What to Bring to Your College Graduation

After all the hard work that you've done while going to college all you want to do it is just get off the campus for good. Piles of homework, book after book of reading, and not-so pleasant professors can leave you running from a college campus with frizzed hair and tattered clothes. I am sure your brain is fried, too, after all the battles you conquered just to get to graduation day.

When you show up on graduation day, take a little more time to be prepared so you can actually enjoy the end of your college days. Otherwise, you may regret it.

When I graduated, I had so many things in my purse my girlfriend told me "You are prepared for anything." In my opinion, you have to be because you never know what is going to happen even at a college graduation. Now don't get me wrong. I don't think Ninjas are going suspend themselves from the ceiling. You don't have to be prepared for that sort of thing. I am just thinking in terms of comforts and desires.

For example, I am always hungry. And often, if I don't eat my blood sugar must dips a bit and I get anxious and irritable. Since a college graduation, whether it be a Master's, Bachelor's or Associates degree, can drag on for what seems like forever I felt like I needed to bring food. To combat the hunger war during the graduation ceremony, I brought small granola bars, gum, and hard candy. I brought enough to satisfy me during graduation and several of my friends.

Bottles of water are key too. Since college graduations take place mostly in the month of May, it's usually pretty hot. During my college graduation, we had the misfortune of being inside because of the threat of rain. This made the heat ten times worse. We were enclosed in a tight gym with no air conditioning, amongst hundreds of people, maybe thousands, and were wearing caps and gowns which do not breathe at all. Water was important to keep me from dehydrating and to keep me cool during graduation.