Graduation...to attend or not to attend?

How do you guys and gals feel about college graduation? I find myself feeling quite indifferent about my upcoming ceremony. I feel somewhat accomplished, but graduating feels more like inevitable event, and I'm not even entirely sure why I feel this way.

Basically, I'm pretty blah about the ceremony. I'm glad I'm graduating, I am eagerly looking forward to the future, but the ceremony...meh. Also, my school usually has ~10K students graduating which makes for a very lengthy ceremony.

Anyway, so how do you guys feel about graduation ceremonies? Are they important to you? Will you attend your graduation?

Attended my high school grad. I only get one grad for high school, so why would I miss a once-in-a-lifetime event?

High School, I did. But college. I never attended both my Bachelors and Masters. Waste of time.

I went to my university graduation, absolutely. I would only attend another one of mine if it was a Masters or higher though. Don't really want to be taking time off work for graduation again

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High School, I did. But college. I never attended both my Bachelors and Masters. Waste of time.

^This. They are really for the parents that went into debt putting their kids through college, than anything else. Go if you want, but they aren't that fun.

Hmm, I don't know anyone whose parents have paid for them, maybe thats an American thing or just a posh peoples things.

I'm the one who has gotten into debt to attend University, and now I'm expected to pay for tickets for my family to attend graduation, pay for the hat and gown and pay for professional photography to 'capture' the day. It's a ridiculous expense when I'm already in such debt because of studying and the whole pomp and ceremony thing is so archaic and pointless.

I didn't go to high school graduation; I basically spent the last 2 years of high school in a completely unfamiliar place, I didn't know anyone who went to the high school because I didn't attend there (I went to a college instead, this state has a program that lets you do that if you can get into college and keep your GPA high enough), and honestly I didn't really have anyone who would have come anyway. Yippee, you're mediocre, congratulations for not flunking! That's basically what a high school graduation and celebrating it seemed like to me at the time, and it seemed pretty pointless.

I'm not sure if I'll go to my college graduation next year, either. Sure, getting through it is somewhat of an accomplishment, and I actually know people in my class and program this time because my program is basically all the same people for the last 2 years, but I still don't really know anyone who will come. The boyfriend said he would want to if I actually go (and my dad might as well?), but really having a graduation party with a few good friends/friends I've met in the program seems a lot better. Not to mention the cost, the cost of the degree and having the frame for the degree is plenty, thanks. Shame they don't just rent out caps and gowns, it'd be a lot more cost-efficient on everyone, and we'll realistically never wear them again. At least I don't have any real pressure to go to graduation on me; I paid my own way through school, and realistically I don't think anyone expects me to go (to be fair, if nothing else most of the extended family doesn't seem to think I'll finish as far as I can tell).

eh, im probably going to fail high school (thank you swedush-course-not-designed-for-absolute-beginners-so-i-have-no-clue-what-the-*bleep*-is-going-on), but the ceremony which happens before we even get our results is before it.

Willow, since most universities in the US are obscenely expensive, I know very few people who attend uni without some sort of financial help from their parents. Those who don't usually have scholarships and government loans.

I view university graduations as something that parents and other family members value. It's a moment of great pride for them and other people that helped you get to that point. My parents would kill me if I ever told them that I didn't plan on attending mine next year, especially after they spent so much money. If it weren't for them though, I definitely wouldn't attend it.