# I graduated! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958 "2008-12-19T19:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/1 "2008-12-19T19:21:15Z")
In keeping with the theme of sharing momentous life events on this message board… School is done. Forever! And does it feel good! I’ve been ready for this for some time. New job, new city, all sorts of great stuff coming up. :D:cool::D:cool::D:cool: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/2 "2008-12-19T19:43:57Z")
Congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/3 "2008-12-19T19:50:47Z")
It’s a good feeling. How soon until you start working? ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/4 "2008-12-19T20:24:05Z")
Couple of months. I have a trip planned and then a couple weeks to find a place to live in my new town before the job starts. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/5 "2008-12-19T20:30:32Z")
Yes, I was going to say, enjoy the time off between graduation and starting work. I took a couple of trips to the beach and really lived it up until I decided to buckle down. Now, the weeks seem to just slip by as I rot away in my cubicle. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/6 "2008-12-19T21:50:46Z")
Make like a cylinder! ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/7 "2008-12-19T21:56:57Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Make like a cylinder! … and measure small volumes of liquid? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/8 "2008-12-19T22:24:26Z")
Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/9 "2008-12-19T23:11:43Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Make like a cylinder! And be part of a reciprocating engine? or > [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Make like a cylinder! And give a linear force through a linear stroke? ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/10 "2008-12-19T23:53:45Z")
Are you still taking actuarial exams, **iwakura**? How are those going? ---
**Author:** ![iwakura43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de0a6/32.png) [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/11 "2008-12-20T01:23:49Z")
I’m sitting for CAS course 5 this May. It’s getting weird: these upper level exams are so different from the other ones. Hope I figure out how to handle it in time. You? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/12 "2008-12-20T01:43:34Z")
Congratulations! Enjoy your victory! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/13 "2008-12-20T03:49:14Z")
> [@iwakura43](#): > > I’m sitting for CAS course 5 this May. It’s getting weird: these upper level exams are so different from the other ones. Hope I figure out how to handle it in time. You? I still need CAS 8. I failed it last May, so I had the fall sitting off and I’m starting to study again for next May. For my money, the CAS exams were better than the joint exams–more reading and less math. Plus 5, 6, 7, and parts of 9 are actually, like, job-related so you can see some benefit. (8 unfortunately isn’t). But yes, they’re very different and it’s an adjustment at first. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/14 "2008-12-20T03:57:02Z")
> [@The\_Controvert](#): > > Make like a cylinder! And represent your volume by V = **π** r²h! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-graduated/477958/15 "2008-12-20T04:43:57Z")
Well done! What was your actual degree? > [@iwakura43](#): > > It’s getting weird: these upper level exams are so different from the other ones. Hope I figure out how to handle it in time. I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Our actuarial exam results were released yesterday. We got nine passes from ten attempts in our office - an unheard of success rate. Needless to say, there wasn’t an awful lot of work done for the rest of the day. Lots of champagne got drunk though.