Matt SchillOne of the many questions on the minds of juniors here at Cabrini College is whether or not to buy a class ring. It’s a hard decision to make considering how high the price of these rings can be.
For the basic ring, you can shovel out $412 dollars for women and $481 for men. The price goes up with the quality and with the upgrades you may want to add to a ring to make it more personal. Women’s rings can get as expensive as $862 and men’s rings can get up to $935.
“I would get a ring because it would remind me of how proud I am of myself when I graduate. Price -wise it is absolutely too expensive. You can have a Tiffany’s ring for half the price of a school ring,” said Meredith Kroener, a junior psychology major.
Many students are getting class rings because it will symbolize the memories they will have from college. There are other students, though, who do not want to get a ring because there is no traditional value. It would just be a ring to them.
Joe Clark, a junior accounting major, said, “To me, it would symbolize the hard work and dedication I have put forth in my college life and career,” but he also understands why people don’t get the rings. Clark added that he would not be getting a ring if he had to pay for it himself. “My parents are going to pay for it,” and if Clark’s parents declined to cover the charge of the ring, he would probably decline the ring altogether.
There is a small debate that comes along with a college ring. What are you supposed to do with your high school ring? Most students still wear their high school class ring because it symbolizes four years of their life. A college ring would also symbolize four years of a schooling career,but so does a college ring mean more because it is higher education?
Kroener says, “A college ring would show that I achieved more than I did in high school. People will know that I graduated from college.”
When buying a Cabrini College class ring, you have many choices to make so the perfect ring will be on your finger. You have the choice between yellow or white gold, 10 karat, 14 karat or 18 karat gold, engravings, stone colors, diamonds or cubic zirconia.etc.
So if you are deciding whether or not to purchase a class ring, think about the meaning it would have to you and the memories it might embody. Would it just be another ring you would have or would it be a symbol of all the things you have accomplished in the four years spent at Cabrini College?
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