Do you hang your diplomas? At the office? Home?

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The funniest thing I ever saw was a Texas (don't know which one) diploma - of course, HUGE - hanging almost in the entry way of a home. Never forgot that much of it, at least. Funny!

I've seen people with REALLY prestigious degrees not hang them, as the norm. Which seems to make the most sense. If one is that smart, may one be that humble. Well, I guess neither in D.C........

Pretty tacky to display your sub-par degree in the foyer. Tackier still to display your prejudice ("of course HUGE") on a public forum.

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Case in point. Southerner?

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We don't hang our MIT diplomas up. We got good grades, though, maybe we should.

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My husband had his hanging in his bat cave (aka, the basement rec-room). I have no idea where mine are and it never occurred to me to display them. I am also a lawyer.

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Anonymous wrote:

The funniest thing I ever saw was a Texas (don't know which one) diploma - of course, HUGE - hanging almost in the entry way of a home. Never forgot that much of it, at least. Funny!

I've seen people with REALLY prestigious degrees not hang them, as the norm. Which seems to make the most sense. If one is that smart, may one be that humble. Well, I guess neither in D.C........

Pretty tacky to display your sub-par degree in the foyer. Tackier still to display your prejudice ("of course HUGE") on a public forum.

PP, I think you're totally misreading the earlier PP. It's not prejudice to note that things from Texas are often HUGE. Texans pride themselves on this, from what I can tell (I have family there and have visited a lot). It wouldn't surprise me if Texan diplomas were extra big as sort of a semi-inside Texas joke. You know, "Texas-size"?

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Would we be having these conversations if we were in podunk USA? Maybe we'd all be interested in our prize winning farm animals instead, you think?

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I see a diploma double/triple matted in a huge frame in the entryway of someone's home or elsewhere conspicuous, it usually makes me think they're either insecure, or first generation college. And it's usually not a particularly spectacular college, in my experience. But whatever works for you.

I don't even have any idea where mine are. My husband (USNA) has his over his desk in his home office. His grad degree is a file folder. Guess that tells you which one is more important to him.....

What is USNA? And does a degree actually fit in a file folder -- all the ones I've seen were bigger than that.

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USNA-US Naval Academy

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Nope. We don't. I have my dissertation on a shelf.

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Just about every lawyer at my old firm had their diplomas hanging in their offices. The firm even used to give new associates money for office decoration that covered the cost of framing. I'm surprised that so many lawyers are saying they have not hung their diplomas. I never framed mine. I didn't go to Ivy schools so no one would be impressed and neither one was all that attractive. UVA has a nice poster/diploma.

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Doctors and lawyers, I can see. Clients come into their offices and their credentials are need to know. But I know people who went to the best schools who happen to not be a doctor or a lawyer, so they don't bother (hanging their diploma). They know who they are without being reminded, I suppose.

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Anonymous wrote:Like it or not, I do pass judgment on professionals based upon where they have gone to school. Law degree from Harvard is better than law degree from UDC. Not saying of course, that the Harvard grad is guaranteed to be a better lawyer in my particular case, but it does help to instill a sense of confidence.

My general experience, though, has been that degrees hanging up in professional offices serve most often as springboards for conversation. "Oh, you went to UVA? My daughter is considering UVA for college. What did you think of your time there?"

I would think that a degree displayed in one's living room to be kind of weird, but whatever...

I spent 15 years at a large law firm and not once did I have a client in my office. We always met in conference rooms. Though the firm's web site provided clients with our educational backgrounds.

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They know who they are without being reminded, I suppose.

Exactly! I've posted before in this thread about not hanging up diplomas. That's exactly what I'm thinking.

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Certain schools alum are "in your face" about it. Not the schools one would expect - but usually big sports schools. In which case, shouldn't it be trophies?

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I've hung my awards at the office, but not my diplomas. They are in the closet.