Do you have your college diploma hung in your home?

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ObscureRamenRecipes@reddit

My Bachelors was hanging in my office from the time I got it in 2016 to around 2020 or so. My wife then took it down and put it in our "important documents" folder. I assume my newly acquired Masters will go there too.

Maybe one day I'll have an actual job office to put this stuff in. One day....

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Ambitious_Lead693@reddit

No. And the people I work with have no idea i have a degree. I have a BSME but haven't used it in 20 something years, totally irrelevant to my current job.

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Flappadingo@reddit

Mine never made it to the wall. My masters is in a box in the garage with the frame but not IN it.

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UpstartCrow88@reddit

I went to college a little later in life and it took me a little longer to do it as a single parent so I was extra proud to finally have my degree. But it's signed by the Governator so I refuse to display it.

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Affogoto@reddit

Don’t have a clue where any of my degrees are. I feel like I never really needed them.

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Secret-Function-2972@reddit

No, neither of them. Think I know where they are.

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mentul77@reddit

Nope. In the box it has been in since I took it out of the cardboard tube.

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TechnicalLanguage8@reddit

In a storage box in my closet.

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HighOnGoofballs@reddit

I never paid to get mine

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CartographerTall1967@reddit

Same, i didnt have $50 to get the paper version. Never needed it.

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Fit_Beautiful6625@reddit

Mine are in my closet somewhere. I think.

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Far-Ad5796@reddit

No. I never even put it in a frame. I'm not even 100% sure where it is, though I think I know. My high school diploma is in a little more carefully curated spot, not because my HS graduation was a big deal or bigger than my college diploma, but because my high school (and much of the rest of the area) burned down in a wildfire some years ago, and they had never digitized the records (they had been slowly working backwards, and hadn't made it to 1991 yet when the fire struck), so it's literally the only proof I have of attending and successfully graduating from high school. The school actually posted a notice telling anyone who had graduated before x-date that their records had been lost and to keep any paper copies they had.

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Oh, wow. I never saw my HS diploma again after HE graduation ceremony. I’m sure I handed it to my mom and…..I don’t know.

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Far-Ad5796@reddit

True story, they didn't give them out at the ceremony, but they also didn't tell us that ahead of time so there was a sudden, noticeable, ratcheting up of emotion as they started handing out the diplomas (the covers) then people returned to their seats, opened them, and nothing was there. Several people, including myself, had about a minute of "holy shit, did I bomb all my finals or something and not graduate?!?!" When somebody broke down in tears, they actually announced they would be mailed, LOL.

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Acceptable_Mirror235@reddit

Mine is in the “important papers “ drawer in the metal filing cabinet, along with my birth certificate , social security card , and marriage license .

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breadit8@reddit

I think mine is shoved in my college yearbook from senior year.

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mpaloutz@reddit

Cubicle wall.

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Ihaveaboot@reddit

I am more proud of the cross stich my mom gifted me when I graduated. Better than an diploma!

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MadPiglet42@reddit

That's so lovely!

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Ecstatic-Skill-4916@reddit

I like that!

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Comedywriter1@reddit

That very cool!

The University of Pittsburgh is actually on my list of places to visit. Apparently George Romero’s director’s cut of Martin (black and white, 3 hours) is now housed there (and available for viewing) thanks to Greg Nicotero.

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Suspicious_Art9118@reddit

Now you just need a miniature Heinz Chapel Choir to sing the Alma mater when you push a little button next to it

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FelineHerdsCats@reddit

Finally got around to my BS last year. Had no interest in hanging it up at this point in my life. It felt more checking an inconvenient box than a big accomplishment, so I’d rather look at art on the wall.

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thestatedrone@reddit

Mine are somewhere.

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NoFollowing7781@reddit

Nope.... not sure where it is lol... I never even went into veterinary medicine, so, no sense hanging it up...🤷

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Existing-Joke3994@reddit

Hang it above the dog’s crate

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Val32601@reddit

It’s currently sitting in a storage unit.

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Existing-Joke3994@reddit

Mine, too. I wonder how many others are in the same building. At night they all whisper about which one was the most expensive and have a good chuckle at our expense.

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Val32601@reddit

Hahaha right

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divinerebel@reddit

Mine is in an alternate universe. Where I had money go to go to college.

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Wacko_Banana_Pants@reddit

I have one in the wall. I don't know who it belongs to as I bought it at a garage sale

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themissq@reddit

I don’t even know where mine is….

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Ajstross@reddit

Nope. I couldn’t even tell you where it is. The only time I have ever seen it since graduation is when packing up for a move or doing a deep clean. I open the leather book, glance at it, think “that’s nice,” and then put it in a box.

Unless you’re a physician or in some other profession where you’re expected to have your credentials hanging on your office wall, I don’t see the point.

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betaday@reddit

I have one hanging in my office. I spent a lot of money and time getting it. It's the only way to show it off.

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Past-Option2702@reddit

No idea where mine is.

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GothGranny75@reddit

Nah, it's in a file cabinet with the rest of our documents.

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AnitaIvanaMartini@reddit

My BA and MA are tucked into a bookshelf

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Every-Improvement-28@reddit

Nope, got them framed and then… put them in a box. Mission accomplished!

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MadCraftyFox@reddit

Mine is in a box somewhere. My first dog chewed it up a bit on one corner.

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Lbboos@reddit

My MS is somewhere in a book case. Was a waste of time and money.

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MaximumJones@reddit

My undegrad and graduate degrees are in a box in my attic.

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TxCoastal@reddit

MA in theatre.. and i can't for the life of me tell you where that diploma is! let along BA one...

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iAmAmbr@reddit

Couldn't afford one

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DeFiClark@reddit

No, it’s a drawer somewhere. Last time I needed it was for an international work assignment in the oughts.

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

It’s funny, I would never think to use my diploma as proof. I would get a copy of my transcript.

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DeFiClark@reddit

Was required for the work permit in addition to transcripts, plus it had to be translated to English from Latin and a certified letter from the Dean of the University that the degree program was taught in English (not Latin lol)

They actually required the original document. Finding it was a trick.

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Joe-_-Momma-@reddit

Yes, I graduated with honors. I have my high school diploma, my college diploma and my kids' diplomas hanging on the wall too.

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SdenRed@reddit

Went into the trash on graduation day.

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Witty-Atmosphere-211@reddit

Nope. A couple years ago I noticed my mom was using my high school and college diplomas to balance her computer tower. These were the kind that were in a hardcover book.

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flsingleguy@reddit

It’s been in a box for decades.

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Electronic_Name_325@reddit

Nope, I have a BS (mechanical engineering)and two MS (mechanical engineering and electrical engineering). I know I went there and earned them, why in the heck would I hang them?

I have worked with complete dipshits with advanced degrees from MIT, including one PhD. I have worked with brilliant people with a bottom tier BS degree. Regardless of what degree you have, I expect within a few minutes I will know all I need to know about your educational background.

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goosepills@reddit

Mine are in my office, I wouldn’t bother hanging them at home. Clients like to see them tho.

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North-Neat-7977@reddit

Nope. Haven't looked at it since graduation. Might still have it somewhere but I'm not sure.

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

I didn't order one!

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

You had to order one? That is interesting. That may be the one thing that was included in both my undergrad and law school experiences that I didn’t pay extra for.

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Wide_Breadfruit_2217@reddit

Maybe because Comm College😄

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daemonhat@reddit

college diploma? what's that?

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Ordinary_Repeat4503@reddit

Man, I must be in the minority! I have my undergraduate and doctoral diplomas hanging in my office, along with a couple other professional designations. Sounds like I’m in the minority, which is surprising considering how hard we worked to earn them.

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rsuperjet2@reddit

Same here. 2 professional certificates in my office at work. Same certificates and college diploma will go on the wall in the bonus room soon, probably with my BJJ Blue and Purple Belt certificates. Necuase i worked just as hard for them as i did my work stuff

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Yeah, with law you get admitted to different jurisdictions. My mom spent so much money on the beautiful framing I felt obligated to hang, but they filled my office walls til I could afford to start buying real art. Plus when I first started practicing people often thought I was the court reporter, so…

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No-Interest-2066@reddit

No.

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Automatic-Unit-8307@reddit

No. No idea where it is and dont care

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Linux4ever_Leo@reddit

I graduated from the University of Michigan and we didn't even get an actual diploma. We got an empty diploma holder. If wanted the actual diploma that fit in it, you had to pay for it. The larger versions that you'd have framed cost a lot more. As a broke young person at the time, I didn't pay to get a diploma.

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Fucking Michigan, man! :)

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gdubh@reddit

No. I don’t even know where it’s at… or if I still have it.

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kevbayer@reddit

Mine is packed away somewhere. It's so old and doesn't really apply to the career I had that I didn't see a point in displaying it anywhere.

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Huge_Many_2308@reddit

I used to have them hanging up in my office, along with a few other professional certifications. When I called it quits and retired, they went in a file. They never mattered to me, it was just proof I was qualified. Between my wife and I we have four degrees, and nothing is on the wall.

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Stephvick1@reddit

My wife has hers hanging in our spare room where she does her projects. It’s cool to look at and it makes her happy, I lost my high school diploma the day I got it. I have a culinary arts degree but lost that also.

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txn_gay@reddit

Mine got destroyed in a flood.

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SplitEights@reddit

No - still in the envelope mailed to me in 1992

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LemonMeringueMe@reddit

As someone who didn’t really have the opportunity for higher education, it is disappointing to hear people be so cavalier about their own. My vote is to display it. I always appreciate seeing a certificate of accomplishment. Respect the success.

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

I did for about twenty years. Then it just….you know.

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Cranks_No_Start@reddit

I have a small office/computer room at home and have my Diplomas and awards from over the years hung on the wall.

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NvGable@reddit

I agree, but I also think if others would think it is.....um....too boasting?

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bradford68@reddit

yes, in the basement, in the wife's craft room, covered in dust, behind the door that's always open.

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OrangeMustangGal@reddit

Lost to a house fire 😞

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

Aww - I'm so sorry! I'll bet you could get another one if you reached out and explained the circumstances

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Yes, you can always get a replacement from normal schools.

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OrangeMustangGal@reddit

Thank you. I don't know that I will ever need it.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

I'm not sure it's ever about "need." But it's something you probably worked hard for and should be proud of; maybe it's just a little piece of something to remind you of your hard-earned accomplishment. :)

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HumanExpert3916@reddit

Hell no. I think it’s in the attic. Possibly thrown out?

