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It's been a while since Anderson Cooper Attended a High School Graduation.
Ceallach:
--- Quote from: wyliefool on June 13, 2012, 08:36:42 AM ---I find it bizarre that big schools would call individual names and have people walk across the stage. My HS didn't do it (725 grads) and my university didn't do it (no idea how many, it was NYU). It must take forever.
The only other grad I've been to was my brother's law school grad, where people clapped for each person but there was no screaming.
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What do they do instead? Do the graduates sit in the audience and listen to a speech etc, and get their scrolls sent to them outside of the ceremony?
Most large institutions I have been at will have multiple graduation ceremonies, as a PP described. For example, when I finally finish my BA later this year (10 years on, don't ask!) I will be at a ceremony with other arts students and possibly some business faculty students as well. The science faculty (which has thousands of students) has it's own graduation ceremony twice per year on different days. I also know high schools where they have a morning ceremony for the A-Ks and an afternoon ceremony for the L-Zs.
guihong:
--- Quote from: Ceallach on June 14, 2012, 06:46:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: wyliefool on June 13, 2012, 08:36:42 AM ---I find it bizarre that big schools would call individual names and have people walk across the stage. My HS didn't do it (725 grads) and my university didn't do it (no idea how many, it was NYU). It must take forever.
The only other grad I've been to was my brother's law school grad, where people clapped for each person but there was no screaming.
--- End quote ---
What do they do instead? Do the graduates sit in the audience and listen to a speech etc, and get their scrolls sent to them outside of the ceremony?
Most large institutions I have been at will have multiple graduation ceremonies, as a PP described. For example, when I finally finish my BA later this year (10 years on, don't ask!) I will be at a ceremony with other arts students and possibly some business faculty students as well. The science faculty (which has thousands of students) has it's own graduation ceremony twice per year on different days. I also know high schools where they have a morning ceremony for the A-Ks and an afternoon ceremony for the L-Zs.
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That's what happened at my college graduation. Many schools also often hand out the diploma holder, but the actual diploma is sent later.
Sharnita:
evne when they called my name all I got was the "holder" - diploma itself came later (this has actually been true of high school, undergrad and grad school)
violinp:
--- Quote from: Sharnita on June 14, 2012, 06:57:43 PM ---evne when they called my name all I got was the "holder" - diploma itself came later (this has actually been true of high school, undergrad and grad school)
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Exactly. For my high school, you had to go about a week later to the counseling office to get your actual diploma.
wyliefool:
--- Quote from: guihong on June 14, 2012, 06:54:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ceallach on June 14, 2012, 06:46:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: wyliefool on June 13, 2012, 08:36:42 AM ---I find it bizarre that big schools would call individual names and have people walk across the stage. My HS didn't do it (725 grads) and my university didn't do it (no idea how many, it was NYU). It must take forever.
The only other grad I've been to was my brother's law school grad, where people clapped for each person but there was no screaming.
--- End quote ---
What do they do instead? Do the graduates sit in the audience and listen to a speech etc, and get their scrolls sent to them outside of the ceremony?
Most large institutions I have been at will have multiple graduation ceremonies, as a PP described. For example, when I finally finish my BA later this year (10 years on, don't ask!) I will be at a ceremony with other arts students and possibly some business faculty students as well. The science faculty (which has thousands of students) has it's own graduation ceremony twice per year on different days. I also know high schools where they have a morning ceremony for the A-Ks and an afternoon ceremony for the L-Zs.
--- End quote ---
That's what happened at my college graduation. Many schools also often hand out the diploma holder, but the actual diploma is sent later.
--- End quote ---
Yep. Pretty much. There were a couple student speeches, a couple faculty speeches, and we got the diploma in the mail later.
It took long enuf for everyone to walk into the venue; nobody wanted to extend it any farther. ;)
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