Colleges or Universities set definite criteria which have to be met by students before being given the honors distinction. Each university will have different criteria. Usually, a student should achieve a certain grade point average (GPA) before submitting honors thesis to get evaluated. ...
A lot of what it takes to graduate cum laude depends on school policy — different institutions have different rules when it comes to what, exactly, will qualify a student to earn the award — but grade point average is almost always a determining factor. ...
3.7 is far from an A minus average. An A minus average would be more accurately described as 3.3 Bysikkim— On Mar 12, 2008 the university i went to honored students who had a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.7 with "cum laude". that is equivalent to an "A minus" grade ...