I went to an environmental college and our graduation ceremony was in June, but we all finished the semester in April. Since the majority of people lived out of town there were no parties. DH and I had a small party with our families which consisted of a BBQ and cake. I feel like that was a better way for us to celebrate since our parents were big supporters and encouragers during our schooling.
I agree that events are getting too hyped up since the pre-Pinterest days! Are you concerned with throwing a party or attending one?
I just hadn't even thought about a party until a classmate posted pics of invites she was getting and said she had already ordered a cake (graduation is still 12 weeks away). These are what she posted: I just didn't know if parties were the norm and the wording of hers (cordially invited) seemed overly formal. I'm not going to go out of my way to do a huge Pinterest themed out party but I think my family and friends would like a chance to catch up since I've been buried in textbooks for a while. I just didn't want to break etiquette or anything. Eta: My school is in town and all my family and friends are close by.
I went to an environmental college and our graduation ceremony was in June, but we all finished the semester in April. Since the majority of people lived out of town there were no parties. DH and I had a small party with our families which consisted of a BBQ and cake. I feel like that was a better way for us to celebrate since our parents were big supporters and encouragers during our schooling.
I agree that events are getting too hyped up since the pre-Pinterest days! Are you concerned with throwing a party or attending one?
I just hadn't even thought about a party until a classmate posted pics of invites she was getting and said she had already ordered a cake (graduation is still 12 weeks away). These are what she posted: I just didn't know if parties were the norm and the wording of hers (cordially invited) seemed overly formal. I'm not going to go out of my way to do a huge Pinterest themed out party but I think my family and friends would like a chance to catch up since I've been buried in textbooks for a while. I just didn't want to break etiquette or anything. Eta: My school is in town and all my family and friends are close by.
Yea....that seems way too formal for a graduation party IMO. Cute themed invite, but seems over the top to me.
Man, I didn't even get a high school graduation party. What time of the year are you graduating? Can you have an outside open house cook out? That is what most high school kids do around here, corn hole, beer. etc. Most people I went to college with did not have parties - just family dinners before or after. I didn't even walk for my MBA. I couldn't justify $100 for cap/gown/hood. DH and I did go on a big vacation pretty soon after I finished my MBA so that counts for something?
I thought about walking for my MSA but I graduated in December and the ceremony was in May. I for got all about it until the day of, oops!
I did the exact thing for my MS. I couldn't justify spending all that money on the cap and gown just to walk in the winter ceremony. I had a wedding to plan and pay for!
I can't see the invite close up on mobile. But i think a small get together for your close friends and family would be nice. You don't even have to send invites. I think an email or phone call would suffice for an informal party.
Apparently I'm feeling mean this morning: The invite that you posted hurts my eyeballs.
I think that graduating is reason to celebrate. Congratulations!! If you are worried about looking like an AW or gift-grabby consider hosting a "party" rather than a "graduation party". Have the party you want with the people you want. Please do not replicate those invitations.
Apparently I'm feeling mean this morning: The invite that you posted hurts my eyeballs.
I think that graduating is reason to celebrate. Congratulations!! If you are worried about looking like an AW or gift-grabby consider hosting a "party" rather than a "graduation party". Have the party you want with the people you want. Please do not replicate those invitations.
Yeah it's NMS either, but she's an over the top kind of person. I'm just going to keep it to family and friends coming back to my house after for a cookout/hangout.
Post by ghostmonkey on Mar 25, 2015 9:57:49 GMT -5
1'st undergrad- sloppy joes, cake, party ball (that my friend, DH and I destroyed a large part of before everyone else showed up), then we hit the bars after (one of our friends proceeded to get kicked out of the downtown bars).
2'nd undergrad- the party ball friend and I had a joint party. We got a couple party subs, a cake, and a keg. And then we hit the bars.
Post by ugotstarbucked on Mar 25, 2015 10:09:42 GMT -5
I've never had nor been to a graduation party for someone completing a degree after high school. When I finished my BA my parents took our family out to a nice dinner, and when I finished my MS my now-husband took me out to a nice dinner. Both were lovely evenings.
UO: People need to stop blaming every last little thing on Pinterest just because it's not something they do.
I do use Pinterest but my classmate has like three boards just for this one party. I love getting ideas from there, I just think it has led to a lot of events being blown out of proportion.
