highest honors
Best academic achievement
Highest honors is the top tier of academic distinction awarded at graduation, above honors and high honors.
The designation appears on diplomas and transcripts, typically requiring a GPA above a set threshold or ranking in the top percentage of a graduating class: She graduated with highest honors.
Latin equivalents like summa cum laude serve the same function.
- summa cum laudeTop graduation honor
- magna cum laudeLatin academic distinction
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- dean's listAcademic achievement recognition
gold medal · first place · first class · top marks · flying colors · excellence · accolades · salutatorian · class rank · cum laude · with distinction · graduation · commencement · diploma · cap and gown · podium · standing ovation · ceremony
- Academic Statusgood standing, probation, academic probation, dean's list, suspension
- degree honorsthird class, cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude, distinction
- academic ranksprofessor, lecturer, full professor, assistant professor, associate professor
highest honorsfailing grades
academic probation · passing grades · bare minimum · expelled · undistinguished
highest honorsdisgrace
Loss of honor
dishonor · undistinguished · unremarkable · ignominy · shame
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