Did you attend your college graduation?

Question

If not, do you have any regrets? Were you okay with it? Glad not to sit there for hours just to hear your name?

If so, was it a rewarding experience? how did it make you feel?


I may not go to mine, but I'm weighing my options.

Answer 1

no no no, never got to any graduation they suck! like big tyme.
wats the purpose of it anyway. I skipped my high school graduation and i'm planning on skipping my college graduation. gud luck anyway.

Answer 2

Of three I attended two of them. The first AA degree I earned the school was fine but I didn't feel a deep connection with it. I did not attend that graduation ceremony. I don't have regrets with that decision. The next, an AS, I did attend, my parents attended and I was proud. At that time I was getting back on my feet after some hard knocks. The next one I wouldn't have missed for the world. I waited 20 years and dreamed of being presented my diploma for so long. The University is in the town where I live and I have a long time association with it going back 30 years and in 1985 I had to withdraw because of health issues. During the last year or so while in school there whenever I walked by the amphitheater where graduation is held I would hum the graduation march. To me it was an enormously rewarding experience, all my determination and circumstances created a dream come true. On my graduations, I didn't go to just sit there to hear my name. To me it was the whole experience I enjoyed taking in and celebration of a goal reached and proud of myself for accomplishing what I did. It is good for one's self esteem. I think if you don't feel a connection to the school or people you met there or a desire to attend you probably won't have regrets if you don't attend.

Answer 3

I went to UC Berkeley, and if you read my answers around this forum, you'll know I'm really proud of it.

Still, I elected not to go to the big university convocation ceremony. I have the attention span of a fruit fly, and I get bored and cranky if I have to sit in the broiling heat for a long time. The keynote speaker that year was Olympic skier Jonny Moseley. Dude did not even go to college. I thought their choice of speaker was a total let down (esp. since it was previously rumored that Mexican president Vicente Fox was supposed to be giving the ceremony address). Previous years had guests like former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright (and it's been a while, so other names elude me).

There were department graduations, too. I double-majored, so I had my choice: big grad ceremony with the molecular biology department, or small ceremony with the Asian studies departments. I chose the small ceremony because I had a much better relationship with my profs in that department. I also have a name that is difficult to pronounce, and I'd be mortified to have the biology department mangle it over the loud speakers at the Greek Theater.

I heard later on that the biology graduation lasted 5 hours. My ceremony lasted about 1 hour, had a catered champagne reception, and instead of hearing "Pomp & Circumstance" for the bazillionth time, we got Javanese gamelan music.

Anyway, my point is, graduations are more meaningful if you feel like your accomplishment is being honored. If you feel like you're just one of 500 names being rattled off in succession, then it isn't nearly as enjoyable.

Answer 4

I went to high school graduation, but not college graduation. I did my student teaching the last semester of college, so I wasn't even on campus much at all. Plus student teaching ended several weeks earlier than regular classes. I really didn't want to just hang around waiting for graduation. I haven't regretted it at all. I did go to my sister's college graduation because it was important to her for our family to be there. Talk to your family to decide if you should go or not. Also consider how big your college is and think about how many names you will have to listen to.

Answer 5

I went to mine. It was important to my family to be there for the event, so I did it. Not sure if I would have regretted skipping it, but I figured it was better not to find out the hard way. It was fun. Nothing particularly inspirational or anything, but it was a good time to be cheesy and goofy with friends and family.

If I had gone to a very large school where no one is going to be able to see you anyway and the ceremony is many many hours, I would have skipped it.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Yet again, Gumdrop Girl nails it.

I went to mine, UC Berkeley English Department, in 1991.

The speaker was Maxine Hong Kingston, who had been one of my professors. She is known for her early novel _The_Woman_Warrior, which is another telling of the legend that Disney's "Mulan" is based upon.

Local columnist Jon Carroll also spoke.

It was great, mostly because it was directed at us, having two writers of stature speak to English majors. Wow, that was a bad sentence for an English major, wasn't it?

In short, go if there is reason to go. Hearing your name read aloud while wearing a polyester bathrobe is no big deal.

Answer 8

I went and it was fun. You get to take pictures with all of your friends in your regalia. It's also important to your family.

Answer 9

u will regret. just go once in lifetime

Answer 10

You'll regret it if u wont go.. I went to High school grad. you will remember it forever.