I have a question for those who graduated college, or who graduated a college. What is it like compared to high school graduation? Is it more exciting, less, about the same? I just graduated high school and I'm going to college. I believe it will probably be less exciting, because high school graduate is a rite of passage that is part of childhood ending. Graduating college I know will be exciting and an accomplishment, but I don't think it will have that bittersweet feeling that made me feel the way I did at graduation.
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It is what you make of it. Actually, college graduation is a different but just as significant rite of passage unless you are going on for an advanced degree. It marks the end of schooling and the beginning of your life as an independent adult with a full time job. I think I was closer to my college friends because we spent more time together and the quantity of people to befriend meant they were more "like" me.
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I think you've pegged it about right. HS graduation is the end of childhood, in a way, and you are aware that your classmates will be going off in different directions, etc.
College graduation can be solemn or joyous, but the place it occupies in your life is not so much a "rite of passage," just as you said. You won't know most of the other graduates, they'll have studied widely different courses, many will be part time students, and there will be many who are not close to you in age. Still, it is memorable and meaningful.
College graduation can be solemn or joyous, but the place it occupies in your life is not so much a "rite of passage," just as you said. You won't know most of the other graduates, they'll have studied widely different courses, many will be part time students, and there will be many who are not close to you in age. Still, it is memorable and meaningful.
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First off, High School graduation is awesome and is definitely the end of childhood. Not only that, but for most of us, it is an event that we share with people who were part of our lives and instrumental to our development. My friends in high school were people I had known for 8 years. We had sleep overs, we snuck out of the house together, we drove our first cars together, we did our first "everythings" together. And then we graduated together.
College on the other hand, is spent with strangers who become friends. And though you become friends, that depth of friendship isn't the same as highschool friendships. So when college graduation comes, it isn't quite the same especially when you are talking about giant schools with 10k+ students...
I think the college you graduate from also factors into it. If you graduate from an elite or small school, it can have more emotional significance similar to high school graduation.
College on the other hand, is spent with strangers who become friends. And though you become friends, that depth of friendship isn't the same as highschool friendships. So when college graduation comes, it isn't quite the same especially when you are talking about giant schools with 10k+ students...
I think the college you graduate from also factors into it. If you graduate from an elite or small school, it can have more emotional significance similar to high school graduation.
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Ironically, I'd say the opposite. My college friends are more my forever friends and I have no idea nor really care that much about my high school friends. I never really fit in even though I was a cheerleader. I lived 24/7 with the college friends for multiple years. I found men that I was seriously considering marrying and did marry one. Even over 20 years later, I have a bond with anyone who attended that school whether or not I actually new them because we all experienced the same traditions and experiences and can relate. My college is one of the huge ones (50,000+ in comparison to a high school with less than 500). Those 5 years were among the happiness years of my life. I guess it is what you make of it.
Now the college ceremony was no big deal but the fact that we were graduating and going separate directions was. However, I'd have skipped my high school graduation too if I could have but both graduations meant too much to my mother. I am not big on ceremonies of any sort.
Now the college ceremony was no big deal but the fact that we were graduating and going separate directions was. However, I'd have skipped my high school graduation too if I could have but both graduations meant too much to my mother. I am not big on ceremonies of any sort.
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Can't you say the same about high school friends? They started out as strangers. What makes college friendship less deep?
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Graduating from high school should be a lot more fun since your classmates are generally those you grew up with.
Graduating from college can be far more different as you are with people you never knew before, come from different backgrounds, and go on to different areas to live. As for me, I worked during the day, went to college at night, and it took me 17 years to get my under graduate diploma. I rarely had the same classmates.
Then, I moved to a different part of the country to go to law school. Classmates were from different localities and most were of upper middle class or wealthy classes. Because of this I, who am from the ghetto, was never welcomed as a part of their lives.
To make matters even more dismal, I never found any use for either of my degrees.
So it all depends on your background and what direction life takes you.
Graduating from college can be far more different as you are with people you never knew before, come from different backgrounds, and go on to different areas to live. As for me, I worked during the day, went to college at night, and it took me 17 years to get my under graduate diploma. I rarely had the same classmates.
Then, I moved to a different part of the country to go to law school. Classmates were from different localities and most were of upper middle class or wealthy classes. Because of this I, who am from the ghetto, was never welcomed as a part of their lives.
To make matters even more dismal, I never found any use for either of my degrees.
So it all depends on your background and what direction life takes you.
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It depends on your high school background and how it compares to the college you chose. My high school pulled from dozens of middle schools, and there were only a handful of students from mine, so that's when I experienced the "leaving the people you grew up with" thing.
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Longer. Much, much longer. And, when I got my master's it was even longer than when I had gotten my bachelor's because it was a private Catholic university and there was a graduation mass beforehand.
ETA- I had to go get a copy of my transcript from the Registrar's Office back in May and I about died laughing when a girl came in to get her diploma. As soon as they opened the drawer to pull it out that automatically triggered Pomp and Circumstance to start playing in the office (the entire thing).
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