# Did you get a (college) class ring? Do you still wear it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879 "2012-02-15T02:01:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/21 "2012-02-15T17:28:15Z")
Nope. No interest in getting either a college or high school ring. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/22 "2012-02-15T17:55:44Z")
Nope; I wasn’t a big fan of the institution to begin with, really. My folks offered to buy me one, but I told them a watch would be better, hence the titanium Citizen on my wrist now in its 13th year of service. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/23 "2012-02-15T18:01:19Z")
I’ve got a brass rat too. I used to wear it every day, but once we started having kids and I found out how easy it is to get various substances into the details on the ring, I stopped. Hmm, now that they’re out of diapers, maybe I’ll dig it up… ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/24 "2012-02-15T18:17:02Z")
At the time, my mom worked for a jewelry company that made school rings, championship rings, etc. So her company made a custom college ring for me, which they used in a presentation to get my university’s account. I don’t think they got the account but I got to keep the ring. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/25 "2012-02-15T18:34:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I didn’t get one, didn’t want one, don’t miss having one. All I wanted from my university was my diploma which I have, somewhere. > > I did get a high school ring and I wore it till I got out of high school. I think it’s in my jewelry box… Ah, thanks for saving me some typing. Same for me. :o The class ring was a big deal at my (small, Catholic) high school, so I got one then. I’m pretty sure I have it, somewhere. By the time I was done with college, I suppose I associated it with teenage stuff. Then again, my college (UT - hook 'em!) didn’t make a big to-do about them either, so there _really_ didn’t seem to be any point. Besides, at that time in my life I was spending every spare cent I had on [del]booze and pot[/del] erm [del]hookers and blow[/del] uh, books and eyeglasses. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/26 "2012-02-15T19:11:53Z")
I got a college class ring. Rather than the traditional class ring (with the big cabochon jewel on top), I got a different design, with my school’s seal on it (it looked a lot like a signet ring). I had it for about 7 or 8 years, and lost it one day – I’d taken it off and put in my pocket for some reason, and later on, I discovered that the pocket was empty. My suspicion was that, earlier in the day, when I’d gone over to a currency exchange to get a renewal sticker for my wife’s license plates, I’d gone into that pocket to pull something out, and the ring got pulled out as well, and fell to the floor. I checked back at the currency exchange, but no one had turned in a ring (big surprise there). Still sad about that – it was a cool ring. A few years ago, I looked into having a replacement made by Jostens (the original manufacturer), but, as far as I could tell, that design was no longer made. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/27 "2012-02-15T19:14:26Z")
I got one and still wear it. Mine isn’t a traditional class ring with stuff carved all over it. It’s a plain ring with a plain stone that happens to be a traditional class ring for my alma mater. I doubt anyone who didn’t go to my college, or even many who did, have any clue that it’s a class ring. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/28 "2012-02-15T19:39:45Z")
I have a university ring. St. Francis Xavier University (Antigonish Nova Scotia) makes a REALLY big deal of the X-Ring. Big chunky gold thing, with a big black “X” in the middle of it. I wear it every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/29 "2012-02-15T20:16:14Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I’ve got a brass rat too. I used to wear it every day, but once we started having kids and I found out how easy it is to get various substances into the details on the ring, I stopped. > > Hmm, now that they’re out of diapers, maybe I’ll dig it up… Never had that problem with my brass rat. I do get dirt in it when in the garden, but it cleans right up. And I’m very glad that when I got mine gold was still $35 an ounce. Probably the best investment I ever made. My impression is that a far greater percentage of MIT grads wear brass rats than any other college. The responses to this thread seem to support this. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/30 "2012-02-15T20:33:54Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > My impression is that a far greater percentage of MIT grads wear brass rats than any other college. The responses to this thread seem to support this. Well, undergrads at least. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/31 "2012-02-15T20:37:46Z")
No, I have small hands and the rings look ridiculously oversized on me. I don’t wear rings in general anymore since I have to put them on and off constantly for working out, martial arts, tools and fixing things at home, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/32 "2012-02-15T20:54:58Z")
I did. I worked hard to get through college and was very proud of the achievement. I wore it for a much longer time than I did my high-school ring. But for me, there comes a time past which a man should wear a school ring, and so I gave it up a few years after getting it. I’m not sorry I bought it - and actually I like the style. I would wear something very much like it if I found one. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/33 "2012-02-16T00:16:14Z")
My wife got me my college ring, about 15 years after graduation. I’m of mixed feelings about it – it’s a bit embarrassing, as a piece of garish jewelry; but I’m proud of my alma mater and my association with it. I wear it to work, and on weekend formal events. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/34 "2012-02-16T01:39:07Z")
High school, yes: college, no. The high school ring was really special: it was my first expensive ring because I was the first person in my branch of the family to graduate high school. I wore it until I got engaged, and I can’t wear it on any other finger. The scary thing: my kids brought home paperwork for class rings. Junior High class rings. I said no. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/35 "2012-02-16T11:38:29Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > No, it seems kind of silly to me, and damn are those things huge and ugly. I’d be afraid people would think I’m trying to be a rapper. The women’s styles are smaller, thank goodness, but they’re still blinged out like crazy most of the time. I found a [simple one](http://www.jostens.com/rings/galleries/college-rings/alt_class_rings_lp_clg_gallery_womens_continental_ii_lg.jpg) that doesn’t scream “class ring” and put in a transparent stone so it wouldn’t look showy. I wore it every day for years, but for some reason I’d feel silly putting it back on now. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/36 "2012-02-16T16:12:15Z")
I put my high school ring on a necklace chain. I still have it. I loved my high school. Best place I ever went to. I don’t know if my college has class rings. I guess I’ll find out when I graduate (which, at my current rate of progress, is going to be in about ten years :D). ---
**Author:** ![BTEzra04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/37 "2012-02-16T17:17:37Z")
I have my high school one, but I really don’t see how the investment is worth it in college. I’ve got several friends who have them here, and our school is fairly well-known, but…eh, it’s hard to sell it on myself, after seeing how pointless the high school ring feels. I think I’d much rather put that sort of money towards grad school or getting out own my own. **Ann Ominous** –yeah, the whole “let’s give the little kids a middle school ring” is kinda freaky. I remember them trying to push it on us though. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/38 "2012-02-16T23:41:52Z")
I _almost_ bought one today for the University of Michigan when I was buying my cap and gown for graduation. It was $600!! So I passed. I did splurge on the frame for my degree though, as I always do. My brother is very protective of his MIT and Andover rings, even though he claims he loathes MIT. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/39 "2012-02-16T23:56:14Z")
I still like my college ring but developed some kind of allergy to it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879/40 "2012-02-17T00:15:37Z")
I had a college ring. Gave it to a gf. Never saw it again after we broke up. ☹ Never, Ever give a girl your class ring. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-college-class-ring-do-you-still-wear-it/612879.md?page=3)