https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:45:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688968 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:08:59 +0000 mrsjyw 1688968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember....:/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688963 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:06:00 +0000 autumnlove 1688963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can't remember about high school but I borrowed my friend's gown for college....her ceremony was the day before mine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688957 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:03:27 +0000 keiki_mama 1688957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For college no... I want to say yes for high school? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688702 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:31:27 +0000 Happygal 1688702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I remember b/c my nephews and nieces put on our high school robes for dress up, and I remember the stress of having to return our robes on college graduation day by a certain time or else! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688667 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 10:19:28 +0000 pmerr 1688667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember about HS- but I still have mine, so they were either given to us, or bought. I'm sure we had to pay. That was 2006. In college I had to buy mine. I bought my undergrad in 2010, and in 2013 for my masters, I just borrowed my BIL's since it was just a plain black robe, and my DH's hat from HS since his was black, and I bought a tassel and sash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688577 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:45:57 +0000 Charm54 1688577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had 4 graduations , and never had a cap . I was always given the gown for free (for the day) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688558 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:42:10 +0000 LAZB 1688558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to buy mine for HS, college, and grad school. What a waste! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688549 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:41:04 +0000 sunny 1688549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IIRC, we didn't have them for high school. For university they were rented. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688548 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:40:43 +0000 bunnylove08 1688548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we had to buy ours for high school and for college and grad school it was rented and it was a pretty steep price of $65. </p> <p>They didn't know if you returned it or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688536 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:38:39 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1688536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to pay a rental fee, but it was something minimal like $30. We kept the hat/tassel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688521 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:36:10 +0000 Ra 1688521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought mine for high school and college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688502 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:32:42 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1688502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish they provided them, but no, we had to buy them. They were expensive, especially DH's master's robes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688500 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:32:07 +0000 snowjewelz 1688500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How do you guys remember?! I have no clue for both HS &amp; college! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688472 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:26:53 +0000 pui 1688472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, they were provided by the school. They were dusty old things that the school reused every year lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688438 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:20:54 +0000 kjpugs 1688438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly don't remember! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688385 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:09:22 +0000 bushelandapeck 1688385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to buy ours for HS and college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688383 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 09:08:27 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1688383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Purchased. Such a waste of money. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688318 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:52:06 +0000 Smurfette 1688318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had rent HS and we bought college </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688301 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:48:27 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1688301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought mine for high school and college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688292 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:45:27 +0000 looch 1688292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, in highschool, but I don't remember for college. In either event, they were the flimsy material that would practically combust! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688287 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:44:17 +0000 Happygal 1688287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think in high school we purchased everything, and I wore a white dress (public school).</p> <p>College we rented. @Nana87: I didn't purchase my robes for my PhD for that reason! But if you're going into academia, I guess you just have to suck it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688281 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:42:14 +0000 nana87 1688281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No dress code/robes at my hs. If I remember right, my college gave us our grad robes. I just found out that for my phd program, it costs almost $900 to buy the whole outfit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688251 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:32:45 +0000 swurlygurl 1688251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to buy ours, and could wear whatever we wanted underneath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688245 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:31:47 +0000 Caly 1688245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rent them?! We bought ours &amp; had to wear white dresses underneath. This was the late 90's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688244 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:31:42 +0000 MamaMoose 1688244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: yes, I went to a boarding school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688243 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:31:36 +0000 mediagirl 1688243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think my parents paid for them. </p> <p>We had a "dress code" for graduation, too. My high school was public. Girls had to wear white dresses to go under their white gowns. Guys had to wear khaki pants and white shirts. I think the guys wore black gowns. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688232 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:29:15 +0000 Mamaof2 1688232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: did you go to a private HS? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688229 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:28:18 +0000 MamaMoose 1688229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For college we rented them. I'm pretty sure the credit card on file just got charged a purchase price if you didn't return it.</p> <p>For high school the girls wore white dresses and the guys wore khakis and blue blazers so we had to buy our clothes for graduation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-to-pay-for-your-cap-and-gown#post-1688216 Mon, 09 Jun 2014 08:24:18 +0000 Mamaof2 1688216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boss told me that they rented them - and until you handed it back in you didn't get your diploma!</p> <p>I graduated in 1993 and had to buy mine! </p>