College class ring?

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Jzero

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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2001. I always wear mine. WHen I got it, I had another ring that I wore on my right hand so I got it sized for my left hand and then last year had to get it adjusted to make way for my wedding band.

If you will wear it, it's not a waste of money. If you're just going to leave it in a box in your dresser drawer, skip and buy yourself a $300 present you will actually use.
 

anno

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May 1, 2003
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1977.. I didn't get one. I was supposed to finish in '78, and maybe I would have felt more of a sense of identity with my class/wanted one, if I'd finished with the people I started with.. don't know.

my father still wears his.. I'm not sure what year he has on it, he spent some time in the navy in the middle of going to college (WWII) and things get confused.. I believe they consider themselves graduates of the class they started with rather than when they finished, though.. so it's probably class of 45 .. and my sister still wears hers ('80).. she has a more signet-ring style one than the standard bulky large-stoned class rings virginia tech was offering me in '77.. I might have wanted one if I'd had such a choice.. hard to say. probably not, at the time.

my daughter will graduate in may and she hasn't expressed any interest in having one, yet, anyway.

it's a big deal at some schools.. like the citidel.. they ALL get rings.. and most of 'em are buried in 'em.

anno
 

GoingUp

Lifer
Jul 31, 2002
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Got it and still wear it. 2004.

I thought it was kind of dumb at the time, but now I really like it :)
 

Babbles

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Jan 4, 2001
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Graduatd in 2000 and did not get one. I am going to try to get into grad school and if I get my doctorate then I may consider getting one.
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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Should change the poll to compare High School and College. I have a HS class ring but don't have a COllege class ring.
 

Mo0o

Lifer
Jul 31, 2001
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Not really interested in wearing a big bulky thing like that all the time. Probably wont get one