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TIL Brown University has incredibly pretentious degree certificates. Are other American universities like that too?
by orthoxerox 6y ago
TIL Brown University has incredibly pretentious degree certificates. Are other American universities like that too?
- iends 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoI don't know of any others that are quite that bad, but most are pretty flowery. I'm still waiting to get the "rights and privileges" my university promised come with the degree.
- jkaplowitz 6y agoBenefits based on having the degree in immigration point systems is a nice example of such a privilege. So is having that university's name on your resume, in cases like Brown where it's a famous name.
- HeavenFox 6y agoHarvard and Princeton still have a student deliver speech in Latin in commencement. Anecdotally, since most graduates have no clue what they are saying, someone would hold a sign telling them when to laugh and when to applaud.