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To: koan who wrote (7856)	4/29/2009 2:10:10 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 86356

Its a shame Obama hasn't had more real accomplishments in his life and we have to talk about his school records and guess at what they were. As to what magna cum laude means at Harvard Law, who knows? At one time it meant this: Beginning in 1880, magna cum 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 cum laude, magna cum laude, and cum laude. The degree summa cum 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 cum 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 cum 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] en.wikipedia.org