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texan01@reddit

Mine's hanging on my bedroom wall. I work from home so it's in my 'office'

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adamrac51395@reddit

My dad got my diploma framed as he was a doctor and they always put their diplomas up. Mine is in a box somewhere - always has been. Never saw an engineer hang their diploma in their office, seems kind of pretentious.

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Open_Appointment1091@reddit

Pft, diploma? I graduated from a now defunct technical school 37 years ago with a certificate.

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makeup1508@reddit

No, we had our college degrees in our curio cabinet when we had one. We sold that when we sold our house, Now, we have our degrees in a plastic box in my office,

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la_winky@reddit

No. I couldn’t even find it.

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smokiechick@reddit

I've always kind of wanted a fancy mat and frame for my diplomas, but I don't know where I would put them. I do have an office at a job I couldn't get without them, but everyone I work with has those degrees and I don't think I've seen them in their offices - and if they are there, they made no impression on me. Maybe after I get my terminal degree... Or I could be snarky and put them up in the bedroom facing the bed. Whenever my husband doubts the veracity of my nonsense I could just point at them.

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

It is SO expensive. Framing and matting is a racket.

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Loki12626@reddit

No. Mostly because my ex husband’s last name is on it I really just want to burn it😂

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Another excellent reason to never change your name. Why should someone else’s family get credit?

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Tough-Advice2910@reddit

Lord, no. My mom got all my diplomas and admission certificates framed as a graduation gift and I hung them in my offices for awhile. I think I had stopped even that by the time I had my last, largest office.

I would never hang that stuff in my home. I don’t even know where it all is now.

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Cazzuta323@reddit

My mother framed my high school & college diplomas and had them hanging outside my bedroom in the hall.
I have thought about hanging them in my classroom (I'm a high school teacher) but I have never gotten around to it.
My Master's & PhD diplomas are unframed! I use the PhD one as a lap desk sometimes lol.

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Important_Bed_6237@reddit

nah let mom and gma look at ‘em. ba & ms.

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chempirate@reddit

Both of mine hang in the laundry room - which I refer to as my office 😊

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MagnumPIsMoustache@reddit

Don’t even know where mine is

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Ok_Membership_8189@reddit

In my office. I have the kind of job where that is common. It’s nice to have a place for it.

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eugenesnewdream@reddit

No. I can't remember but I might have had it hung up many apartments ago. Then I had it (along with several other diplomas/certificates) hung in my office in two jobs. Then I left that second job to become a SAH parent so they're all in the basement. I went back to work after several years but honestly couldn't be bothered to bring in my diplomas to hang in my new office. Since Covid I work almost exclusively from home. I do have a home office but there's other stuff hung on the walls. So in the basement they remain for now. Maybe someday I'll do something with them.

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PeaceLoveHippieness@reddit

Nah. Probably in the garage

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kwiscalus@reddit

I hung ours when the kids were little because I read that it helps them internalize that goal, haha. Now that everybody's graduated, we're divorced and I've moved a couple times, no.

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NJBlasian@reddit

Did the kids go to college?

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kwiscalus@reddit

Yes, it worked! Even grad school

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Yeahhhhbut@reddit

Definitely not. Though I was appointed a Kentucky Colonel by the state of KY for my service on an advisory panel. I've always wanted to hang that on the wall, maybe put a lil' light on the frame, and pretend I don't hear people unless they address me as "Colonel."

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

Nope. I'm not even entirely sure where it is.

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erictiso@reddit

I had them in my office at work, then we went part time WFH, and with hot-desking needed to clear personal stuff. Since that's less of a concern now, and I never lost my office, this reminds me I should hang them up again. Maybe this time in the home office.

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willfully_slow@reddit

No, actually I have no idea where it is.

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Rude_Vermicelli2268@reddit

I didn’t attend graduation because I knew I would not enjoy it and have never been back to my college town to collect my diploma (the mail in my country is not the best and typically one either picks up important documents or uses a private courier.)

Finally i asked my dad to puck it up for me about 20 years after graduation and now, 30 years later, I have no idea where that cardboard tube is. I don’t even have a recollection of looking at it.

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lolagoetz_bs@reddit

Yes mine is hung up in a nice frame because the frame was a gift from my colleagues. I went to school at night and they gave it to me as a graduation gift. My masters degree is also hung up. I was working full time as a single mom while I got that one. It was hard work.

But if I move or something I don’t know 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Hifi-Cat@reddit

Didn't finish.

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itzyabish@reddit

Ours are hanging on the fridge with our kids artwork

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NightGod@reddit

Closest I got is my caps and tassels on top of a bookshelf behind me. My diplomas are definitely SOMEWHERE around here

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InsertRadnamehere@reddit

No. I never even bothered to get an official copy of mine. Just the one they handed out graduation day.

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EffectiveVarious8095@reddit

That should be an official copy

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InsertRadnamehere@reddit

Haha. Tell me you haven’t graduated without telling me.

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SilverStory6503@reddit

No, at least not for a baccalaureate degree. Mine is in the basement someplace with some books. I did frame and hang my professional certificates in my work office.

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InterestingHippo7524@reddit

Of my 3 degrees, only 1 is actually framed, none are on display. I'm not even sure I know where all 3 are, actually. My wife probably knows.

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nerudite@reddit

Never bothered hanging it. I have a digital copy for job applications.

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JT-Av8or@reddit

Yep, amongst others. In the office, (undergrad and grad) officer commissioning, pilot training, wife’s degree, awards etc etc and such all hung in the home office, library and bar, as appropriate for the decor.

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Amazing-Software4098@reddit

It’s in a frame, but gathering dust in the basement. I probably wouldn’t have gotten it framed if my wife hadn’t framed her diploma.

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adriennenned@reddit

I work with a lot of PhDs and MDs from fancy colleges so as a bit of a joke, I put my masters degree from a state university on the wall of my cubicle. Now I work from home and I don’t even know where that nicely framed piece of paper is. Either way, it’s just as relevant.

(FWIW, my at home background for work meetings is extremely professional: a giant cat tree and if we’re lucky, a cat)

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GarlicFarmerGreg@reddit

Made a xerox of it 10 years after I got it for a job and right back in the drawer it went.

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One-Hand-Rending@reddit

Mine? No.

Both my kids ?...Yes.

Neither of them wanted to even keep the paper so I framed them and hung them in the house. I paid for them, I should get at least something out of it. :)

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TickleMyBurger@reddit

Your kids are secretly proud you did that btw - they put a lot of work into what you funded and it’s a testament to their success. At least that’s what I tell myself when I paid those tuition bills!

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Redundant_fox221@reddit

My mom paid for the fancy university frame for my bachelor's, so I had that hanging in my little apartment office area during grad school. When I moved afterwards, the uhaul was stolen with everything in it. Haven't bothered to order a replacement yet. My master's is still in the envelope it was mailed in next to some notebooks and stuff.

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Spiritual_Oil_7411@reddit

No. I think it's in a box in the basement with my high school yearbooks. 🤔

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Macombdiscrete@reddit

My Mom made a big display for my diploma, announcement, tassel and medallion. It’s a monstrosity but I proudly have it hanging in my office.

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FadingOptimist-25@reddit

No. It’s in a box I think.

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Faunaholic@reddit

No need for a brag wall at home

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ChantilyAce@reddit

Nope, couldn't even tell you where it is m

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Minzplaying@reddit

I have to have my advanced degree displayed in my office and now that I work from home it hangs behind my desk so if those I'm working with online need to see it, it's there.

Otherwise, totally ignored.

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kelly04555@reddit

No.

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bluedonutwsprinkles@reddit

I do not. I have them in their covers.

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A_friend_called_Five@reddit

Seems like I am in the minority, but yes. It's in my home office.

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Xyzzydude@reddit

So do I. My wife has three degrees and I’m very proud of her. She never hung them up so for Christmas one year I had them all framed and put them up.

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savethebooks@reddit

That sounds like my husband :) I also have three degrees (two bachelors and a masters). I didn't get my bachelors until I was 32 and he was so proud of all the work I put into them that he had them professionally framed and hung up in our living room. We repainted last year and they haven't gone back up yet. Not sure if they will or just get put in my office closet (I have no room to hang them in there).

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PsychologyFlat2741@reddit

Only my PhD (I know where my other degrees are, but the PhD was the only one that was really important to me - coming from the 'everyone goes to college generation'!), but same. My job framed it for me several years ago, and it looks good. And I'm proud of it.

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Vlines1390@reddit

Same

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WokeAssMessiah@reddit

It’s in a box with some other old junk

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terita-reddits@reddit

No. All my degrees are in storage.

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Particular-Rough1994@reddit

Also in my home office. When we downsize in 3ish years, it’s going in a box in the basement!

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jenorama_CA@reddit

I don’t have one, but my husband’s is framed in our home office by his desk. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz and his mom got him one of those UCSC-themed frames for Christmas one year, so we slapped it in and put it up. Looks pretty cool.

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Apprehensive_Net_829@reddit

Sure do. My sister also has both of hers (master's degree) in her home.

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Suspicious-Cat8623@reddit

Never did anything with my first BS. Later, I went back for a second BS, an advanced degree and a bunch of extra training and certifications. I framed all of that and it is on one wall of our home.

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SurftoSierras@reddit

Home office has my degrees on one wall, my partner's degrees on the facing wall.

If we were to downsize someday, who knows.

Years ago I bought one of those art storage folders that artists use to show their work or take it someplace - made for paintings. Ours has slowly been filling up with old family large format photos, posters that we didn't want to throw away, grandpa's diplomas and military commissioning certificates, paintings made for or of us, or collected randomly, etc. I can see dumping them in that folder someday if I do another purge, but for now my home office is covered in framed documents and memories so they sit collecting dust.

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Attjack@reddit

Yeah in my office. Actually it's leaning against the wall currently but I'll put it back up when I hang some additional pictures soon.

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Panem-et-circenses25@reddit

Bought my house in 2010. Got my BA in 02 and my MA in 2012. Just hung them in my office 2 months ago lol

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That-Grape-5491@reddit

Our doctor had all of his diplomas displayed on the wall of his examination room. If you actually paid attention, his dog's obedience school diploma was displayed most prominently.

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Ecstatic-Skill-4916@reddit

Most proud dog dad.

