Locating:your university/college degrees

[MartianDestiny]

No way transcripts would be anywhere near $40 today.

Even when I send out official, watermarked, sealed, i's dotted and t's crossed transcripts it's no more than $8 US (normally $2 to $4). And yes, online copies are free, but they are not official. I expect the universities I attended could also get me a copy (official) of my diploma if need be as well (for a small fee of course).

I'd call up the university you are missing and see what they can do. You might be surprised.

[maryellen]

Gosh, this brings back memories. Back in 2003, I had to provide copies of my diplomas for my current job. Very bizarre. Odder still, they fussed about the fact that I couldn't locate my high school diploma (I have a BA and 3 graduate degrees). Bureaucrats gone wild. I was 45 at the time!!!!

[solobiker]

Come to think of it, I don't know where mine are either.

[TsPoet]

This is rather funny - after Irulan posted about the flylady website, I de-cluttered my master bedroom based on recommendations from that site - and found my diploma in the process. It's tattered and stained, but I found it.
Now, where did I put it?

[NoNo]

Mine's sitting in my parents house, still waiting to be fixed. Apparently they goofed on the paperwork and put the wrong second major (Geography with a GIS concentration instead of the proper GIS degree - important since I work in the GIS field). For six years I've been meaning to get it fixed, even have the paperwork to show that I'd added GIS as a major. Do I ever look at the diploma? No, but it bugs me that it's not right. I do know my school will let me reorder diplomas, wouldn't hurt to give your school a call to see if they do the same.

[Crankin]

My Master's degree diploma is sitting right on my desk, in the leather holder thing it came in. I think my B.A. diploma is in a cheap picture frame in the closet, in the same room.
Have no idea where my HS diploma is.
When I get my second master's that I am working on now, it will go on the wall of my office...

My son shoved his college diploma in the back of his car (a scary place) for like 2 years. When he finally gave it to me for framing, it had a mark on it. So, I framed it and put it up in his room, in our house, instead of giving it back to him, to lose in his apartment. Now, when anyone sees it, I tell them, "There is the 75K piece of paper..."

[tulip]

When I was job searching in Europe, I had to produce copies of my diplomas. Never have I been asked to prove my degrees in the US, however.

My BA diploma is in a flat box along with one of my Masters diplomas and a professional certification. My other Masters diploma came in a fake leather book, which is great because it's protected. I've never framed them, but I keep meaning to. When I finish out my cottage in the backyard as my office, I'll frame them and put them there. I think I would find it odd to have them hanging in my house, but appropriate in a separate office.