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missing university graduation?
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Did anyone here miss their university graduation,planning to miss it, or just generally have an opinion on it??
I'm going travelling this summer to Peru, and going to my graduation would mean coming home 3 days early (granted 3 days is not alot), but to me it is just a piece of paper which they can send me in the post. Then i have to pay out to rent the weird outfit. Also, i never really bonded hugely with anyone at uni as most of my good friends are from college, and the few good friends i have made will not be graduating at the same time. And i didn't really enjoy university for a multitude of reason and really just want to get on with life. So, Opinions please?
I'm going travelling this summer to Peru, and going to my graduation would mean coming home 3 days early (granted 3 days is not alot), but to me it is just a piece of paper which they can send me in the post. Then i have to pay out to rent the weird outfit. Also, i never really bonded hugely with anyone at uni as most of my good friends are from college, and the few good friends i have made will not be graduating at the same time. And i didn't really enjoy university for a multitude of reason and really just want to get on with life. So, Opinions please?
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So if you (or your family) want that, make the effort and go, otherwise leave it. You could always hire a gown and get someone to take some shots later if you're bothered.
My parents really want to go it though. Infact, my Dad has been going on about it for a while now.
I have a question about graduation....do they tell everyone what you got in your degree, for example, if you got a 2:1 would they say that? Or would they just say that what degree you have got?
Depends on your university. Mine just read the degree and my name. Other universities do though.
I have to say that I really enjoyed my graduation, I didn't think I'd be around for it but then it turned out I was so I went and it was great. I wasn't too keen on university so it seemed like positive closure of a bad few years there.
as for announcing marks, at my uni they only distinguished those who got firsts from the others as far as I can remember, they certainly didnt tell everyone I got a third
Just booked my tickets, I'm soo excited. I spoke to my mum, and seeing as it is important to her, we have settled on me renting the outfit and getting a professional picture taken so she can put it on the mantel and brag about me to anyone who will listen!
Honestly? Noone cares about anyone going up on the stage other than themselves or the specific person they are there to see. Otherwise they will clap politely and generally ignore you. So I wouldn't worry about attention and people looking at you.
They've not read out the classification at the ceremonies that I've been to, though admittedly they were both from the same uni. However, they did print the classification as a heading in the little booklet (to the section with all the names printed in it who got that award) but they would do that whether you attended or not.
Also, its gonna annoy me knowing my Dad is gonna be there with his extra zoomy camera taking about a thousand pictures
I'm hoping they aren't gonna read out the classifications tbh. Sure, deep down, I'm gonna know I've worked hard to get my 2:2 (assuming I get it) because of how shit I did last year but I'll be scared of everyone else judging me on my course (because they seem to think I'm a brainbox because I know all of the answers in seminars) and jump to the conclusion that I'm thick or something.
I tried to bring up the money issue and he made a joke about making me a mortar board (or whatever they are called) with wood and felt :grump: Not funny.
We don't graduate anywhere special. I am very jealous of where my ex is going to graduate. He is going to graduate in York Minster. Its absolutely gorgeous in there. Looks very similar to where you are going to graduate tbh.
I graduate in a shitty hall place type thing :grump:
I very much doubt that they would read out the classification each time, if at all. It would make the whole thing even more tedious and drawn out.
You'll be fine on stage. The whole thing is over in about a minute anyway, you won't even have time to think about being on stage because you'll be standing waiting, then you will be up there, and then you'll be going back to your seat.
Got to agree on the money thing though - it is costly to go. The gown rental places charge a fortune because it's not like you can just pick them up in Tesco, and the professional photos don't come cheap either.
At Hallam, at my graduation there, we were all postgrad students so there was no classifications. It was pass/fails.
Graduation was a good experience. For me, it was closure on university which is always a good thing.
Plus it's nice to see the people from your course. But for some reason, my graduation ceremony wasn't until the February after the summer I finished uni!
I'm gonna end up spending a fortune because no doubt I'll have to buy my parent's tickets. Meh.
It can work out really expensive. You pay for the tickets, the gown hire etc and then, on top of that, if you want them, the photographs.
Probably about 30-50 quid for you gown and stuff, some amount for tickets, and 30 quid + for photos.
mum was a bit disappointed for a bit, but that was the only downside. its really only for family proudness, or for a pissup with your coursemates.
its a waste of money imo. all my mates at uni were from my 1st year in halls. i only went to half my lectures throughout uni so i never really got to properly know anyone in my group.
its no biggie. you could always get a photo with you certificate done at a later date for your folks to put on the wall....
Yes, that's how it worked at Bristol. At UCL they wanted £15 for the graduand and £25 for each guest (funnily enough, there was no limit to the number of guests you could bring!). Needless to say, I didn't go to that one, even if it would be my first chance to wear a mortorboard! Oh well, there's always my PhD graduation...