Word: magnas
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Liazos graduated in June magna cum laude in social studies. She has been involved in political and leadership activities for years, including positions at the Institute of Politics (IOP), White House internships, Youth Vote '96, the Lyman Common Room, the Undergraduate Council and the Women's Leadership Conference...
...that total, 227 are without honors, 350 cum laude in general studies, 353 cum laude in a field of concentration, 473 magna cum laude, 44 magna cum laude with highest honors and 115 summa cum laude...
...hoping for a magna," she says. "That was my more realistic goal. The grades that I got back from my thesis were a lot higher than I expected...
Those nominees who are approved by the Faculty receive a summa degree; those who "cascade down," that is, receive lower honors than those which their department recommended, still receive recognition for the recommendation. For example, a student might receive magna with highest honors as opposed to magna with high honors, the standard wording...
...wanted it to go to magna," said Angela W. Pan '97, another member of the SAC. "I also understand why they didn't go as far as the original proposal, because they wanted to leave themselves room...