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Carleton College GPA Calculator

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Latin honors at Carleton College

Carleton College awards Latin honors by class rank rather than a fixed GPA. Summa cum laude: top 2%; magna cum laude: next 15% (i.e. up to top 17%); cum laude: next 13% (up to top 30%).

This is the important structural difference from a fixed-cutoff school: there is no GPA you can target with certainty. The bar is set by where your cohort lands, so a 3.85 might earn honors one year and miss the following year. Plan for the percentile, not the number.

One detail specific to this school

Carleton deliberately re-aligned its Latin-honors percentile bands to match peer institutions like Williams and Bowdoin rather than using fixed GPA cutoffs.

Grading policy compiled from Carleton College's registrar and academic catalog. Policies change; the registrar is authoritative. See our methodology.

Frequently Asked Questions

What GPA do you need for honors at Carleton College?▾
There is no fixed number. Summa cum laude: top 2%; magna cum laude: next 15% (i.e. up to top 17%); cum laude: next 13% (up to top 30%)., so the qualifying GPA is determined after grades are final and moves from year to year. Historical cutoffs are the best guide available in advance, but treat them as approximate.
How accurate is this calculator for my transcript?▾
Close, for ordinary cases. The calculation follows Carleton College's documented grade-point values, but transfer credits, repeated-course adjustments, and any department-specific rules can shift the official number. Treat this as an estimate and the transcript as authoritative.

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