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SugarsBoogers@reddit

That is hilarious and I’m all for it.

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patawpha@reddit

No. I can remember that I graduated without seeing my diploma every day.

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Ecstatic-Skill-4916@reddit

I have so many diplomas, AA, BA, MA, MFA, PhD, and various certifications, but cannot find any of them. They are all framed too. I can't remember where I stored them.

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

Ours are in a box marked "diplomas," including my Ph.D.. The last time we moved, someone helping us said "Who the hell has an entire box of diplomas?" We do.

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Ecstatic-Skill-4916@reddit

Yeah, I have my caps, gowns, and sashes in my diploma box.

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SabrinaFaire@reddit

No, I don't need that worthless piece of paper to remind me of how much time and money it cost me for no return on investment.

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AZJHawk@reddit

Not my undergrad. I have no idea where it is. I have my advanced degree framed and hanging in my office, along with my professional licenses.

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BANGImportant2825@reddit

I have them on a shelf in my office. I didn't graduate until I was 38. Still one of the things I'm most proud of. I spent my entire life believing that I was a lesser person until I met my wife and helped me to believe that that wasn't true.

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OrangeMustangGal@reddit

I was a first time college freshman at 39.

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PomegranatePlus6526@reddit

I got mine and even got it framed. That was 2011. Been sitting in the garage on a shelf ever since. I am proud of it, but I guess it was more important at that time, and lost significance.

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Curtain-MikesSong@reddit

What's a diploma

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Sure_Jan_Sure@reddit

No. I’m not even sure where it is.

But isn’t a diploma what you get from HS whereas a degree is what you get from college? I could be totally wrong. Open to correction.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

No. The diploma is the piece of paper. The degree is the academic credential itself.

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InsertRadnamehere@reddit

We see who went to the top tier university without telling me.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

LOL - if only! XD

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No_repeating_ever@reddit

Just got my official copy last week, as I received my degree on 5/1. I haven't hung it, and probably won't. I care, but there's nowhere in my house I think we all need to look at it, and I definitely think it's pretentious for me to hang it in my office (Not everyone, just me).

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DawnGW@reddit

No. I’m not even sure where it is right now.

I suppose if I were a doctor or lawyer I’d display it but no-one cares about a BA in Art.

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Xanaxdo@reddit

I have a law degree in a tube buried being the homebrew supplies.

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knitty_kitty_knitz@reddit

I’m a doctor. Mine is packed away somewhere as I now work remotely. So not displayed anywhere.

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76Clover@reddit

Do you want to still display your diploma? Then display it. You don’t want to? Then don’t. Simple.

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Quick_Parking_6464@reddit

If this is an undergraduate diploma, congratulations, now tuck it away somewhere. If you're a first generation college grad, then that's a significant step. Put it up at home, in your personal workspace or discreet location. A big deal for you and family, not so much for others. Home office, yes; company office, no.

If this is a PhD, MD, or JD (law degree), sure put it up. You often need these to practice in your field.

Some fields only offer a terminal Master's (there's no PhD). In this case, sure put it up.

Overall, be aware of context; if it could be seen as stuffy in a casual environment then don't hang it up. Keep it as your private milestone.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

If this is an undergraduate diploma, congratulations, now tuck it away somewhere

Bro, you have no idea what some people go through to earn those. People can hang them if they want to.

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purplishfluffyclouds@reddit

Yeah - in my home office - but that's cuz I work from home, so it makes sense. It took me ages to earn that so F yeah I'm hanging it.

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skeeterbmark@reddit

I don’t even know where it is.

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platypusandpibble@reddit

I don’t even know where mine are (undergraduate and grad school). I’ve moved so many times since receiving them. They might be in a box somewhere, they may have been trashed…no idea.

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loaves2121@reddit

OT: have you seen the Rice University diploma? It’s the size of a billboard! If I had one of those it would be in my LR.

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AshDenver@reddit

My home office used to have lowbrow artwork behind me but I swapped it out for the framed degree, my graduation picture, honors cords for a Zoom interview to look more professional. Now that my employer insists on all of us being on camera for all meetings, I’ve just left it all up but I miss my artwork badly.

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Angle_Of_The_Sangle@reddit

My bachelor's is in its folder, at the bottom of a drawer.

I read somewhere that it was gauche to display a bachelor's degree - you should only hang a diploma if it is needed to show your credentials (like a medical degree in a doctor's office). On reflection, that advice may have just been snobbery.

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Cantseetheline_Russ@reddit

I have all my degrees framed and hanging in my home office.

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Screamingfist_1990@reddit

I never even picked my diploma up after an administrative snafu resulted in me receiving a mortar board with a note saying, “you aren’t receiving your diploma due to one of the following reasons. . .” on graduation day.

I finally requested a copy of my diploma 20 years later when my spouse found out I’d never received it.

It’s in a closet somewhere. I don’t need to show it off to people.

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whatyoucallmetoday@reddit

Mine are hanging to the right of my home office desk. Hers is hanging to the left of the same desk.

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makinthemagic@reddit

Yes. I have an office at home with some wall space to fill. I framed and hung my CPA certificate. I figured I need to have my diplomas up with it.

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D05wtt@reddit

They mailed it to me. I didn’t even bother attending graduation. They’re sitting somewhere, still in the mailing package.

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RealWolfmeis@reddit

I should probably find mine. I think it's in my safe.

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Ok_Key_4731@reddit

Mine are displayed on my mantel. Been there since I moved into my house 12 years ago.

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MattDinOC@reddit

Mine: hanging in my home office.

Hers: hanging in her worksite office.

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moxiemoon@reddit

Ours are in the hallway

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MJB877@reddit

No

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SidMarcus@reddit

Mine went into a box in the closet as soon as I picked it up from the commencement office.

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CletusDSpuckler@reddit

I never even picked mine up.

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BabyKatsMom@reddit

Hubby and I have BA/BS, MS, JD/PhD all beautifully framed and sitting in a box on the floor of our home office. As we’ve gotten older I’ve wondered what’s going to happen to these pieces of paper we’ve worked so hard for? It’s not like our kids will want them. Do we take pics of them for genealogy purposes or do we just throw them away? 🤷🏼‍♀️

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SimbaRph@reddit

No. I don't even know where it is tight now

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ZoomToastem@reddit

No idea where they are and I couldn't tell you the official titles of my degrees

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Overall_Lobster823@reddit

Just my Ph.D. That (a framed diploma) was a gift from my husband.

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Signal_Cake5735@reddit

Same. I repeated Grade Three and was repeatedly told as a child that I was thick/unfocussed/impudent (yay, 1970s education!) so my PhD reminds me that I had it in me.

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boiseshan@reddit

All of them. Most expensive wall paper ever

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worrymon@reddit

No. The value in the diplomas are in my head not on my wall.

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ernster96@reddit

Fuck yeah. After a presidents endowed achievement scholarship and a Pell grant and a Stafford loan, I paid for that motherfucker.

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lovelylynda@reddit

I ran out of money to even get the diploma. My husband got college paid for by his parents and his diploma lives in the file cabinet.

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

Framed and hung, along with my masters degree, in the front room above the secretary.

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TotalTeri@reddit

I don't have one, but I have my sons displayed in my home.

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prairiehomegirl@reddit

I meant to have it framed. Thirty years ago.

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Visible-Plenty-1202@reddit

Mine are all in plastic wallets in a ring binder file, just in case I ever need them.

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buckrogers71@reddit

Mines in a filing cabinet. Grand plans of becoming a principal and hanging both grad and under grad...never happened. Lol

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NatalieBostonRE@reddit

no

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rochvegas5@reddit

nope. not even sure where they are

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Tiredofthemisinfo@reddit

All my diplomas were stolen when someone broken into my storage unit and took everything so I hope they put my PhD on a wall but it was probably thrown in a dumpster

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egret_society@reddit

No, but I do have my ordination certificate from the church of the latter-day dude

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No_Character_4443@reddit

I don't even know where my diploma is...

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Legitimate_Ocelot491@reddit

I know mine is in a box that’s nestled amid many other boxes. Kind of like the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

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Imaginary_Attempt_82@reddit

I have my first one in the curio cabinet but it’s still rolled up in a tube. I’m not even sure where my nursing diploma is right now.

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EljayDude@reddit

Our undergraduate diplomas I think are in their binders tucked into a bookcase someplace. My in-laws had my wife's PhD diploma framed and in our last house it was hung up in a hallway. I'm not sure if it got hung back up or not when we moved - we have an "extra art" box of things that didn't really fit anywhere. It's pretty cool looking so it feels reasonable to have it up someplace but it's not exactly critical either.

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Important_Call2737@reddit

My parents bought frames from both colleges for both my undergrad and graduate degrees so I put them in the frames and hung them for a while but when I repainted a few years ago I took them down.

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pantheroux@reddit

No. I have also completed med school, residency and 2 fellowships. I’ve never felt the need to frame any of those certificates and put them on the wall. In fact, I couldn’t even tell you where they are and whether they still exist.

My mom apparently still has medals I won for academic awards in high school and math competitions. She offered to frame them for me and I declined as it’s kind of cringy and I don’t need any more clutter in my life. Part of me thought it might be funny to do it in an ironic way - my colleagues have all of their medical credentials framed and I could have a million gold medals from my shitty high school.

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anchises868@reddit

I had the diploma from my master’s program up for a while, but I took it down when we sold the house. It’s in storage now with the others.

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ZebraBorgata@reddit

My parents had mine laminated and mounted. It’s hangs on one of the walls in a spare room. I forget it’s even there.

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SnowblindAlbino@reddit

We have a half-dozen college and grad school diplomas between us. They've all been in a box somewhere since we got them in the 1990s. Nobody I know hangs theirs at home or at work, but we're academics so having a box of diplomas is sort of normed in our circles.

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GimmeMyMoneyNow@reddit

Mine is in my home office. Next to this signed beauty!

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Phobos1982@reddit

I had it up before my move during covid but haven’t fully unpacked (5 years later) so it’s not up yet in the new place.

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Educational-Glass-63@reddit

Nope. I wonder where it is?

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Blizzardof1991@reddit

Did you look in the garage?

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Habeas-Opus@reddit

I read that as garbage…ha!

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DangerBird-@reddit

Mine is the most expensive piece of paper I own. I treat it like a rare piece of art. I will always find a place to hang it. If I ever pay off a home, I’ll frame and hang the property deed.

