What's a good high-school graduation present for a girl?

Question

What is a good graduation present for a young lady about to graduate from high-school?

She's interested in science and is going to college in the fall to study pharmacology.

Any advice?

Answer 1

A mortar and pestle charm on a chain or bracelet.

Answer 2

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The top gift that all graduates love is money. As long as you don't care how it gets spent, this is an excellent choice as an all around graduation gift.

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Top 10 Graduation Gifts:

1) Money!!!
Of course, the top gift that all graduates love is money. As long as you don't care how it gets spent, this is an excellent choice as an all around graduation gift.
2) Oh the Places You'll Go
Help your graduate "soar to high heights" with the always relevant rhymes of Dr. Seuss. This book, while written for children, is relevant for adults too.
3) iPod
The iPod is the ultimate graduation gift. It is so convenient and provides hours and hours of entertainment.
4) Handheld Device / PDA
A moderately priced PDA can do it all for the new graduate. A great way for to store images, movies, music, and data for the student going off to college. The Palm Zire has all of these features and more.
5) Laptop Computer
If you are willing to spend a lot on the graduate, a laptop computer is an excellent choice. The Dell Inspiron 700M Notebook only ways a little more than 4 pounds, has a 12.1" screen, 512 MB of RAM, and 40 GB of memory. A graduate would truly appreciate this as a graduation gift.
6) Commemorative Coins
Commemorative coins including proof sets from the graduation year and Silver Eagles are good choices for students. They can always remember the year they graduated with an item that could appreciate in value.
7) Hope Chest
Okay - so it's only for girls. However, even though it's somewhat old fashioned, girls still enjoy getting hope chests. What better time to give them one than as a graduation gift? This choice is a beautiful cherry/cedar choice.
8) Digital Camera
A gift that many graduates would love would be the digital camera. Give it to them before the big day, and they will have something to not only show off but also capture the moment. The Canon PowerShot is an excellent and luckily relatively inexpensive digital camera.
9) College Spirit Gift
If your student is going to go off to college, they will definitely enjoy a 'college spirit' graduation gift related to their college of choice. Here are some wall clocks for many different colleges across the nation.
10) High Quality Ink Pen
A traditional gift to set the tone for the future graduate. There is something about writing that evokes the image of success.

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Answer 3

A high configured Laptop will be a unique present for her I believe. Because my sister got one after her graduation from my dad and according to her that was the best ghift ever. Go for a Laptop, its good and helpful for young people of today.

Answer 4

A Gift Certificate to a Science Try store like Discovery.com, or maybe passes to a local Science Museum. And a Gift Card to the mall always works.

Answer 5

It depends on your relationship with the girl - girlfriend, casual acquaintance, distant or close relative? My twin nephew and niece are graduating Saturday AND celebrating their 18th birthdays the same day. I'm giving money for the graduation but gift cards to their favorite stores for the birthdays, and for the girl, I'm putting her card in a small, trendy jewelry box because she always likes a little gift.

Answer 6

If she's going away to college and living in the dorms, try a gift card to someplace like Linens & Things or Bed Bath & Beyond, so she can get stuff for her dorm. Target has really cute graduation-themed photo album kits, with colored paper and stickers and stuff, so she could make her own scrapbook. Or really, money's always nice to get for graduation.

Answer 7

money, an engraved pen with her name on it for when shes done and needs to fill all those rx's.

a gift card (like target, ikea, bed bath and beyone, etc)for a store to get some essentails for the dorm room.

a messenger bag for college (nice ones at llbean.com)

if your looking for something on the semential side then try the dr seuss book "the places you'll go" with a personal message inside of it!

ok outta ideas now

Answer 8

A gift certificate to the college book store and a care package

Answer 9

Phone cards, cash, a basket of necessities (toothpaste, soap, pencils, etc.), a voucher for the school book store, or something just fun and frivolous, like a bracelet.

Answer 10

Find out from her mother or girlfriends where she likes to shop, and give her a gift card or certificate. Her budget will contract sharply soon and she'll appreciate an opportunity to splurge on something for herself.

Answer 11

A grand tour if possible to some of the pharmaceutical companies in the country