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My father's university in Venezuela had some classy minimalists ones, they still use the same design nowadays.
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Wearing a class ring
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The wife and I wear our rings on the daily. The one nice part about Aggie rings is that they are quite understated compared to many class rings...no colored stones, no flashy contrasts, nothing that can be read from a distance, just a nice solid gold piece of jewelry.
We both had ours stolen out of our old apartment, and replacing them 4 years after they were first bought cost about 40% more due to the gold prices. I believe mine was about $1400 to replace, and it had originally cost around $950.
If you live in Texas, though, there's a certain value to wearing it, especially in the work place. Aggies are very good to other Aggies. It's a real band of brothers, and wearing the ring helps you pick your fellow men out from the crowd at a glance.
And of course, every Aggie has this picture:
We both had ours stolen out of our old apartment, and replacing them 4 years after they were first bought cost about 40% more due to the gold prices. I believe mine was about $1400 to replace, and it had originally cost around $950.
If you live in Texas, though, there's a certain value to wearing it, especially in the work place. Aggies are very good to other Aggies. It's a real band of brothers, and wearing the ring helps you pick your fellow men out from the crowd at a glance.
And of course, every Aggie has this picture:
ReturnOfTheRAT
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My High School ring was maybe $350. I'd like to see what a $1500 class rings looks like.
Zeouterlimits
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Hmm. Feels like I should have known of it already. God, so much money.
That would have killed my parents :-/.
SpectreFire
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Who the fuck wants to give their school even MORE money AFTER they've already graduated and got the hell out of there?
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Zoe
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Please don't group A&M with the rest of us!
bucknuticus
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bucknuticus
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Dont look into the A&M bonfire thing. Shit get super weird, that school freaks me the fuck out.
12 people died, have some respect.
bucknuticus
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Not that, thats sad, im talking about the shit involving a jar of uh "stuff".
ConradCervantes
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My eventual wedding ring, and my tungsten carbide on my right ring finger are all I ever plan to wear. I remembered all my classmates gushing over their tacky pieces of garbage. A girl I dated a couple winters ago, at the age of 25, still wore hers. I thought a little less of her for that.
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I said "one of" the many consequences that are slapped upon you lol. There are varying degrees of punishment depending on what the Honor Council decides but yes you are often expelled.
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Man, just read the wiki for it. Sounds like something a frat would do, not an actual university.
I don't know man, if I was paying 100k for school it would've made me less likely to pay 1500$ for an official sign that I graduated.
For that money, you'd think that would be included, or that at least you'd think that they wouldn't try so hard to make extra money out of their students.
They don't charge you for your actual diploma, right?
Edit: making it something not everyone can afford is extra problematic in my book, everyone graduated, but just the affluent students will get the benefits of the "secret handshake".
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I don't think I could ever see myself wearing any ring that isn't my wedding ring.
I never wear my brass rat, but I'm glad I bought it. I wore it during senior year a bit and a couple of times after college, but the only thing I wear now is my wedding ring. Still, I don't regret purchasing it. It's a cool memento and I like that it's so unique from year to year.
I think there actually was a diploma fee! Plus the fact it cost like $300 to get it framed nicely.
freenudemacusers
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never say never to a cock ring
That's crazy man, why are you okay with this?
You wouldn't let any other business nickel and dime you to that extent.
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"Tradition."
Hey man, Tevye wouldn't stand for that shit either.
This is so naive it's cute. Have fun in life without your college degree.
I think his cognitive dissonance would be the stuff of legend.
On the one hand, tradition, on the other hand, well, I can make this joke because I'm Jewish.
I'm fairly certain it's possible to get a college degree without paying $1500 for a class ring.
bucknuticus
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Uh oh, hes gone full aggie. And as we all have learned over the years, you never go full aggie.
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Are you talking the actual education or the physical diploma? Cause I was so lazy I didn't get my physical diploma sent to me until about 6 years after I graduated. And that was because they contacted me lol.
The aggy cult is only a rung below the penn state cult.
I mean... it's all relative, right?
The people from the top universities who don't even have something like this probably think it's downright silly.
If you have to contemplate the douchy-ness of wearing the ring, well...you probably shouldn't wear it. It always baffled me when the ring reps would come around school and people were so excited to get their class rings. After a few years out of college nobody really cares where you went to school and you probably won't even want to wear your ring. Sell it for scrap!
It's a bit different in the States. It's a smooth metal band, whereas the Canadian one is faceted.
In Canada, you get your ring at The Ritual Calling of an Engineer, which is a ceremony that can only be attended by graduating engineers or engineers that have already attended it before. I'm not sure if there's a similar ceremony in the States or if getting your ring is more of an informal process.
Wow, that's a pretty major expense for graduating. Here in the UK people usually come away with a certificate and usually pay like £30 to rent the graduation gown & hat. You might find some souvenirs available but nothing on the scale of a $1500 piece of jewellery. Judging by the responses though this doesn't seem to be a widespread thing. But how on earth can such an expensive tradition keep going?
EDIT: I managed to find a pair of champagne glasses for £50 as the most expensive thing my university sells for graduation.
EDIT: I managed to find a pair of champagne glasses for £50 as the most expensive thing my university sells for graduation.
BurritoBushido
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I just threw up in my mouth. What a waste of money
Sure it is but I'm speaking to mandatory fees which is what the nickel and dimeing referred to.
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