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Originally Posted by als463
That sucks you didn't go to your Master's graduation. That is where you get hooded. That was the only time I actually cared about my graduation because of that. I remember my mom being really excited to see me get hooded. I have to agree with you, though. Sometimes, it is not worth all the decoration of regalia for one day. Some people don't care about that as much.
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We had hoods for undergrad, and then at my Grad school you wore a hood but you did not get "hooded" unless you were getting your PhD.
Since I did my Master's at Pitt, there was a large graduation for everyone (Dan Marino spoke at it the year that I finished my Master's) that I didn't go to, and then a graduate school graduation that was smaller and I didn't go to that one either. Was not feeling it. My dad and I went to Paris to celebrate my graduation instead.
I don't think it sucked at all. I'm not one for ceremonial stuff, and only did my undergrad graduation because my parents were really excited about it. So much happened between when I graduated undergrad and when I finished my Master's that no one in my family really cared about the Master's anyway - they were just happy I finished it.
My cousin finished her Master's the same year and we had a "graduation" party with a cake in my hometown before I moved to Chicago.