[0cf8612b2e1e]

If you go to a bigger school, they have multiple graduation ceremonies. Split the rental amongst anyone who does not share a time slot with you.

That’s what I did and people acted like this was a genius move. No, I am just broke.

[dhosek]

I skipped the graduation ceremonies for my BA and my first master’s degree. For my second, apparently the cost of a cap, gown and hood was included in the tuition so I have academic regalia sitting in a box somewhere should I ever find myself in need of such, a scenario I cannot imagine ever coming to pass.

[irishcoffee]

Yeah, I skipped mine too. I was not (and am not) at all proud of my box-checking degrees.

I had a blast in undergrad, not at all because of the classes.

[llbbdd]

Same here, walking across the stage in a dress is for the school, not for you. Got my paper, bye

[dhosek]

It’s also for the families, but mine wasn’t available for the BA and I told them not to bother for the first master’s. The second, I only went to because it was a low-residence program and the ceremony took place during the final residency and being one of less than 20 people in the cohort, my absence would have been conspicuous.

[llbbdd]

Lol yeah, still pissed at my family for having me walk for high school grad, didn't walk for college because I got a real job instead of wasting my time graduating. What a stupid tradition; mandatory accredited higher education deserves the death waiting for it. Paid for a dumb "class ring", too.

[fwipsy]

Halloween costume? Or perhaps you could donate it to someone who would otherwise have to pay the fee.

[dhosek]

There was no additional fee for it. The program was shut down in 2020 so there are also no later graduates to receive it.

[fwipsy]

Halloween costume?

[tombert]

I just did online school and didn't bother showing up to any kind of ceremony. I was 30 when I finally finished school, I didn't really feel the need to prove anything.

[nkrisc]

You can just not participate in the ceremony and then you don’t have to spend any extra money at all.