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Seventy-five of the candidates earned their diplomas summa cum laude in their concentration, 56 magna cum laude with highest honors and 484 magna cum laude in their field of concentration. Three hundred and seventy eight earned cum laude in general studies, 426 earned cum laude in their field of concentration and 150, or just under just under 10 percent of the Class, received non-honors degrees...
Federman graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1949, after concentrating in social relations, a mix of psychology, social anthropology and sociology. After taking a class in physiology, he decided to go into endocrinology. His early interests in human interactions stayed with him through his medical work...
Under the new honors guidelines, the proportion of seniors who may graduate with summa cum laude and magna cum laude degrees will be limited to 20 percent of the class. Summa cum laude honors will continue to be capped at five percent of seniors, as they have been for the past few years...
Those students recommended for honors by their department with the next highest averages will then be awarded cum laude degrees—with the total number of students receiving summa, magna and cum degrees not to exceed 50 percent of the graduating class...
...caps do not limit the percentage of magna degrees awarded to 15—if fewer than five percent of seniors are awarded summa cum laude, the remainder may be awarded magna cum laude degrees. Similarly, if fewer than 20 percent of seniors earn magna and summa distinctions, more than 30 percent may receive cum laude honors...