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Habeas-Opus@reddit

Throwback to the Silent Gen here. Used to work in a job where people had to prove they were married to us. I loved the folks who would literally bring in their marriage certificate off the wall in a frame.

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damutecebu@reddit

I have no idea where any of my diplomas are.

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Zetavu@reddit

I hung my masters for a while in my office but replaced that with patent and technical awards. Unless you're a medical doctor I don't see any value other than narcissism for hanging up a diploma.

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sparkyindarky@reddit

My ego does not feel the need, personally speaking of coarse.

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booberries423@reddit

Nope. I don’t even know where it is. If I find it, I’ll probably just toss it out.

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

Why would you throw it out?

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booberries423@reddit

I’m in the process of cleaning out my dad’s house and I realize how much clutter we accumulate that our kids will have to deal with. That’s just a piece of paper. I’ve never needed it. It’s not particularly impressive. No reason to keep it.

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

Interesting take. Do you feel the same way about your kids' diplomas?

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booberries423@reddit

Kind of yeah. Only one has graduated high school so far so I may change my mind. If they get advanced degrees and are professionals who would benefit from displaying them at work, I would view that differently but I probably would display anything like that in my house. I think I’m turning into a minimalist.

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

I get what you're saying about displaying. To each their own. The concept of ever just tossing them is not something I think I could contemplate. Ironically, my current job actually wanted a photo of my college degree. First time any employer has wanted that. Luckily, I have it in a box under my bed.

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WinterTourist25@reddit

Yup, in my office.

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PuzzleheadedClue5205@reddit

I never framed my diplomas. I'm not even sure where they are right now.

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AustinGroovy@reddit

College degree - nope.

I've got 30 years of certifications (Cisco, Microsoft, and junk) that used to fill my wall in my old office. Since Covid, cleaned up, took them all down, they are in a box.

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Smurfiette@reddit

No diplomas on walls. No award certificates,deals. They’re all in some boxes somewhere.

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CSILalaAnn@reddit

I had mine hanging in my work office until I retired. Now it is leaned against the wall in my husband's home office. He often works from home

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elvisndsboats@reddit

Mine is beautifully framed, yet I've never managed to find a place to hang it. It's in a really nice box!

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twstdbydsn@reddit

I have no idea where mine even is.

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Professional_Use8237@reddit

Same

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0905-15@reddit

My law degree hangs in my walk-in closet

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Trolldad_IRL@reddit

No. Mine is not interesting enough for anyone to care about, especially me.

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ritchie70@reddit

I’m not 100% sure that I even know where it is.

I do have my wife’s MBA diploma up on top of a bookcase.

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Mudcreek47@reddit

We had our diplomas (HS & College) professionally framed and hung in our home office until we moved 10 years ago and now they're all in the attic somewhere in a box with other junk that'll never see the light of day.

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Woody_Roger@reddit

God no.

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Lytnin@reddit

No. I don't have any of my other professional certs up either.

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MegaMiles08@reddit

Mine is in a drawer. I've never hung it up. I do work in recruiting, and I've seen enough situations where a diploma isn't verified in the background check, or it takes a really long time to complete. So, I do feel like it's important to know where it is.

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Dr_StrangeloveGA@reddit

Nope. Mom had mine framed, I hung it up out of guilt I guess. Now it is somewhere in the garage. That was 31 years ago, doesn't matter now even though I work for the same college.

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Double_Sweet_3404@reddit

Mine is hung up over my computer monitor. I am not sure if I were to move if I would put it up again.

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HippieHighNoon@reddit

I never had them hung up before buying a house with a dedicated office. When I graduated undergrad and my masters, my mother got custom frames made. I was the first in the family to go to college and also the first for grad school.

Every time my mother would come to visit, she would ask about them since now I had a dedicated office to hang up my diplomas. So they went up on the wall. It actually worked out though cause I had removed an old thermostat thing on the wall and didnt cover it back up. One of my diplomas is covering the hole. Win win.

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bdreamer642@reddit

Same. I don't think I would hang it unless I had an office.

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HippieHighNoon@reddit

They had traveled with me in a box of memorabilia from place to place, state to state, for 15 years before i had a dedicated place to hang them. It's a box that never gets unpacked, and is still sitting in a closet unpacked lol. I probably wouldnt have hung them without my mother making a comment every time.

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envoy_ace@reddit

I've never even seen my diploma. Civil engineering graduate in 1995. I left town the day after graduation and was gone for 4 months. My father placed it in a safe deposit box at his bank. I've never had the need to go there. it will be there if I need it.

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gottaeatnow@reddit

Mine was in my office from 1999 to 2022. Our office moved in 2022. I brought it home in a box with other framed items and it’s been on the floor of my home office ever since.

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Kitchen-Zebra-4402@reddit

I did in my old house. Moved into a condo four years ago and it’s in my storage unit in the building. My retirement plaque is now in the spot where I would have hung the diploma.

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fedelini_@reddit

No

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geddylee1@reddit

I have 3 and am the only one in my office who has never hung up my degrees anywhere on my walls. It’s been almost 19 years. I recently moved offices and as I was moving my things I finally got motivated to order frames and hang them up in my office.

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mattbnet@reddit

Diplomas are from high school. College gives us degrees. Mine is in a drawer.

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tvrbob@reddit

No.

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kkbobomb@reddit

Diploma haven’t seen in ages. Degree was in a box until I tossed before a major move.

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SugarsBoogers@reddit

I’m about to get a diploma for a graduate degree and yes, I will hang it. At least for a few years.

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Honest_Series_8430@reddit

I never even took mine out of the envelope it arrived in (graduated from night school so it came in the mail.) It got tossed out in the latest move.

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Ancient-Parfait6106@reddit

No, I think it may be in my closet? Or a drawer?

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keithrc@reddit

I moved recently and haven't put it back up. I probably will, but it's not some burning desire. It was hanging consistently for the first 20 years or so after I got it, though.

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FlippingPossum@reddit

My husband and I have our diplomas hung in our master bedroom. Our daughter's diploma is currently hanging in the hallway while she attends graduate school.

You do what feels good to you. You're the one that will be seeing the walls the most.

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ExaminationFancy@reddit

In our home office. Purely decorative.

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Sufficient-Pound-442@reddit

My PhD is on the wall in my home office. I earned that thing, it SAF is going on the wall.

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Extreme-Pirate1903@reddit

When my spouse and I moved in together, I mentioned hanging up our diplomas, and he asked why? His family all have graduate degrees. I was the first person in my family to go to college, so I wanted to commemorate that.

It’s in storage now 30 years later. My JD is on the wall in my office.

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Constant-Prog15@reddit

I don’t even know where mine is. I think in a “nostalgia “ box in the guest room closet.

But I haven’t worked in my degree field for 30 yrs.

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checkerlily@reddit

No to the diploma, but I did get a certificate for winning a random twist contest and I sure as hell have that on the wall!

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tgv1138@reddit

No. Didn't go to graduation either. Nobody wanted to come and see me.

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Illustrious_Leg_2537@reddit

We keep saying we’re going to hang them in the bathroom, but they’re just on a shelf somewhere.

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mladyhawke@reddit

No

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AuntB44@reddit

Mine is in a closet somewhere—never hung it, still in the envelope it was mailed in.

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Melodic_Caramel1777@reddit

No, don’t feel the need to have it visible.

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Sensitive-Issue84@reddit

Nope. I don't have to prove who I am anymore. Yay! I'm old Gen X and ready for retirement.

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GoldberryoTulgeyWood@reddit

Oh, this reminds me I've gotta hang up my participation certificates

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newyork_newyork_@reddit

In the bathroom.

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Kinetic92@reddit

I have both undergraduate and graduate degrees on the wall in my home office. I worked hard for those pieces of paper. They deserve a frame.

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Moist_Potato_8904@reddit

I do, I have both hanging up undergrad and grad. I got it late in life (40s), it's not to toot my own horn....it's to remind me that it's never too late to start something.

I grew up thinking college was only for rich smart people. I thought it was unreachable.

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graygarden77@reddit

My masters degree and PhD are somewhere in the basement I’ve never put them on the wall

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Robviously-duh@reddit

nope... not even sure which box it is in... lol

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tlgexlibris@reddit

It was hung in my office, now in the back of my closet.

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Pale-Reception-4239@reddit

Same

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Fitz_2112b@reddit

Hell yes, I do. Finally earned it last year.

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MariaInconnu@reddit

It's always been on a bookshelf in its folder, not on display.

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JenNtonic@reddit

Not really sure where it is. Prob in that dresser that has all the other papers that I thought needed saving at the time 🤪

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chicagoliz@reddit

Mine is sitting in my basement storage area. I used to have it on my office wall way back in the days when I had an office. Once I no longer had an office, there was really no place to put them.

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admseven@reddit

I don’t even know where it is. My spouse routinely loses her paper law diploma.

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attaboy_stampy@reddit

yeah both of mine are. My dad framed them because he was proud of me and all that, and I just hung them up. My wife's is next to them. Although, they are not in a highly trafficked area. They were above our back computer room/video game tv room (a spare bedroom we use for computer and an extra TV to watch streamers on). They're above the TV rofl.

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60PersonDanceCrew@reddit

I don't even remember receiving mine.

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Street-Bill7346@reddit

Best I can do is a certificate from Army Airborne School and my honorable discharge, both displayed

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FinancialCry4651@reddit

No. I had mine & my master's hung up shortly after I finished grad school. Then moved and put them in a mementos box, where they still live.

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Reader47b@reddit

Yes, in my library.

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auscadtravel@reddit

Never hung it. My brother bought me a frame and everything. Just never had a home office and never had aplace of employment that ineeded it hung on the wall. Ive also got several degrees, would look a bit like a collage if i hung them all.

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LaLionneEcossaise@reddit

Mine are still in their leather portfolios, stored in a bookshelf. Haven’t looked at them in years.

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CandleLeather4638@reddit

I've got my college diploma and Professional Engineer's License hanging in my home office.

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FallenValkyrja@reddit

No and I have no idea where it is at.

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Wiser_Owl99@reddit

Same

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deebay2150@reddit

No, I don’t see the point.

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Addapost@reddit

Yes. My BS and my MA. My wife’s BA. And my son’s BS.

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ThisSaladTastesWeird@reddit

Not even in my work office, and I’m a professor

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makeomatic@reddit

I know plenty of faculty who hang their diplomas, so YMMV I guess.

