Wearing Other People's Graduation Regalia

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

If you don't mind me asking (this goes for anyone who knows about Ph.D.s or any other graduate programs) if you already hold a Master's degree and have honor cords from both undergrad and graduate school, when you finish your second Master's degree, Ph.D., or law degree, do you wear any of the stuff from your prior graduations such as hoods and cords? I was thinking about this the other day.

If the hoods and cords just represent the previous degrees, NO.

If the hoods and cords represent some affiliation or honor that you have held throughout your graduate degrees, and it is the procedure to wear them for every graduate commencement, PERHAPS.