Should I go to my graduation?

kraggy

Hi,

It's on quite soon. But I won't know any of the other students as I had to defer and have a fair bit of resentment towards the college in question so basically, I was just going up to get a photo taken or in case I regret not having gone when I'm 50.

But my gf was saying that I could rent a garb at any time in the future and get a photo taken in a studio holding my degree.

She says that when she graduated everyone just held a piece of paper as a prop given to them by the photographer.

So it all sounds like a load of bs to me.

Also, money is extremely tight at the moment so the cost of garb, photo, bus up and down to Dublin, seems like a load of money being spent on a load of bs.

Is there something else I could be missing? Will I regret it if I don't go?

Again, I'll know NOBODY there.

Thanks,

K.

Edgedinblue

Honestly it is a load of bs and youll miss nothing, but its kinda the done thing at least once in your life. My grad was today didnt bother my bum going, but saying that ive graduated already 3 years ago so been there done that kinda thing and got the photo.

Your gf is right though, you do just get a prop on the day for the photo. Its up to you in the end, its a quick thing. You just go up grab the degree and thats it. But if you feel you'll regret not going by the time youre 50 then maybe you should go.

If youre worried about money, you can opt out of getting the proper photo done and maybe have a family member do it? Done that myself and the photo was just as nice!

If not the postman will deliver your degree a week or two for ya after the grad!

Sauve

Grads are the most boring, annoying day out ever.
I didn't bother going to mine and never regretted it. Took a days work instead and bought myself a nice graduation present

cafecolour

I only went because my parents came (and insisted I go). Otherwise I found it a tedious waste of time. It's not like a party or anything like that (ie it's not Debs). Unless you're big into ceremony, skip it.

Rebelheart

kraggy wrote: »

But my gf was saying that I could rent a garb at any time in the future and get a photo taken in a studio holding my degree.

Keep that cailín on: she's spot-on. I went to my degree one as I knew my parents would like it, but I knew I was going on further so the degree, now that I had it of course, was nothing. I genuinely wanted to go for my doctoral conferring so I went. It wasn't a "happy" occasion or anything like I had anticipated for years. It was more like a huge anticlimax. Walking up for that parchment was the most sombre walk of my life. I had to be told to smile but I just didn't feel anything but numbness on that day, as weird as it sounds.

I'd just rent the garb and get some great photos taken of yourself, and you and her together. Then go off for a nice romantic weekend and dinner. Everything else is unnecessary. Bain taitneamh as!

Chinafoot

Didn't go and don't regret it.

You have your degree. An expensive photograph you can't afford right now isn't going to make a difference.

pakb1ue

I think you should go tbh, its only a few hours out of your life and I always think its better to have the photos then have nothing at all. Yeah the professional photo are a rip off and I had a plastic pipe with a ribbon on it but in the photo it does look like the real thing.

Also its a chance to get photos around campus in the robe, like for me I was able to get photos in a Harry Potter type campus. Which I know later down the line I will grateful to have.

For my graduation I was very unlucky that I got an eye lid infection so my eye lid swelled up and it ruined all of my photos so I have to Photoshop all of them so it doesnt look like I was in a fight.

But then I was lucky in the other scene that I was graduating with some of my class mates (I had a later graduation as I did repeats and missed the main one) and other people I knew. Unlike one of my friends who was graduation the day before me and didnt bother going.

But at the end of it its just a day for the parents.

Chicago Chick

I went to my graduation and the best I can say about it is that it was an alright day out. I graduated with my whole class but to behonest most people wondered off for meals with family etc (before meeting again that night) after it and it really was more for my parents than for me. They loved it but I wasn't too pushed. The night out when we finished our finals was a way better time to me and we all celebrated a lot more.

If you think you may regret it in years to come then go, it's only a couple of hours out of your life. If you don't think you will regret it then do what your girlfriend mentioned and get pictures taken after. I had a blank rolled up piece of paper for my pictures like many of the posters above.

kraggy

Thanks for the input guys. Read it all and appreciate it.

Have decided to go. Regret is an awful feeling so I want to eliminate the possibility of that happening, even if I don't feel like going at the moment.

Thanks again,

K.

Chicago Chick

Well fingers crossed you'll have a great day and remember it is something to celebrate. You are graduating and have obviously worked hard to get where you are so lap it up. Enjoy the day.:)

death1234567

I went to my graduation and wish I didn't. What a load of BS it was and a waste of a day off.

CluelessGirl

kraggy wrote: »

Thanks for the input guys. Read it all and appreciate it.

Have decided to go. Regret is an awful feeling so I want to eliminate the possibility of that happening, even if I don't feel like going at the moment.

Thanks again,

K.

Hey K,

I am in the exact same boat as you. My Graduation is next week. I am very anxious about it!

I don't know anyone that is going to be there.

I wasn't going to go but everyone I spoke to said that I would regret it down the road, after all it is only a few hours and yes it is BS but it will be nice to have the pics in your gown to show the grandchildren!!!:D

Enjoy it and practice your pose before the photos!

pwd

kraggy wrote: »

Thanks for the input guys. Read it all and appreciate it.

Have decided to go. Regret is an awful feeling so I want to eliminate the possibility of that happening, even if I don't feel like going at the moment.

Thanks again,

K.

I never regretted not going to mine 9 years ago.
This sort of thing means a lot to some people. It means nothing to others. I don't think people usually change from one type to the other. I would suggest you're "measuring your wheat with someone else's bushel" tbh.