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They will graduate with highest honors, summa cum laude...
Seniors who have been nominated to receive summa degrees today downplay the award's significance and some express dissatisfaction with the way their honors distinction was determined...
...most seniors, what you graduate with isn't as important as it's made out to be," says summa nominee Jennifer M. Ty'96. "A lot of people are also accepted into some sort of graduate program or job, so what it says on their diploma has very little to do at least with their immediate plans...
...last week of school when everyone starts to find out what their honors recommendations are.... It's very nerve-wracking", says summa nominee Susan S. Lee '96. "People talk about it a lot in the dining hall...
...biology, Lee says that "for summa, it's not clear at all. It's very nebulous.... It varies a lot across the departments...