I had a party after I finished with my MBA. For two years, I studied my ass off and worked hard to maintain a 4.0. I wanted to celebrate my accomplishment with my friends and family! The party was at my parents house. We provided appetizers, juice/pop, wine and beer. It was more just a reason to get together and party. I didn't send formal invites because I didn't want it to be fancy. I think I went the Facebook route.
I personally don't understand graduations parties, but that's just me, so I wouldn't side eye nor would I be super excited to go to one. Maybe a dinner out with close friends/family if you're also not feeling the whole 'party' thing.
+1 but we aren't big into organized celebrations over here. I would feel uncomfortable that people would feel like they should give a gift. My philosophy has always been that if you start something (school), you should finish it, so why expect others to come celebrate something you should be doing with a big party? A night out drinking with a few friends? Sure! But that's just me.
For undergrad, we fed family that went to one of the ceremonies (we had 2) and just hung out for a while.
For my MS, I didn't even bother walking. I wasn't going to spend a small fortune renting a cap and gown, paying the fee to walk, renting a hotel (I had moved and started work at the end of the previous semester), and gas to drive there and back. I was just happy to have my diploma.
Are you having a pinning ceremony? We had around 90 people in our class and after the pinning ceremony we all went out and basically took over a local karaoke bar, lol. They all knew us and that we were coming because we went there throughout nursing school. If your class of twenty is close I think it would at least be a cool idea to do one last big thing together.
The next morning we had graduation and a lot of my classmates I know had parties, nothing super formal though. I just went out to eat with my family. I think that it really depends on the family and the person, I didn't think anything negative about anyone who chose to have a party, it just wasn't something that I felt like dealing with at that point. If you want to have a party with your family, do it!! Nursing school is hard and you deserve all the congratulations!!
UO: People need to stop blaming every last little thing on Pinterest just because it's not something they do.
I do use Pinterest but my classmate has like three boards just for this one party. I love getting ideas from there, I just think it has led to a lot of events being blown out of proportion.
Meh. That was going on long before Al Gore invented the internet.
Post by ghostmonkey on Mar 25, 2015 11:36:21 GMT -5
I just can't get annoyed by someone making invites for a graduation party (considering there are companies that have been around forever that sell them).
Maybe this is the first time they have had a chance to celebrate a life event. Maybe they are the first in their family to complete a post-secondary degree. Maybe this has been a long term goal that they didn't think would happen.
People make boards for weddings and children's birthday parties as well, or even to get ideas for summer cookouts. Can we get a list of what it is acceptable to create Pinterest boards for? Thanks.
Post by housecarder on Mar 25, 2015 11:59:10 GMT -5
I wasn't annoyed by it, I just was making sure I wasn't making a mistake by not going all out. nuggetrn This is technically the pinning ceremony, graduation is school wide and in the fall so I'm not going to walk for that. I don't think anyone in my class is attending that so we are just using pinning as our "graduation".
Post by TheEleventhHour on Mar 25, 2015 12:11:00 GMT -5
Nursing school is definitely tough. By the end you will just want all of the drinks lol. I just graduated with my BSN in December and took the NCLEX a couple of weeks ago. It is really tough but you are almost there
To answer your question - When I graduated from undergrad several years ago I had a small dinner with family and a few close friends. When I graduated nursing school I got together for dinner and drinks with some of my classmates. It was very low key. I've never had a full blown grad party though have been to several. There really isn't a wrong way to do it. Just go with what feels most comfortable to you!
Post by ldubhawksfan on Mar 25, 2015 12:33:39 GMT -5
When I graduated, myself and good friend rented out a level of a bar we liked and had food. We invited all our family and friends. We didn't pay for an open bar (oops), but we were poor college students! I just made simple postcard type invites to send to our family and told our friends. It was fun to have one last hurrah with our peers and celebrate with our family.
I don't think it's required, but given all of my family were traveling to attend the ceremony, I wanted to host something after.
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Congratulations! We bought a house right around the time that I graduated so we had a housewarming/ grad party for me and it was a low-key cookout with cake thing. Nothing fancy but it was nice to celebrate both things and have everyone at our new house!
When I graduated college I had a dinner with some close friends and my family and then had a suite party at a hotel and got shit faced. There were no invitations.
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