2. Who is eligible for honors and how are they calculated?

Tentative and Final Honors at Graduation

For graduation with highest honor, the minimum grade-point average (GPA) shall be 3.55.

For graduation with high honor, the minimum grade-point average (GPA) shall be 3.35.

For graduation with honor, the minimum grade-point average (GPA) shall be 3.15.

A student must have earned at least 60 semester credit hours (excluding remedial coursework) at Georgia Tech to graduate with highest honor, with high honor, or with honor.

In order to qualify for graduation with honors, all grades or grade corrections affecting the honors designation must be received and certified by the Office of the Registrar no later than noon on Wednesday following Commencement.

Tentative honors at graduation (recognized at Commencement) are determined by the grade-point average (GPA) entering the graduating term and the sum total of graded hours accumulated prior to the graduation term plus graded hours registered for and pending during the graduation term.