The standard used for magna cum laude approximates the average GPA of the next 5 highest percent of students in each academic division, and the standard used for the cum laude designation approximates ...

RICCARDO CHIARADONNA, GALEN ON WHAT IS PERSUASIVE ("PITHANON") AND WHAT APPROXIMATES TO TRUTH, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. Supplement, No. 114, PHILOSOPHICAL THEMES IN GALEN (2014) ...