Walking at graduation

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LastPolarBear said:
So, is it worth walking at graduation if your class is like 5k+? Just wondering on your thoughts.
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Well how do you feel about it?? I personally would walk no matter how big my class was, but I am a little grateful that its really small. So small that we plan the activities for our graduation. I love my school LOL.😀 How do you feel about graduation in general??
 
At my undergrad there was a main ceremony for everyone graduating (several thousand), and then smaller departmental ceremonies where your name is actually announced and you get a fake diploma because grades weren't even in yet by graduation. Only about 100 engineers graduated, so thats all I actually walked with. You sure your school doesn't do the same?

And yeah, its really for parents/family.

College graduation felt like HS graduation to me, maybe because I know I'm just moving on to more schooling.
 
I didn't attend my high school graduation, but I'm looking forward to attending my college one. I think tradition and ceremony is somehow important to people, as people, when something big like that happens. I'll be the first in my family to get a bachelor's, and I am SO going to celebrate it. I don't care how many people there are.
 
Bacchus said:
You don't walk at graduation for yourself. You walk at graduation for your parents, classmates, professors, and relatives.
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So true. Especially at a larger school where the ceremony takes FOREVER.
 
I didn't walk in mine. I told my family they could come to my medical school graduation. Also they came to my white coat ceremony. Graduating from college just didn't seem like a big deal to me. College is the new high school.
 
engineeredout said:
At my undergrad there was a main ceremony for everyone graduating (several thousand), and then smaller departmental ceremonies where your name is actually announced and you get a fake diploma because grades weren't even in yet by graduation. Only about 100 engineers graduated, so thats all I actually walked with. You sure your school doesn't do the same?

And yeah, its really for parents/family.

College graduation felt like HS graduation to me, maybe because I know I'm just moving on to more schooling.
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Def. agree with this. I'm only going so my folks can see some sort of return for their $100k+. Departmental graduations are way more meaningful, assuming you've gotten to know your professors at all.

If you do end up going though, make sure you bring a poncho or something 'cause it's supposed to rain. 🙁
 
slim78 said:
I didn't walk in mine. I told my family they could come to my medical school graduation. Also they came to my white coat ceremony. Graduating from college just didn't seem like a big deal to me. College is the new high school.
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Agree with college is the new high school...its coming to the point where just a plain BS/BA wont do to much for your career--many people realize that Masters or doctorate program is the way to go if they want to go a bit further.

With that being said, my parents and I came to the conclusion that my white coat ceremony would be much more significant than a simple college graduation with a few thousand people.
 
I'm sure at my graduation there will be under a 100 students graduating.
 
Kind of depressing how few people feel like college is a big deal any more. I guess when you're from a town where you could count on your hands how many people held degrees... heh, well. Different worlds I suppose.
 
Hey everyone, appreciate the responses and hope finals went well for everyone. I'm actually graduating next year, not this year. However, I was wondering about walking during graduation because I was thinking about taking the last requirement for my degree at a cc near home and just transferring the credits to my university. Since home is really far from school, going back to the graduation ceremony would be really tough and possibly not worth it since the class size is huge. I actually think graduation is great in that it gives you a last, or one of the last, times to celebrate with all your friends from school.
 
I didn't get the chance to walk. It kind of sucks. I have no closure with that school. My last days involved me studying for finals and taking an earlier final so I could drive down to Florida and start my premeds. It was a real downer driving away from one of the most influential places of my life after taking my physiology exam...and then having my diploma mailed to me a few weeks later.
 
slim78 said:
I didn't walk in mine. I told my family they could come to my medical school graduation. Also they came to my white coat ceremony. Graduating from college just didn't seem like a big deal to me. College is the new high school.
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I agree with this sentiment as well. I didn't attend my graduation because I have only seen college as a stepping stone to what actually mattered to me. While I can honestly say that I have learned plenty from my education, I have never felt particularly close to my college (which has thousands upon thousands of students).

Regardless, it still feels great having graduated and received a degree...my only regret is not reaching "summa cum laude"...I have to settle with my "magna cum laude". 😛
 
Semicolon said:
Regardless, it still feels great having graduated and received a degree...my only regret is not reaching "summa cum laude"...I have to settle with my "magna cum laude". 😛
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Well some of us had to settle for regular cum laude :banana:

Whats the GPA cutoffs for you for those? For us its 3.5, 3.75, 3.85 for cum, magna, and summa respectively.
 
LastPolarBear said:
So, is it worth walking at graduation if your class is like 5k+? Just wondering on your thoughts.
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I didn't walk....and do not regret it. It was just more money really.
 
engineeredout said:
Well some of us had to settle for regular cum laude :banana:

Whats the GPA cutoffs for you for those? For us its 3.5, 3.75, 3.85 for cum, magna, and summa respectively.
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This obviously varies from school to school, my schools is 3.5 3.8 and 3.9
 
Bacchus said:
You don't walk at graduation for yourself. You walk at graduation for your parents, classmates, professors, and relatives.
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agreed. I had absolutely no desire to do it but my parents and grandparents wanted to see me walk.

MLT2MT2DO said:
This obviously varies from school to school, my schools is 3.5 3.8 and 3.9
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It was complete BS at my school. They did it by % in each college.... top 10%, 5%, 2.5%. Since I was in the College of Sciences I was compared against everyone in the college, nursing majors, psychology majors, countless others.

Cut-offs were 3.78 - 3.87 - 3.93

Being in an incredibly difficult pre-med major I sat there and watched as people with easier majors were honored while I was not. You could get a 3.75 at my school with a degree in Biochemistry and you wouldn't even get Cum Laude..... I thought it was insulting
 
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buccsmf1 said:
agreed. I had absolutely no desire to do it but my parents and grandparents wanted to see me walk.



It was complete BS at my school. They did it by % in each college.... top 10%, 5%, 2.5%. Since I was in the College of Sciences I was compared against everyone in the college, nursing majors, psychology majors, countless others.

Cut-offs were 3.78 - 3.87 - 3.93

Being in an incredibly difficult pre-med major I sat there and watched as people with easier majors were honored while I was not. You could get a 3.75 at my school with a degree in Biochemistry and you wouldn't even get Cum Laude..... I thought it was insulting
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Yeah, same here. In the college of arts and sciences, which is pretty much all undergrads minus the nursing, business, and engineering students, it goes: 3.77 is cum laude, 3.88 is magna, and a crazy 3.96 is summa. GL, HF to all pre meds who can get those grades.
 
engineeredout said:
Well some of us had to settle for regular cum laude :banana:

Whats the GPA cutoffs for you for those? For us its 3.5, 3.75, 3.85 for cum, magna, and summa respectively.
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For my college, the cutoffs were 3.5, 3.75, and 3.9 (graduated with a 3.82).😀
 
Cp22kjer said:
I didn't walk....and do not regret it. It was just more money really.
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I agree. Plus, with med school school on the horizon I just didn't feel that it was a huge deal.

I am so glad to be done, but without much family and the fact that I'm a non-traditional student, I decided not to waste my time and money on a ceremony that celebrates a partial step towards my goal.
 
Semicolon said:
For my college, the cutoffs were 3.5, 3.75, and 3.9 (graduated with a 3.82).😀
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My school, was 3.3, 3.5, and 3.9

Had a 3.897 and stupid Banner the program they use for grades, don't round.

BAH
 
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