Latin Honors Without Spring Grades? Forum

[bpfishers90]

My law school recently announced that the Latin Honors appearing on our graduation programs (and announced during the graduation ceremony) will not include our spring 2020 grades. A "supplemental" list will be printed once the spring grades are finalized. As someone who is currently *extremely* borderline between Latin Honors categories, I am pretty upset about this. I was banking on my spring 2020 grades bumping me up. It seems unfair that the honors announced at graduation are essentially a "guess" for at least some students. Do other schools have this policy? Is it normal?

[JusticeChuckleNutz]

My law school recently announced that the Latin Honors appearing on our graduation programs (and announced during the graduation ceremony) will not include our spring 2020 grades. A "supplemental" list will be printed once the spring grades are finalized. As someone who is currently *extremely* borderline between Latin Honors categories, I am pretty upset about this. I was banking on my spring 2020 grades bumping me up. It seems unfair that the honors announced at graduation are essentially a "guess" for at least some students. Do other schools have this policy? Is it normal?

Why does this upset you? Doesn't it matter more what honors are actually associated with your degree, which will factor in your spring grades?

[cavalier1138]

My law school recently announced that the Latin Honors appearing on our graduation programs (and announced during the graduation ceremony) will not include our spring 2020 grades. A "supplemental" list will be printed once the spring grades are finalized. As someone who is currently *extremely* borderline between Latin Honors categories, I am pretty upset about this. I was banking on my spring 2020 grades bumping me up. It seems unfair that the honors announced at graduation are essentially a "guess" for at least some students. Do other schools have this policy? Is it normal?

Why does this upset you? Doesn't it matter more what honors are actually associated with your degree, which will factor in your spring grades?

Yeah, unless you plan on sending the graduation program to prospective employers, no one will ever know if you were errantly marked as cum laude when you really achieved magna.

[The Lsat Airbender]

My law school recently announced that the Latin Honors appearing on our graduation programs (and announced during the graduation ceremony) will not include our spring 2020 grades. A "supplemental" list will be printed once the spring grades are finalized. As someone who is currently *extremely* borderline between Latin Honors categories, I am pretty upset about this. I was banking on my spring 2020 grades bumping me up. It seems unfair that the honors announced at graduation are essentially a "guess" for at least some students. Do other schools have this policy? Is it normal?

Why does this upset you? Doesn't it matter more what honors are actually associated with your degree, which will factor in your spring grades?

Maybe the classmate who stole OP's boyfriend/girlfriend is cum laude and magna was their chance to get him/her back