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makeomatic@reddit

My wife and I have had custom framing jobs done for our BA's and Master's. Out daughter has a similar frame for her high school diploma and one for her BA. We both work in education, so maybe it's just that we're a little more focused in that direction.

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AnatBrat@reddit

My husband has his and my diploma along with all of our kids' diplomas in his office. It's kind of a fun display.

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disgirl4eva@reddit

Yes

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thecultcanburn@reddit

Yes, between my wife and I two Masters, one Bachelors and an Associates. Unfortunately all hers.

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CrescentPhresh@reddit

Same for me. I’m constantly in awe of my incredibly smart and talented wife!

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Temporary_Nail_6468@reddit

Mine is still rolled up in the tube they gave it to me in 26 years ago. I’m sure it’s around here somewhere…….

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Bastyra2016@reddit

I graduated in ‘88 from a “esteemed” Engineering College . My parents supported me through journey and I think they were more stoked about the piece of paper than I was (the degree definitely served me well). For Christmas I got a nicely framed diploma. I put it in my “office” in my first house. I don’t think I displayed it in my second house but I was back to having an office in my third house. I’m now in what I hope is my final house and I put it on the plywood wall the of my shop along with the signed factory photos I got when I retired,my official retirement plaque and a few other awards.

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Future-Mess6722@reddit

Yes. I got mine professionally framed and it hangs in my bedroom as we don't have an office. It is a little weird at this point, but it's been there like 30 years so... Whatever.

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The_Calarg@reddit

I didn't attend graduation ceremony for my B.S. degrees and have absolutely no idea where the paper certs are. I did a double major in microbiology and biochemistry as they only had a 4 class difference at C.W.U. at the time, so I got with my profs and was allowed to use 2 of my electives to fulfill 2 of the classes. This allowed me to graduate in 3 years as I was going to school year round with overloads each quarter except my first which was not allowed.

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Mom_who_drinks@reddit

I don’t even know where mine is. I haven’t seen it since the day I received it.

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Sure-Victory7172@reddit

Home office, alongside MBA, professional certs, etc....

I have one side, Wife has the other.

I did have my stuff in my old office at work at one time but switched agencies (I'm a federal government employee).

I'm back in the office full-time now but only have my dogs playing poker on velvet paintings hanging up here.

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Continent3@reddit

Yes, they’re hanging up in my home office. My wife wanted them up. Before they were hanging in my parent’s bedroom. They never went to college and seemed to value it more. I think they deserved it more. They paid for my education.

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Billy-Joe-Bob-Boy@reddit

I got my bachelor's very late (like 6 years ago). It's actually in my office at work because I only got the degree to comply with job requirements. Mostly I display it because my diploma came with a typo.

I have earned a VERY prestigious "Bachelor fo science", yo!

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mookster1338@reddit

I had my doctorate framed and displayed because I worked my ass off for it. Not sure where my bachelor’s degree is.

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bobgoblin888@reddit

Mine is in the back of a closet. My undergraduate diploma got ruined in a flood, but my masters is framed. I never had a home office or a place to hang it so it’s just been chilling in a closet since 2004.

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Longster_dude@reddit

Nah. I never thought my AA from my local community college was worth showing off. My wife proudly displays her bachelor and masters degrees though.

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nirrinirra@reddit

Never had it. Didn’t go to my graduation.

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Fulghn@reddit

I had my diploma hung up at my work office for a number of years but eventually it was replaced with only the professional license. Was a matter of redundancy and simplicity. A lot of the time my 'office' was a hotel, rental car, plane, or even a tent.

At home? No. Time inevitably made that accomplishment only a tiny fraction of who I am. It's been in a box for a long time.

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quipsNshade@reddit

Took it down and put up one of those Lego art “paintings” much prettier IMHO.

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Entropy355@reddit

No way, dust collector. Not worth the paper it’s printed on. If you need something to hang up try some beautiful art, nature photos that inspire you or even a collage of friends from college.

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sfdsquid@reddit

Or one of those Hang In There Baby posters. You know, the one with the kitten.

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doglady1342@reddit

My husband and I both used to have our college degrees hung in our home office. When we moved, I packed them up and never put them back up. We retired almost 6 years ago and nobody cares about our degrees now anyway.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

Similar story; not quite retired but when we moved to our new house, we never found a reason to hang them back up.

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Ray_The_Engineer@reddit

Not at this point...they hung for years in our old house, in the office, but seemed pointless after a while.

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Crazy_Drago@reddit

No. I graduated in the summer, because I had to finish up a couple of classes, so the whole process was abbreviated. Apparently, I missed the date to register for what *type* of diploma I wanted, so I ended up with an oversized diploma that was completely in Latin. I remember it wouldn't fit on the copy machine when I needed to copy it for work to get a full-time position. I never bothered going back to see if I could get a smaller, English version. I was mad at my school after graduation.

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ChrisRiley_42@reddit

All of them, yes.

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Time_Strawberry8199@reddit

Proudly. Reminds me I'm old, too.

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kobuta99@reddit

Yes, in a corner of my bedroom that almost no one will ever notice.

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NotAtAllExciting@reddit

In a filing cabinet in my home office. It’s 40 this years. Maybe I should have a birthday party and invite my husband’s diploma too.

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StoshBalls_3636@reddit

No - not even sure where it is

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rhombomere@reddit

Nope. I have a BS, MS, and a PhD and the only thing I have on display is my high school diploma at work. Most people dont notice it, but the ones that do think it is odd or hilarious. I find both reactions funny.

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Coup-de-Glass@reddit

I have my PhD diploma framed and on display, even though I emerged bitter and cynical, as most do after finishing a doctorate.

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Sintered_Monkey@reddit

I dropped out of my PhD and bought a shirt that says "PhD Dropout." I wear that instead of displaying the diploma I never got.

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SouthernTrauma@reddit

I did, in the hone office, for about 10 years, then took it down. Mine and hubby's, plus hubby's patent certificate. After he passed and I moved, everything got packed up.

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Sintered_Monkey@reddit

Yes, they are next to my desk. My master's degree was a cakewalk, so honestly it doesn't mean much to me, but my bachelor's remains the most difficult thing I've ever done, so I occasionally look at it.

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TJH99x@reddit

When I first graduated I was working at a framing store. I made a little custom frame for mine and matted it in the school colors. I think it was hung up in my home office until the next year when I moved. Now I have no idea where it even is.

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Kindly-Might-1879@reddit

Mine has been been in the floor leaning against the wall behind the door in our home office since moved in about 16 years ago lol. My husband’s is still wrapped in plastic somewhere in our bedroom from the same move.

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AnastasiusDicorus@reddit

I used to have one hanging on my wall at work. then we moved to a new building and now it's sitting on top of my bookshelf. One of these days I'll hang it when I'm bored and there's nothing good on youtube.

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BrainOk7166@reddit

No. Mine was massively huge and they did it on real vellum, which requires special framing techniques that only a handful of framers still do. I couldn't even afford to get it framed!

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Caliopebookworm@reddit

I have mine in a file cabinet. I had the tassles on a picture frame in my bedroom until I packed up to move in with my husband and they're probably still in a box somewhere.

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3-kids-no-money@reddit

Ours are all hung in the office.

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Willing_Freedom_1067@reddit

Yes, both bachelor’s and Master’s. I worked my ass off for both. They’re the most expensive pieces of paper I own.

I got the bachelor’s at 41 and the Master’s at 43 - while pregnant. Gave birth to my daughter 10 days after I graduated.

I’m pretty proud of myself, to be honest.

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Ok_Camel_1949@reddit

No.

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SacredC0w@reddit

No. Both HS and university diplomas are in their decorative folders on a bookshelf in one of my spare bedrooms. If they were discarded tomorrow, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

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typhona@reddit

When i got my associates, I put it on my dad's desk, I was in my 40s. He asked if I wanted him to get it framed for me. I told him I didn't care what he did with it. I had no use for it , he was the one that wanted me to be a college grad

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MeatSuitRiot@reddit

I bet that broke his heart a little

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beermaker@reddit

My wife had hers hung until she retired. She always said it was the most expensive wall art in the house.

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moonbeam127@reddit

Mine is at my office w my license. Hung and framed. Just the masters. License is required. You probably wanna know your therapist is legit

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Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit

I don't even have mine. I owed the school money for a parking ticket when I graduated and opted not to pay, so they wouldn't give it to me.

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threedogdad@reddit

I didn't even go pick mine up. To me, school was just a means to an end, and really just delayed me on the way.

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RearWindowWasher@reddit

When my husband and I were young we had both of ours hanging in the bathroom. I think we thought we were edgy

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9inez@reddit

Mine is slightly moldy from being stored in a closet for years. Now it leaning against the wall with other unthought of stuff taken out of said closet, prepping for purge.

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RedditSkippy@reddit

I have my diplomas hung in my office.

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NYC-WhWmn-ov50@reddit

I do, but I earned it at 39 so its a particularly important achievement for me. I might/probably would not if I'd gotten it the first tine around at 22.

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Ancient-Chipmunk4342@reddit

No.

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punkerjim@reddit

No, its in a box in the closet where it belongs.

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largos7289@reddit

If it was a PHD probably, but undergrad lol no.

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bigwilliesty1e@reddit

Yeah. If I were an attorney or a doctor, I'd probably hang it in my office. People tend to be reassured by seeing it. With my degrees? Nah.

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JuJu_Wirehead@reddit

I don't have one, so no. If I did, I wouldn't. I'm not impressed when other people display theirs.

Now if I'm at a lawyer's office, damn straight I want to see where you graduated from.

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Mountain_Ladder_4906@reddit

My home IS the diploma

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PsychologyFlat2741@reddit

That is awesome on many levels! Not the ex thwarting you, of course, but the reason for wanting the maiden name, and for the person who reprinted it for you.

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HenriettaCrump@reddit

I overcame so much just to get an Associate's at age 40. So yeah, when I got my Master's at age 45, you BET I hung that on the wall in my home office (I WFH). It's a tangible reminder that I can do just about anything I set my mind to.

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Significant-Dance-43@reddit

No. Storage unit. In a box. Undergrad, Grad and Ph.D. All in storage. Always have been.

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Spiritual_Crow409@reddit

Mine is up in my closet. I’ve thought about hanging it in my home office but I’d have to get it framed first and that is such a hassle for no one but me to see.

