What did you do with your college diplomas?

Just graduated in Dec and received an email from school notifying me that my diploma is in the mail.

Not particularly excited for it because it's just a piece of paper, but it's something I worked hard for over the past four years so I've been wondering what to do with it besides using its copy to apply for jobs or grad school.

What did you guys do with your diplomas?

Framed it? Stored in a vault? Scanned it? Threw it away?

Also, is it required to bring the original copy to job interviews?

Thanks!

Congratulations on graduating and good luck in your job search...

Years ago the diploma may have served as a document of credentials, but nowadays it’s really just a symbolic sheep-skin. That doesn’t mean it lacks any kind of personal value – and the bottom line is that that’s an expensive piece of paper.

Your school will have all your academic information entered into a data base so you don’t need to bring either the original or a copy of your diploma with you on interviews.

I had my degrees shrink-wrapped and they’re stuffed into a cardboard box somewhere in the garage.

My father got his BS from M.I.T. , MBA from Harvard, and PhD from Stanford and I asked him why he didn’t frame and display degrees awarded from such prestigious schools… his reply, ”I know what I know, and I know where I went to school.”

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My dad's the same way. PhD from Chicago and I've never even seen the thing.

FWIW I'm a freshman in college and when I graduate I want to frame mine. It's not even that I'm particularly proud of where I go, I just figure if I'm paying this much money to get the thing, I might as well make it look nice.

BS in bioengineering from UCSD. mines in a box in the attic.

BA in Political Science with a Minor in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Mine is just sitting in the case they gave us at graduation when we walked across the stage, I don't really feel like displaying it as I don't really feel I deserve it :P It's not that I didn't work hard for it, I just didn't feel like I worked hard enough , and some of my professors would probably agree :P

I got an associates degree in Information Technology and never even went and picked it up like I was suppose to.  I am working towards a BS in Computer Software Engineering now and will probably get that one framed :)

I have mine in Social Science with emphasis in US History, Political Science, and Sociology... it's hanging on my bedroom wall along with my AA (in political science).

I have mine in a nice frame.  I worked hard to obtain that degree, so I proudly display it.   If you won the U.S. Open, would you just keep the trophy in a box in the basement?

Both of mine (B.S. & M.S) are in a box on a shelf in a closet.

I'm a college professor, and in the Midwest most of us put our diplomas up on the wall in our office. I have 2 undergrad, an MBA and a PhD in management.  Students, co-workers and visitors can "see where I've been," and it starts some nice conversations:

"Do you know Mary Smith at State U?"

At least get it framed and hang it up at home - do it for mom and dad. Depending on where you go to work, it might be company decor to "hang your sheepskin" on the wall. And, don't be afraid to spend a little money to get it mounted in a nice frame. You'll be glad later on.

Bachelor's and Master's in engineering plus an MBA.   And I actually have no idea where my diplomas are.   Or even if I still have them.

What's a diploma?

Mine is a BS in business management from Chicago State. Its hanging on my trophy wall in my home office just below my Discharge papers and near my Arcom, and the various business awards gathered over the years.  It is a testament to the accomplishment of a goal, the others while not all goals still signify the acknowledgement of various skills and performance levels. They say something about me. To me they say somebody noticed.

I had it put away, but recently reorganized my office.  I decided to finally put it up on the wall and display it proudly!  Don't discount the hard work, no matter if it was community college, state college, MIT, Harvard or Yale - it's your diploma and you earned it.  Now if it's a 'certificate of completion' or an inclusion in some bogus 'national honor society' - that's another story.

BS Mechanical Engineering - USC....never used it...took 9 yrs to pay off, havent seen it for yrs either.....in a box somewhere in the garage I guess

9 years!

I am wondering if I can ever pay off my USC tuition... haha

Mine is in BS...but i am hoping both of my children will earn a real BS of some kind.