high honors
Academic elite status
High honors is an academic distinction awarded to students who exceed the standard for honors, typically requiring a higher GPA or more rigorous thesis defense.
Universities use it to recognize exceptional achievement: She graduated with high honors.
The term sits between honors and highest honors in the standard three-tier system.
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- summa cum laudeTop graduation honor
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
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- Academic Honorscum laude, summa cum laude, dean's list, valedictorian, salutatorian
- Academic Statusgood standing, probation, academic probation, dean's list, suspension
- degree honorsthird class, cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, distinction
- achieversachiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver, self-starter
- gradesA, A+, B, C, D
- academic ranksprofessor, lecturer, full professor, assistant professor, associate professor
high honorssatisfactory
Meeting minimum requirements
failing · failing grades · failure · flunking · poor grades
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