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keto-quest@reddit

This is the answer.

It’s not bragging if it is yours and in your home. Instead it’s a reminder that anything is possible. At any age. For any reason. That if you could do it then they can do it. That because of that education you had more opportunities than without.

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MusicalMerlin1973@reddit

Mine is in a box somewhere. If they need proof they can call my Alma mater.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

I don't even have mine anymore. My degree was listed in my resume, but no job ever asked for the certificate. I do have a certification that requires a degree and former employers have checked that online, but not from me.

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

No, in a storage box. Turns out no one ever needed to see if are were happy to take my word for it.

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CWShermanGirl@reddit

None of mine have been hung up. They are in a filing cabinet at home.

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yayayagilliganhell@reddit

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SharontheBaker@reddit

I think mine is still in the envelope they mailed it in.

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cadien17@reddit

I’m sure I tossed them during a move. Never hung them up before that.

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LAKingSteve@reddit

Never have and at 59, is kinda meaningless. I’ve always had stuff on my office walls (when I worked away from home) that represented me as a person away from my work/school life. My home office is like that now as well.

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Comedywriter1@reddit

That very cool!

The University of Pittsburgh is actually on my list of places to visit. Apparently George Romero’s director’s cut of Martin (black and white, 3 hours) is now housed there (and available for viewing) thanks to Greg Nicotero.

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Adventurous-Depth984@reddit

In my office

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fatkidscandystore@reddit

My diplomas are all in boxes somewhere

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ShyChiBaby@reddit

The closer I get to retirement the more my diplomas and work awards are just finding their way into closets or the trash.

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catladyofseven@reddit

I hold three degrees including my Master’s (and two teaching credentials), none have been hung ever.

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trmentry@reddit

Never finished college.

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LonesomeBulldog@reddit

It’s currently in my home office but once we move into our next house, I’ll put it in the filing cabinet. My wife has never hung hers up.

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damonpostle@reddit

Mine are hung in my “office”/train room. I joked about hanging my PhD in the bathroom though.

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InebriousBarman@reddit

Piled high & Deep

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damonpostle@reddit

Push here dummy

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PsychologyFlat2741@reddit

Hahaha! Exactly!

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paramarine@reddit

My college diploma, law degree, law license, and various court admissions are framed but are kept behind a chair in our bedroom. They have sentimental value to me but I don't like to attract attention to myself.

Conversely, my wife's college diploma is framed and hanging our home office. We have a young daughter and it's meant to be subtle reminder for what she can (is expected to) accomplish.

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hornedcorner@reddit

Mine has never been on a wall. My buddy got his and put a thumb tack through the middle of it to hang his up.

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BizarroMax@reddit

No. It’s at work I think. My law school diploma is in a box somewhere.

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PsychologyFlat2741@reddit

Pre-pandemic my academic department was framing the faculty members' degrees for no cost so there would be a consistent look (they were encouraged to hang every degree starting with Bachelor's degree). I'm not faculty but have a PhD and asked if they would frame my 'terminal degree'. Because they would show off the research area to prospective hires, they agreed to have it framed, but I'd have to pay their cost. Got a very nice frame and mat for minimal cost. It now hangs in home office, because 20+ years later I still like looking at it from time to time and thinking 'go me!' (My other degrees are in the envelope of 'important documents' in the safe. I never look at them. And no one other than my dogs see this one, but it makes me happy.)

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micfost@reddit

It was up in my home office. Now it is in the closet. We moved, downsized, and now there is not enough wall space for everything. Old family photos are taking priority.

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Kattzoo@reddit

I knew hung either of my degrees. I couldn't even tell your where my Masters degree is.

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Legal-Hair-7095@reddit

My college diploma disappeared years ago.

Think my mother threw it away because it was in a brown envelope because it had to be mailed to me. I couldn't make graduation due to military school. She threw lots of stuff away from us kids without asking. Really made us mad.

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MissMurderpants@reddit

It’s nbd if you g do hang it. It’s a trophy or testament of those years of your life.

If you had a good time I’d keep it up.

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InebriousBarman@reddit

I have a home office, so it's hung there.

2 of the 3. AA is in a drawer somewhere. BS and MBA are on the wall.

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SignificantApricot69@reddit

I have 2 and I recently found them on dusty shelf in my basement. I do have a framed scholarship award hanging there, though.

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lalacourtney@reddit

Yes and my sorority membership certificate too. I’m on grad school now and can’t wait to have another to frame!

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Honeybee3674@reddit

Hmmm...I just realized I have no idea where either of my diplomas are. They must be in a tote we haven't unpacked since we moved 4 years ago.

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WinnerAwkward480@reddit

LOL , OMG , I feel ya . We have a "few" plastic tubs from our last move 3 yrs ago that haven't gotten unpacked.

As we packed up the tubs got labeled as to Room , contents , then a number for priory 1-4 . Like ie - Kitchen / coffee pot & coffee / (1) . 🤣 honestly the coffee pot & coffee traveled in the Wife's car .As I was driving the 26' u-haul with 2nd car in tow .

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Scpj@reddit

Wife and I hung it in our office when we moved in years ago. My parents had theirs in the living room which I always thought was weird but office seems like a fitting spot

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ImmySnommis@reddit

If I had one I still wouldn't.

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Lumpy-Monitor-7726@reddit

High School? Put it away. I wouldn’t even hang my college diploma.

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JBLBEBthree@reddit

I don't even know where mine is

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digawina@reddit

Maybe I would if I went to some fancy schmancy school (though bragging about that feels toolish). But no. I'm not totally sure where it is. I think stuffed onto some bookshelf between photo albums or something.

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Zesty-B230F@reddit

It hangs in my home office. Front and center, over my desk, for no particular reason.

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DiligerentJewl@reddit

Yes after I got divorced I said to myself why the heck should I not hang up my college and grad school diploma.

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pemart22@reddit

Yeah, neither of my parents and none of my grandparents had a bachelor’s degree, so it meant something to me. Especially since I paid for it mostly by myself.

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cruisereg@reddit

Same, but even being the first generation in my family to get a 4 year degree isn’t enough for me to want to display it. I have displayed a patent plaque on and off over the years because it feels like a rarer achievement.

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pemart22@reddit

Mine is just over my desk, so it’s not really on display as such. Plus it’s there for me. Not anyone else.

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Horn_Flyer@reddit

No. I don't even know where it is.

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barkingdawg5@reddit

Yup. Mine and my spouse hung in our home office. That’s about the only room I’d consider hanging it in, tho.

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mudshark698@reddit

It's in my garage. It's been mistreated and it has a big slice in the middle of it. I went to school for an education, not a piece of paper (vellum). I wouldn't have even gone to graduation if my wife didn't make me.

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drifter3026@reddit

Had a less-than-great time in college and my degree didn't really help me at all. I finished my degree requirements after fall semester so didn't even walk my graduation and just had them mail my degree to me. I did eventually hang it up about 20 years later. Not sure why. I think I just had an empty spot on my home office wall. I still look at it and shrug.

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nullpassword@reddit

No. It's in a folder with a lot of other awards, certificates, etc.

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maine-iak@reddit

Two degrees and I’m pretty sure I don’t have either piece of paper any more.

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Inkblots2000@reddit

Mine is hung in my home office.

When my parents moved, I encouraged my dad to hang his in his office “nook” in their bedroom. It’s something nice to see up and displayed as a child, especially since we both went to the same university.

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Brother_Professor@reddit

Nope. For me, college was a bad decision and I barely graduated with a teaching degree i never used. As for the diploma, I lost that testament to failure long ago.

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Ok_Concentrate4461@reddit

No but my masters is hanging in my classroom. My students (8th grade) do comment on it from time to time. It’s there to be aspirational and also let them know I know what I’m doing 😅

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WileyCoyote7@reddit

I did, then I moved and re-hung it. Then I moved again, the frame was smashed and I took it out and placed it in one of those cardboard mailer things to keep it safe, filed it away in a box. It’s somewhere in the basement, but I’m retired and have no interest in re-hanging it at this point.

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TuesGirl@reddit

Hung mine up when I had a place of work to go to. But now I work from my dining room table. They're currently in our garage in a box

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tommyalanson@reddit

I have no idea where that thing is.

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Seven_bushes@reddit

I have no idea where my bachelors is but my masters is framed and was hanging in my office when I had to go in. I was remote for 8 years before I retired earlier this year and never bothered to hang it at home.

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Sitcom_kid@reddit

mine is on my nightstand. but I graduated in 2016 when I was 51.

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metricnv@reddit

I was 51 in 2021. That's when I finished my master's degree.

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Ageofaquarius68@reddit

Lol mine was destroyed in a basement flood many years ago. Never bothered to get a replacement.

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Silly_Teacher_4847@reddit

No idea where mine is

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TheRateBeerian@reddit

It occurs to me only now i dont know where it is. I do have my phd diploma on display in my office. High school and undergrad? No idea.

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mhchewy@reddit

Same.

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metricnv@reddit

In my bedroom above my dresser.

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Kidpidge@reddit

No. I have no idea where it even is.

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logan96@reddit

Just last week, I found my diploma while cleaning out a storage room. I never got it framed; it's still in the 25 year old mailer.

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JustAGreenDreamer@reddit

Mine is in framed and hanging in my work cubicle. Which I visit a few times a year because I work from home.

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cruisereg@reddit

No. But I also didn’t bother to go to graduation either.

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Moonsmom181@reddit

We moved a few years ago and I finally have an office/studio of my own. I invested in having some items framed including my diploma, my photo of receiving it, and various memorabilia. It makes me so happy when I see it.

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EggSpecial5748@reddit

Mine is in a box in the basement

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IUsedtobeExitzero@reddit

I don’t even know what happened to mine.

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GrowlingAtTheWorld@reddit

My diploma got wet with all my other papers in 2004 when a hurricane took my roof, it got moldy before I could rescue it so I dried it out and bagged it up in a ziploc, it sit in its moldy glory in the bottom of a file drawer. Did you know insurance won’t pay for the reprinting of a diploma and the only value they will give is the value of the sheet of paper?

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infinite_awkward@reddit

Insurance never fails to disappoint.

Did you explain the reason to the university? A very kind soul reprinted and shipped my Master’s diploma in my maiden name for $25 when I had my name legally changed two years after graduation (I’d been divorced for 10). She asked why I wanted the revised diploma and I said “(this name) is the family that walked this journey with me, not my ex husband; he only thwarted my growth.”

