[MSc] Graduation

[dancefloorlandmine]

Given that I'm graduating a year late, due to Project Cock-Up, should I bother going to the graduation ceremony? I suspect most of my classmates who graduated will have done so last year, so I'll be with the following year's class. In addition, I need to pay for clown robes and so on. cookwitch has expressed an interest in attending, if I do, and valkyriekaren is pretty sure that she has meetings that afternoon (20th March). Anyone else want to see me trip up on the top step and headbut whoever's doing the presentation in the groin (a traditional part of the graduation ceremony)?

How many MSc CompScis need to resubmit their project, on average?

And how come Computer Science is a Social Science? Surely, as valkyriekaren says, it's an antisocial science?

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Comments

[gaius-octavian.livejournal.com]

Probably because it contains HCI which is a bit touchy-feely.

[cyberpunkgrrl.livejournal.com]

I ended up having to do an extra year in my degree, so when it got to my Grad ceremony I didn't know anyone either, but I still went (with my Mum and Step-Dad) and I had a great day

:)

Though I had great robes - with a silver and purple sash :D

[makyo.livejournal.com]

Well, it's entirely up to you whether you go or not. Personally, I think graduation ceremonies are nice occasions, but if you really think it's going to be a pointless waste of time then nobody's forcing you to go.

I've seen a lot of graduation ceremonies over the years, and I keep noticing that while a lot of students say "well, I wasn't going to go but my parents want me to" on the actual day, they're generally the ones grinning and swanning around in their gowns and mortarboards, while their proud parents subtly look at their watches and wonder if they'll manage to avoid the rush-hour traffic on the journey home.

Abi wasn't going to go to her MA graduation, not least because as a part-time remote MA by research, she didn't know anyone else who was going to be there. But her parents and I gently encouraged her to go, and she really enjoyed it.

One of my students last year said "I'm going, because if I don't go then I'll regret it at some point. Whereas if I do go, even if it's a bit boring, I'm unlikely to regret it anywhere near as much" which I thought was a valid point.

I can't remember what university this is - if you tell me, I'll look up the robes in one of my books, and tell you what they look like.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

From what I can tell, we only tend to have a couple of project referrals (resits) each year here at Southampton, but this could well vary from institution to institution.

And CS as social science? wtf? Why isn't it with maths, science and engineering?

[felishumanus.livejournal.com]

it was a Science in Edinburgh...

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

I do rather like bibliogirl's reason. *grin*

However, you do what you feel better about doing. I'll support you whatever you choose.

[k425.livejournal.com]

Why go? Because what's the worst that can happen? You lose a couple of hours of your life, if you don't enjoy it. On the other hand, the people who go to support you get to see you and be proud of you. And you get to be proud of your achievement too. In 20 years' time you might think "well, I went, bit of a waste" but I think if you don't go you're more likely to think "well, I did all that work and didn't go, bit of a shame".

I went. It meant travelling from Cambridge but on the other hand, I was able to thank my parents for funding it by taking them to a graduation ceremony. And it was closure on what had been a thoroughly miserable year, too.

[seph-hazard.livejournal.com]

You should definitley go! I went to my father's BSc and MSc graduation ceremonies at Birkbeck (well, at Senate House) and they were lovely affairs. Everyone looks good in those robes, and it's great fun. And of course it's an excuse for a party!

[sanjibabes.livejournal.com]

I would suggest going. I know I will be when I have done mine as it will be a chance to put an end to all the work I have done. Ceremonies like this do help me feel that what I did was worth it.

My mum would want to come along to mine and besides, I would be expected to by my colleagues (danger of working in a uni!).

I enjoyed my UG degree ceremony.

I would like to come if invited. If I am, will check my diary and try and rearrange stuffs.

[vampwillow]

I graduated a year earlier than my cohort as I squeezed p/t years 2 & 3 into a single year, so I didn't know anyone there except the people I'd invited.



G'wan .. you'll enjoy it!

[vin_petrol]

And how come Computer Science is a Social Science? Surely, as valkyriekaren says, it's an antisocial science?

*Hard stare* from Vin Petrol, who is actually a BEng in it, rather than the more traditional BSc.

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

I didn't bother going to my graduation. I hate ceremonies and rituals of any kind. I'm too low-key for that kind of crap.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Robes, darling! How can you not? How often does one get to wear superhero garb?