widely used (with some variation) in the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand, India, Australia, Philippines, South Africa and many other countries.

In Italy, the *** laude notation (explicited in the equivalent Italian form con lode) is used as an increasing level of the highest grade for both exams (30/30) and degrees (110/110), in all its levels; usually, a minimum number of exams achieved *** laude is necessary in order for a student to be awarded on his degree.

In Germany, the degrees *** laude, magna *** laude and summa *** laude are used for PhD degrees (most countries do not grade their PhDs). The range of degrees is: rite (satisfactory), satis bene (satisfying), *** laude (very satisfying), magna *** laude (great), summa *** laude (excellent).

In France, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (known as "sciences-po") attributes a "*** laude" honor to those graduating in the best 5% of their class and a "summa *** laude" honor to those graduating in the best 2%.

In Switzerland, the degrees rite, *** laude, magna *** laude, summa *** laude and insignis *** laude are used.

The Finnish Matriculation Examinations at the end of high school equivalent lukio uses the grades of improbatur (I, failing), approbatur (A), lubenter approbatur (B), *** laude approbatur (C), magna *** laude approbatur (M), eximia *** laude approbatur (E) and laudatur (L). Finnish universities, when grading master's theses and doctoral dissertations, use the same scale with the addition of the grade of non sine laude approbatur (N) between lubenter and *** laude.

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History of usage in the United States
Harvard College first awarded final honors to its graduates in 1869. From 1872 to 1879, *** laude and summa *** laude were the two Latin honors awarded to graduates. Beginning in 1880, magna *** laude was also awarded:

The Faculty then prepared regulations for recommending candidates for the Bachelor's degree, either for an ordinary degree or for a degree with distinction; the grades of distinction being summa *** laude, magna *** laude, and *** laude. The degree summa *** laude is for those who have attained ninety per cent on the general scale, or have received Highest Honors in any department, and carries with it the assignment of an oration on the list of Commencement parts; the degree magna *** laude is for those who have attained eighty per cent on the general scale, or have received Honors in any department, and carries with it the assignment of a dissertation; and the degree *** laude is to be given to those who attain seventy-five per cent on the general scale, and to those who receive Honorable Mention in any study together with sixty-five per cent on the general scale, or seventy per cent on the last three years, or seventy-five per cent on the last two.... [Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer of Harvard College, 1877-78]

In an 1894 history of Amherst College, college historian William Seymour Tyler traced Amherst's system of Latin honors to 1881, and attributed it to Amherst College President Julius Hawley Seelye:

Instead of attempting to fix the rank of every individual student by minute divisions on a scale of a hundred as formerly, five grades of scholarship were established and degrees were conferred upon the graduating classes according to their grades. If a student was found to be in the first or lowest grade, he was not considered as a candidate for a degree, though he might receive a certificate stating the facts in regard to his standing; if he appeared in the second grade the degree of A.B. was conferred upon him rite; if in the third, *** laude; if in the fourth, magna *** laude; while if he reached the fifth grade he received the degree summa *** laude. The advantages of this course, as stated to the trustees by the president, are that it properly discriminates between those who, though passing over the same course of study, have done it with great differences of merit and of scholarship, and that it furnishes a healthy incentive to the best work without exciting an excessive spirit of emulation.

The new system of administration, of which the above is a part, is so original and peculiar that it is known as the Amherst System...

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External links
A History of Amherst College (1894), Chapter 11, concerning Latin honors in 1881.
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