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SergeantBeavis@reddit

What’s that?

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chrysmcat2014@reddit

Mine is in a box somewhere in my storage unit. I dont think its hung on my wall since 1992 when I got married and moved apartments

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xologo@reddit

Nah

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beanby3@reddit

I did in my work office because that was the thing to do at the time. But then when I changed jobs about 10 years later, I didn’t bother bringing it with me because the next place it was not a thing to do.

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mramseyISU@reddit

Mine is hanging on the wall in my home office.

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WinnebagoViking@reddit

All 4 of mine are in storage somewhere around the house.

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boybrian@reddit

I have my grandmother's high school diploma from 1923 but I don't know where mine are. Might have lost in a fire.

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Malady1607@reddit

I have 2 Master's degrees and 2 bachelor's degrees, so naturally they are in the envelope they came in on a bookshelf.

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Augusts_Mom@reddit

It is hanging in my office next to my EA certificate in my office. I don't WFH. I worked hard for it and paid a lot of money for it.

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BackgroundPoint7023@reddit

No. I didn't even attend my graduation. I don't even know where the diploma or my Phi Beta Kappa certificate and key are.

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Express-Studio-8302@reddit

Im a young GenX at 48. By the time I got to high school the trades had been gutted from the schools and they taught nothing about job/career options. We believed that you either worked retail or went to college. My degree isnt special.

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Most_Maintenance5549@reddit

I’m 49 and yes, that’s about right.

That said, I’m proud of having gone and finished, because I was the first one in my family to do so.

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Affectionate-Map2583@reddit

I know where it is, but it's never been framed or hung on the wall. It's in the large envelope it came in.

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Most_Maintenance5549@reddit

I don’t think I’ve thought of it once since graduation. No idea where it is.

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uninsane@reddit

I don’t know where my diplomas are

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Muggi@reddit

Nope. I was told I had to buy it and thought, “wtf am I ever going to do with it” and didn’t bother

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No_Proposal7812@reddit

I hang mine in my office at work

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kboleen@reddit

Absolutely. I have an “I Love Me” wall with all the various accolades (I use that word with tongue planted firmly in cheek) I’ve received over the years.

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idio242@reddit

It’s in this tall, thin dresser I’ve had since I was a kid. Was going to frame it back in the day but can’t ever see doing that now.

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mrsredfast@reddit

No. I had them in my office when I worked as a therapist but that’s the only time I’ve had them hanging up. But then it was the norm to have them and our licenses displayed.

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Bob_12_Pack@reddit

It's still in the cover that it was in when it was handed to me in 1995, collecting dust on a bookshelf in my home office. I had thought that maybe I'd have it framed and hung in my office at work like many other people did, but never got around to it and stopped giving a shit somewhere along the way.

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United_Relative_9106@reddit

Nope. Both of mine have been in a box in the attic for decades.

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Illustrious-Egg-5839@reddit

You could always copy it, shrink it down to a 5X7, put it in a picture frame and keep it on your desk.

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ebeth_the_mighty@reddit

Yep. They are fancily framed and hung in our upstairs hallway, along with my black belt certificate. My husband was ridiculously proud of me for earning my bachelor’s degree at 37, black belt at 38, masters at 51. I’m contemplating a doctorate now, and if I earn it, I’ll be 60 by the time I get it.

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DeaddyRuxpin@reddit

I’m not even sure where mine is. I’m sure it’s still in the envelope they mailed it to me in since I didn’t bother going to graduation. Where that envelope went, I have no clue.

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96HeelGirl@reddit

My parents got it framed for me as a gift when I graduated, with a very pretty watercolor of a campus landmark included. I had it up for years but took it down recently to make room for art. If I'm ever in a bigger place, I might hang it up again.

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Ineffable7980x@reddit

Nope. I think it's under my bed, or in my storage space.

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Timely-Tourist4109@reddit

I do. But I graduated in 2021 with my masters so it’s still fresh for me

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couchwarmer@reddit

Never hung mine up, and no idea what box it's in.

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grateful_john@reddit

I haven’t seen my college diploma in decades.

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f700es@reddit

I don't even have my 2 degrees on my wall in my work office. I just don't see the need.

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Objective_Joke_5023@reddit

Same. I have art on my office walls. I think decorating with degrees is for either someone who’s still very young or someone who’s overly invested in the glory days of college. I think my diplomas are stored in my basement somewhere.

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FantasticWeasel@reddit

One is in an envelope somewhere and no idea where the other one is.

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rks1743@reddit

Between my wife and I, we have 2 undergrads, a Master's, MBA, and a JD. I have no idea where any of those are but my high school diploma is in my underwear drawer.

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Brunhilde27@reddit

Mine are in an envelope behind a bookcase. I thought about getting the JD and bar admission docs framed but it hasn’t happened in the past 20+ years and likely won’t.

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pentoge@reddit

Both of mine are framed and hanging in my home office. Not sure I’d rehang if I moved and didn’t have a dedicated office space though

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Mr_Angry52@reddit

I’m not even sure where mine are to be honest. I think I know where my Masters is, but if you asked me to produce my Bachelors I’m not sure I could. If I had an MD or Ph.D. I probably would display those.

I take nothing away from those who want to display theirs. My wife has her Masters and MBA displayed in her home office.

It’s personal preference really.

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rbrumble@reddit

I had them hanging 10ish years ago, but since then they've been leaning against the wall in my office space. I don't want to hand them until the space is redone, and the challenge is I work in that space and can't afford the downtime.

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Turbulent_Tale6497@reddit

I have them nicely framed, but they are in a closet now. When WFH started, I had them behind me on zoom. Now I use a background, so there’s no point, so I took them down

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WonderfulVariation93@reddit

I don’t even know where mine is!

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am312@reddit

Mine are in their cardboard sleeves they were mailed in somewhere in a drawer

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kittycat_34@reddit

I have no clue where my diploma is. Lol.

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Kimba26@reddit

Nah, its in the leather folder somewhere..it has no bearing on what I do now so I don't.

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MediumEmergency7277@reddit

Not at all. For years I had my BA and my grad degrees diplomas hanging in my office but I took them down. They are stuffed in a file somewhere in a storage cabinet.

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Itsjustmenobiggie@reddit

Mine has been in a box in the garage for 25 years.

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NewHandle3922@reddit

Nope. It’s down in a box in the basement, still in its original box when it was sent in the mail. Before that, it was sitting on my parents kitchen counter for 6 months. They told me that they were disappointed in me for having spent all of that money on college and not graduating. I handed them the box containing the diploma, they looked at it like it was a fake. I never could win with them.

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NoAbbreviations290@reddit

Yes I have it hanging above the toilet in the guesthouse bathroom of my beach house in Monaco

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railworx@reddit

Mines in the Malibu beach house!

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Boomslang505@reddit

Dude! Me too!!

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MissDisplaced@reddit

I do because I achieved them late in life and I worked a lot of shit jobs and sacrificed to get them. So, hell yeah I display them to remind me, but they’re not on camera or anything.

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Old-Kaleidoscope1874@reddit

Our China hutch is full of keepsakes instead of dishes in the dining room. My wife and I have our diplomas in there too. It all makes conversation starters, but we meant for it to encourage our kids. Now both of their high school diplomas hang in frames next to the hutch while they're in college. Plus, if we didn't keep them there, they'd get lost or messed up in the basement or attic.

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Rocklobsterbot@reddit

mine is hung up in a closet just to have somewhere to put it.

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Blametheorangejuice@reddit

Nah. First gen college student with multiple degrees. I had them framed with archival materials, but no interest in the “look at me!” vibe hanging them on the wall gives off.

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Valuable-Analyst-464@reddit

I had mine on a wall until we moved in my 40s. For the last 18 years, it’s sitting in the office. I know I got it, I used it and now that I’m retired…it has no importance to me.

It was a milestone, just like graduating high school or getting my driver’s license. I don’t need the talisman anymore, and I don’t want it to be a burden for anyone to clean up once I’m gone.

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kategoad@reddit

Lost mine in a move somewhere along the way, JD one is probably in storage. My husband has his GED up in his office. Right next to his PhD in cell biology from a top ten school.

His is a bit more meaningful.

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Substantialcrafter55@reddit

Yes in my home office/guestroom. Not in my previous home bc i worked out of my craft room and that would have killed the vibe.

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ismybrainonthefritz@reddit

No. I’m not sure I know where it is.

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NHmountain-man@reddit

I have two.... a bachelor's and a masters, both in business.... and.... I'm now a telco engineer. Lol

I do have them hung up, spent a lot of time and energy getting them.

My two cents would be to hang it up near your new desk and remember the efforts you put into getting it.

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0_IceQueen_0@reddit

It's in my parents' library. All of ours is.

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ZetaWMo4@reddit

Yes, along with my Master’s degree, my husband’s degree, and 3 of the 4 children’s.

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tlnation@reddit

I did for a long time but took it down about 10 years ago. It's framed sitting in the basement. :)

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MadPiglet42@reddit

Yes.

But I graduated in 2018 at age 43 after a long and winding road. I earned that shit and I am proud of it.

It's not in my living room, it's actually in the study, but it was professionally framed and hung up!

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Ihaveaboot@reddit

I'd give you multiple upvotes if I could!

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Throckmorton1975@reddit

I’ve got my BA, MS, and PhD degrees all framed but none of them are hanging up. I’m actually not sure where any of them are offhand.

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Enge712@reddit

I have never got my doctorate framed and it was once lost for about five years stuck under a night stand

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TheOtherElbieKay@reddit

No

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S99B88@reddit

No, I have a degree and a graduate certificate and not sure where they are TBH. Same with my SO.

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Temporary_View_3303@reddit

First in my family to graduate college. You better bet I have it hanging up.

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LizTruth@reddit

I hung it in my classroom and used it to teach my students to look for qualifications before you trust any information you hear.

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Commercial-Border227@reddit

I sure do. All of them! I was a first generation student. I worked hard as hell and I’m proud of the work I did. Not to mention, a couple of them are from top tier institutions. Not too shabby for a kid who comes from where I do. And last weekend, thanks to PSFL, my student loans were discharged so I just might upgrade the frames. 🤩

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JFrankParnell64@reddit

I don't even know where mine is. After a while it becomes like a high school letterman's jacket. People don't care, so eventually you don't either.

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Dogzillas_Mom@reddit

No. Nobody cares, least of all me.

