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Post by paperaddict on Jun 3, 2017 20:59:54 GMT
I finished my Bachelors in Nursing at the end of December 2016 but the convocation is on Monday, June 5th. I am doing IVF and the meds have a lot of side effects. My egg retrieval is tomorrow on Sunday. Nursing School was hell and I made a couple of friends, who are planning to attend. I just don't like crowds but I am so proud to have finished it. Would you go? This is my second degree and my parents will go if I wanted them to do attend.
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Post by PolarGreen12 on Jun 3, 2017 21:01:24 GMT
You accomplished something great, go be recognized for it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 21:02:59 GMT
Not if you aren't feeling up to it.
I would invite the friends over for tea and crumpets after the event.
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Post by cycworker on Jun 3, 2017 21:11:38 GMT
I was totally prepared to say yes, go. I think though, if you aren't feeling up to it, then don't go. It's a long ceremony & I know it can be hot in the place we have ours. So not something I'd want to sit through if I wasn't feeling well.
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Post by nellej on Jun 3, 2017 21:36:26 GMT
Congrats on your achievement. Can you wait and see how you feel on Monday?
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Post by valleyview on Jun 3, 2017 21:38:34 GMT
I didn't go. DH and I graduated at the same time in different venues. Like you, I had finished in December. His degree was higher. All of our parents attended his ceremony, as did I. Then we went out for lunch and informed our parents that we were expecting. It was a good day.
I do not regret missing my graduation service at all.
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Post by garcia5050 on Jun 3, 2017 21:46:40 GMT
I also didn't go to mine. No regrets at all.
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Post by Gravity on Jun 3, 2017 21:52:06 GMT
I didn't go. I let the university mail my diploma to me.
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Post by KelleeM on Jun 3, 2017 22:11:14 GMT
I went to mine and my degree was still mailed to me. All I received was an empty folder. It was hot, there were thousands of grads and it was long...I wouldn't do it again.
I hope your retrieval goes well and congratulations on your degree!!
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Post by CarolinaGirl71 on Jun 3, 2017 22:16:25 GMT
I graduated nursing school in December and we had a lovely pinning ceremony then, with just the nursing graduates. In May, I didn't participate in the University Graduation. I was working and planning my wedding and I didn't really want to do it. Most of my nursing school friends had moved away and they didn't participate either. I don't regret it.
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Post by Chips on Jun 3, 2017 23:06:17 GMT
It would depend on how I felt. I have done IVF four times and it is just a roller coaster of emotions. When I went to my ceremony I left right after getting my degree.
Wish you all the best and be gentle with yourself <3
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Post by lisae on Jun 3, 2017 23:29:13 GMT
Congratulations. In your case, I think it is totally up to how you feel. Personally I enjoyed the Convocation far more than the actual graduation ceremony.
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Post by brandnewrollerskates on Jun 3, 2017 23:37:40 GMT
I went and am glad I did. I loved the closure it provided to all my hard work.
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Post by RosieKat on Jun 4, 2017 1:16:57 GMT
I think it's up to you. I would regret missing it later on, but I am someone who finds great importance in rituals and traditions. I know that isn't the same for everyone, though. If that doesn't matter so much to you, then just go with how you feel. Good luck on Sunday, and congratulations, whether you go or not!
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Post by mcscrapper on Jun 4, 2017 1:55:37 GMT
First of all, congratulations on graduating!! I know what a huge deal nursing school is.
I got my BSN several years ago and did not go to the graduation ceremony. I did go to pinning and was elected to give the speech at the ceremony. I wouldn't not have missed that pinning but I really didn't care about sitting through a huge graduation ceremony in May which is the larger of the two grad ceremonies each year. Our school has a December graduation ceremony and one in May. My thinking was that I was an older student anyway and didn't want to put my family through such a lengthy ceremony. It would have cost me about $100 for the cap, gown and all the regalia that I just didn't have the money for at the time. I do not regret it one bit.
When I finished my Masters in December, you better believe I'm walked for THAT!!! I did have to get up in the middle of the thing to go pee. It felt like it took forever to get through that list. I also had a lot more people cheering me on for my masters. It was a pretty big deal to me and I don't regret doing that either.
If you aren't feeling up to it, don't go. It is a long time to sit for sure. And if I finished in December and wasn't planning to walk until month later, it would lose some of it's excitement for me.
Good luck with the career and whatever you decide!
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 4, 2017 1:59:30 GMT
Two degrees, I attended half of the ceremonies... they are the least important thing (to me) about competing a degree. Memorable events happened on each date, causing me to attend, or not. I still have closure about my program and celebrated the accomplishment. Even thirty years later...
As someone who got pregnant at forty, I personally would judge that to override a mass ceremony.
Just saw my autofill typo- it should be completing, although competition sums it up better.
Congratulations!!!
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Post by lucyg on Jun 4, 2017 2:59:25 GMT
Congrats on your achievement. I did not attend my own college graduation. We left on vacation a few days earlier, as soon as I finished my last exam. It was going to be a long, hot, and crowded ceremony, and I was six months pregnant. Even if I hadn't been pregnant, it still would have been long, hot, and crowded. I've never regretted missing it.  |
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Post by TankTop on Jun 4, 2017 3:08:41 GMT
I did not go to either of mine. I truly regret it, but I think that is more because I wanted to go and walk across the stage. I didn't have anyone in my life who would have gone to see me walk, so I skipped it. I really wish I would have.
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