<p>I didn’t go to my college graduation ceremony, and when I tell people about it they usually tell me how sorry they feel. Clearly, they feel a lot sorrier than I do, because I just don’t care.</p>
<p>Do you believe that I don’t care or do you think I am lying?</p>
<p>wouldn’t that be for you to know?</p>
<p>I’m thinking of a number between negative infinity and infinity… what is it?</p>
<p>LIAR! I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!</p>
<p>Why are you asking? It doesn’t matter if anyone here believe’s you… if you don’t care, then fine you don’t care.</p>
<p>1.22561255</p>
<p>I’m working at the Registrar’s Office this summer, and given how many diplomas there are left to mail, I’d say a fair number of people don’t go to college graduation.</p>
<p>hell, i ain’t going. i don’t see what there’s to care for. you chuck all this money for tuition and school, then even afterward, you buy some silly gown you wear for a few hours, get about 10 seconds of fame for completing 4 years of degradation, misery, confusion, and hell, then you’re on your way out to some more in the real world. since my school is so big, there’s a specific time for people to just come and walk… so actually, you’d probably just get to wear that gown for 5 min. and never again. so why would anyone lie about not caring?</p>
<p>4321234- maybe you should transfer to a school you actually like.</p>
<p>Or just displace your bitterness onto the internet. Tomayto, tomahto.</p>
<p>I don’t think my mom would ever forgive me if I didn’t go, since I’ll be the first girl in our family to graduate college (and only the second person in our family, after my uncle who graduated in the 1970’s). But if it was up to me, I don’t know if I would go because there’s a crap ton of people all graduating at the same time and it takes like 3.5 hours and girls are supposed to wear heels and you don’t even get your actual diploma when you cross the stage. I’d probably just go pick my diploma up at the registrar’s office that day.</p>
<p>I think most people attend graduation ceremonies because of their parents more than for themselves (just like aulostchick). It was definitely the case for me.</p>
<p>Do most schools give graduates their diplomas at the ceremony? My school doesn’t give you the actual diploma but a dummy. The real diploma is not sent to you until they do a final official degree audit over the summer.</p>
<p>I got my undergrad diploma at the ceremony, but the entire graduating class is only 200 students. My graduate diploma had to be picked up later on after graduation.</p>
<p>I got my actual diploma. I really liked the way my school handled graduation. We have around 1250 students a year, so they have the huge commencement thing together with all of the students which lasts for about 90 minutes, then you break off by department for the actual graduation ceremony. That way, I only had to hear around 25 names called out, and everyone graduating was one of my friends. We even had a departmental reception afterwards, where I got to talk with all of my old professors one last time before heading out.</p>
<p>But, yeah, got my actual diploma in a nice display case during the ceremony from my department head (who had taught a few of my classes).</p>
<p>That could be good or bad. If you have a lot of friends outside of your department, you wouldn’t be able to celebrate it with them. The way your school did it would be ideal for graduate students, but maybe not so much for undergrads.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you don’t care or are lying. Only you know that. I only hope it was not important to your family. Sometimes we need to think beyond ourselves. </p>
<p>I attended my undergraduate graduation ceremony and I wanted to do so. I did not attend my graduate graduation ceremony, and my family was ok with that. ( I was beyond exhausted!) People told me I would regret it, but I don’t.</p>
<p>grad ceremonies are for parents. as students, it is pretty meaningless, as it is simply a “ceremony.” And I don’t need a ceremony to confirm my accomplishments.</p>
<p>At my high school graduation, I noticed a distinct negative correlation between a student’s intelligence and the loudness of their family’s cheering when his or her name was announced.</p>
<p>I actually found just the opposite at my high school graduation, minus one mentally handicapped kid for whom the entire class stood up and cheered.</p>