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Beginning_Pen5758@reddit

Absolutely

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freerangetacos@reddit

Don't you want it hung right near your desk so that you can remind yourself why you are doing all this ridiculous stuff to make money?

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itsmeagain42664@reddit

After 40 years, I did finally hang both of them up in our media room.

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Fried_Taro@reddit

I used to have both college and grad school in my home office, my only place of work. When I moved, I only had space for one, so that is the graduate degree. Other one is still framed somewhere. Once I retire I doubt it will remain on the wall. Maybe I will repurpose the two frames for my kid’s diplomas and tuck mine in behind!!

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Coconut-bird@reddit

Both of mine are in my office at work. They are in a fairly inconspicuous spot that most people who come in my office won't see. Where I work, it's fairly standard to put uour diplomas on your office wall.

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Grand_Taste_8737@reddit

No, it's in the attic somewhere.

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Competitive_Prune108@reddit

No. It reminds me that I should have gone to grad school

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trosea@reddit

Only because I’m required to have it displayed.

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librarykerri@reddit

My diplomas are displayed in my office at work. I don't know what I will do with them once I retire completely. I cannot imagine hanging them in my home.

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OptiGuy4u@reddit

No shade on it but unless it's a doctorate or law school. Naw....

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Even that wasn’t enough for me. In a frame, in a box.

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dbrmn73@reddit

In my home office.

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RHND2020@reddit

No, mine was never framed. I retrieved it from my childhood bedroom a couple years ago and am pretty sure it is in a drawer in my office now.

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zhabesha@reddit

Unless you care nobody cares.

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Brilliant-Battle-876@reddit

If you are proud of the achievement, hang it somewhere were you'll see it occasionally and it will remind you of what you can do when you focus on a goal. Anywhere is fine.

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WatermelonMachete43@reddit

Yes, in my home office

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Glad_Nobody6992@reddit

I have no idea where my BA and MSW diplomas are. My JD is somewhere in a box. I think I put my JD up for a while after I graduated but that was almost 25 years ago. I’m not using any of these degrees in my current career directly and have no reason to hang the diplomas. It’s a reminder of past behavior (always thinking moving or a new career or more money would make me happier. News flash - it didn’t.)

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Idk, I was way happier doing IT work than practicing law.

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whyyoutwofour@reddit

It's in a box at my mom's place somewhere. I didn't hang it after I graduated, definitely not doing it after 25 years.

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Z-man1973@reddit

Have no clue where mine is

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eightfingeredtypist@reddit

I put my diploma up where it matters. On the office wall with the photos of me in the Oval with Obama? Nope. I just got my Masters of Ceremonies Diploma tattooed right on my chest, so that when the shirt comes off girls swoon at my academic accomplishments and chest hair.

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CallingDrDingle@reddit

No😂

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AtomicHurricaneBob@reddit

My mom had mine professionally framed and gave it to me in a plastic wrapped presentation box. I've never taken it out of the original packaging.

I might use the presentation box for something one day in the future.

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liddybuckfan@reddit

I had my college diploma and JD hanging in my office for the first few years and then they moved us to a different office space and told us we couldn't put nails in the wall. They've been in a box ever since. I was the first in my family to go to college so of course I'm really proud of them but at some point I stopped feeling like I needed it on the wall.

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

Same, I had a “me” wall in my office with degrees and a variety of things people could look at to — I guess reinforce my credibility — isn’t that really what that’s about? Had that when I first got out of law school. But, it’s all spent way more time in a box than on a wall.

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Bubbly_Following7930@reddit

no

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overmonk@reddit

My dad got it framed for me. When I started getting professional certs I followed the same framing pattern so I have a nice neat wall of framed credentials. Unlike some, they are not visible in my webcam.

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Fun_Reputation5181@reddit

No idea where any of mine are, but I know they are in a box somewhere here in my house.

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TheRealCabbageJack@reddit

It’s still in the cardboard envelope it was sealed on when I picked it up from the registrars office. I don’t think I’ve ever actually looked at it, despite schlepping it with me every move for the last quarter century. It’s currently on top of a bookshelf in my office.

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2_Bagel_Dog@reddit

No, not even sure where it is. But my acrylic 30 years award from the company I work for never made it out of the box - so maybe just a personality thing...

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BlueOrbifolia@reddit

I’m the same. Never displayed any of it. In fact my company just prints them until 20 years in and I’ve tossed all of them. The nice wood ones stay at work until I escape/retire and then those will be placed in the circular file on my way out the door.

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elizajaneredux@reddit

No. I don’t even have my PhD diploma hanging in my real office.

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SomeCar@reddit

I have a picture of Degree deodorant in a picture frame hanging on my wall behind me. Makes for a good chuckle during video calls at work.

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2_Bagel_Dog@reddit

Hmmm - so either you work for Unilever or this is one of the most random things I've ever heard of as wall art. Bravo!

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Alternative-Law4626@reddit

No. Nor my law degree, nor license to practice in VA or 4th US Circuit. Nor, professional certs for CISSP, CISM, CISA etc. they are all in a box somewhere and, now that I retired, my plaques for 5, 10, and 15 years at my job just came home with me and I have to figure out what to do with them.

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middle_age_zombie@reddit

My mom had it framed with a picture of me at graduation and the tassel as a gift. I convinced her that it’s something she should have on her wall instead. It’s still there. To be fair I was the first to go to college, like she was the first to graduate high school. So she was pretty excited. She did eventually graduate college herself, she went to school when I did ( she was 33).

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New-User9585@reddit

Because of the job I have I'm required to have mine hanging in my office at work. I also have it sitting out at home, but its less than five years since I got it, so I'm still super proud of myself for it. I'm finishing a new degree in November and I'll hang it up, too. I never thought I'd have college diplomas.

(I'm a 50yo missed Autism diagnosis and I struggled a lot in life. I was diagnosed at 47.)

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97Whaler@reddit

Nope

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ozzy283@reddit

Does it bring you joy?

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Xavelle@reddit

I hung mine up in my office after I got my CPA license last year. Before that, it was in a box in the closet along with all my kids' high school diplomas.

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Ok_Act4459@reddit

No

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Safe_Place8432@reddit

Mine is not framed but rather in one of those leather holder thingies and it is on one of my side tables.

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elspotto@reddit

Hell no. But I do have my professional certifications for three different jobs as well as my certificate of investiture and top honors graduate certificate from the army Transportation Corps. Oh! And my title proclaiming me an officer in the Sovereign Military Order of The Principality of Sealand.

Those were all more gaudy as backgrounds for zoom/teams calls so they went up while diplomas are in a box.

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CoreAlt@reddit

Nah, it sits in the storage space under the couch, last time I needed it was in 2006.

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claude3rd@reddit

Never got a college one.

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browncoat47@reddit

It’s in my Lego room in a very nice frame and mat my wife put together (she has excellent taste.)

I’d frame my CDL (it’s made me way more money) but I have to keep it on my person at all times.

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NecessaryMulberry846@reddit

No

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aWesterner014@reddit

No. Neither mine nor my significant other's (multiple) diplomas are hung in the house.

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Illustrious_Concern5@reddit

No, never have

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molleensmrs@reddit

No. Nor do I still wear my high school class ring.

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out_day475@reddit

My diploma is in a box somewhere. I haven’t laid eyes on it for at least 15 years

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Midlevelluxurylife@reddit

I have both my BA and Masters framed on the wall in my office. I’m the first in my family to finish college and I worked damn hard to get there. They will stay on the wall.

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GenXenProud@reddit

I had both of mine (BS & MBA) framed. Recently threw them away. Purging and downsizing feels good!

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mtfg96@reddit

I cleaned out the closet recently and threw it away. And my sister's since she didn't take it with her 32 years ago. I've already retired. I don't see any reason I would need the paper diploma.

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Mammoth_Ad_483@reddit

I have my Bachelor's and Master's hanging over my desk at home. My wife has two Bachelor's from two different schools and they're both up there too. They've been there for a long time now, don't have a reason to take them down. But if I were to move, I would probably question whether I should put them back up or not.

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Comedywriter1@reddit

No, but in my home office I have pennants on my wall for the schools where I did my Bachelor’s and Master’s. That and the movie posters kinda make it look like a dorm room. 😂

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Ok-Lingonberry-8261@reddit

Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate in my office.

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GroovyGmaIvy@reddit

Nope…in a box in the closet.

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Mental_Ad_906@reddit

Never displayed mine. Was lucky to even locate my master’s diploma the first (and only) time I was asked to produce it…some 30 years after graduation!

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Worth-Artist-6962@reddit

No it sits in a box in the basement

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chimpyjnuts@reddit

Mine's in my home office. It was freakin expensive (thanks, Mom and Dad!) so I figured I might as well put it up.

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iammostlylurking13@reddit

I have my college diploma and university degree hanging up. I went back to school in my mid-thirties and I’m really proud of them.

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Secret_Computer4891@reddit

Nope. I never even bothered to pick mine up from the university when I graduated.

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Pitapenguin@reddit

My BA & MS are hanging in my office at work. When I didn't or no longer have an office at work, they go in a file cabinet at home.

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jaxbravesfan@reddit

I have no idea where mine is. I assume it’s in a box in the attic.

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1996Tomb_Raider@reddit

My BA and MA are in their holders on a bookshelf

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angelaelle@reddit

Mine is in a box somewhere. I saw it last when we moved last year but no idea where it is now.

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cheweduptoothpick@reddit

I’ve actually lost mine. I have no idea where I put it. I know I out it somewhere safe but wherever it is, is super safe.

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

I had my undergrad diploma framed upon graduation and it’s been hung ever since, 38 years and counting.

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FoundationBrave9434@reddit

I’ve worked from home my entire career, so have that as well as the other things I’ve earned or been awarded on 2 walls. When I was younger it was a self-encouragement thing (woman in engineering, and imposter syndrome used to hit a lot more often than it does now). If you don’t care, don’t bother - but if you do, no harm in being proud of it.

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MSB218@reddit

No; I have BA and master's diplomas in boxes somewhere; I know the BA is framed, but I think the other one is just rolled up. I have a tendency to not display stuff like that because I'm not in my 'forever home' (as my wife calls it), but we're planning to move in the next couple of years and I want to change that mindset; I've acquired a ton of nice things over the years (paintings, antiques, family photos, etc.) and I need to enjoy them more.

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