[Kirosia]

...(it's not counted), can I still claim it on my resume? 
 
Yeeeeah. They gave me a sticker and stuff in the mail today. 
 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/Kirosia/MCLLetter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/Kirosia/MCLSticker.jpg
 
The main reasoned I dropped in ~.10 in GPA is cause of a certain blonde birdie who broke my heaaaart. (Also laziness, I could've easing kept a 3.8 if I was remotely motivated)

 

[mrarroyo]

If the university/college paperwork says you have it then yes.

 

[Kirosia]

Niiice. Not that it'll help much, my school isn't exactly known for churning out the tops. 

 

[momomo6789]

wear the sticker on your forehead ^_^ you will get all the girls

 

[Kirosia]

Actually, most local people (even other college students) don't even know it means. To be honest, I didn't either until I was told I qualified at graduation. (They gave me a red rope to strangle myself with) 
 
EDIT: I just remembered that at grad I had Summa Cum Laude, so I guess with the GPA drop in the last semester, I am Magna. So I can rock it without feeling guilty!

 

[jjinh]

Congrats!
 
So all you get is a sticker to put on your testamur? Looks like something that could be easily forged.

 

[Kirosia]

Yeah, but it's no biggie. Getting honors at my school isn't exactly a hard achievement. 

 

[TheAudioDude]

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...(it's not counted), can I still claim it on my resume? 
 
Yeeeeah. They gave me a sticker and stuff in the mail today. 
 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/Kirosia/MCLLetter.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v665/Kirosia/MCLSticker.jpg
 
The main reasoned I dropped in ~.10 in GPA is cause of a certain blonde birdie who broke my heaaaart. (Also laziness, I could've easing kept a 3.8 if I was remotely motivated)

Whoa man, where in MA are you?
 
Congrats on the Magna Cum Laude.  What did you study (besides girls)?

 

[Kirosia]

International Business (Business Admin) at Salem State. A fairly easy major at a glorified high school, not really something to brag about. All the cute girls were taken, and half the students were dumb as bricks. 

 

[jjinh]

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International Business (Business Admin) at Salem State. A fairly easy major at a glorified high school, not really something to brag about. All the cute girls were taken, and half the students were dumb as bricks. 

Reminds me of the time I took this course and it was 90% international students that couldnt speak English properly.

 

[Kirosia]

The foreign students I've met were very intelligent and hard-working. The natives were hit or miss, many came from upper-middle class families and already had a hook up ready, they just needed the paper. "C's get degrees" never rang truer...

 

[jjinh]

This was a post grad course so I assume most were intelligent.
 
It's just that the standards at Aussie universities regarding English proficiency for international students isnt what it used to be.

 

[chnsawBrutality]

I thought it was the cumulative GPA that puts you in Magna cum Laude, or whichever cum laude you're in.  But if your school says you qualified, slap that on your resume.
 
Off topic.. my mother cried when she saw me stand up when they announced all the Magna Cum Laude students.. she didn't know i was "that smart". 

I love my family..

 

[Kirosia]

^My school's requirements for it appear to be lower than normal. 
 
My grad ceremony was a joke, they wasted too much time with guest speakers and giving away honorary degrees. Students with honors were never pointed out, even though they were supposed to be. Hell I only went to the ceremony cause my parents paid me $50. I didn't even care to dress up, wore a T and blue jeans. 

 

[mulveling]

From highest honor to lowest:
Summa cum Laude
Magna cum Laude
Cum Laude
 
Wow, you got a sticker AND a congratulations letter. Went to Georgia Tech - the relevant honors line in my diploma is near-microscopic, and in horrendously unreadable black font. It takes a magnifying glass to read with any ease. No seal, no coffee stain of approval, nothing At Tech, summa was only 3.55, magna was ~3.35 and cum laude was ~3.15 (I think).