Locating:your university/college degrees

**shootingstar** · 08-13-2009, 03:18 PM

%$#^$%^@^%%^@R#%^@ An organization is asking for my original university degrees. All of them. I have 2.

Now I have to locate them.

No I've never framed/hung them on wall.

I graduated from university.... over 1/4 century ago.

Sigh. Don't underestimate those pieces of paper. Yes, I have my transcripts, but really.. the rare imposters, spoil it for all of us honest folks.

**redrhodie** · 08-13-2009, 03:59 PM

I'm so sorry! I can relate. I think I looked at mine once right when I got it. Finding it would be stressful. Lucky for me, no one will ever ask me to see my BFA!

**tulip** · 08-13-2009, 04:04 PM

Can't you just get transcripts and other paperwork from your university?

**redrhodie** · 08-13-2009, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by tulip

Can't you just get transcripts and other paperwork from your university?

They want to see her diploma! Weird. I think that would be easier to forge than the transcripts.

**divingbiker** · 08-13-2009, 04:27 PM

All three of mine are in my cedar chest, never to be looked at again most likely.

**shootingstar** · 08-13-2009, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by redrhodie

They want to see her diploma! Weird. I think that would be easier to forge than the transcripts.

I would agree. I will be taking a stab at this..before going transcript route as a last resort. I saw my degrees before I did my massive home packing when I moved to Vancouver from Ontario.

For this organization, it is a matter of procedure..they are used to doing this. Their organization is full of employees and also deals with their stakeholder clients who are registered/certified professionals themselves.

Anyway, so far I've located my sundresses that I sewed from eons ago which I can still fit from...27 yrs. ago.

Still looking for the hiding spot.

Aiyaaaah, even having alot of job experience directly related to my degree, with job titles, that do point to my degree, is not enough....?

**7rider** · 08-13-2009, 04:39 PM

I have no idea where mine is.
I don't even know what state it's in.
It could be in Maryland.
I suspect it's in Connecticut at the old family home.

**nolemom** · 08-13-2009, 05:07 PM

The transcript route is very easy now that most universities can send them electronically. My institution doesn't even charge a fee if they can be sent electronically. Good luck with the search. I hope you aren't like me and spend way to much time going down memory lane when you are looking for something.

**shootingstar** · 08-13-2009, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by nolemom

The transcript route is very easy now that most universities can send them electronically. My institution doesn't even charge a fee if they can be sent electronically. Good luck with the search. I hope you aren't like me and spend way to much time going down memory lane when you are looking for something.

I paid $40.00CAN and that was pricing at 1/4 century ago for 2 original copies of my transcript each with a watermark for authentication purposes.

I would not expect the university to give me a free electronic one.

Well, it's not really memory lane so far. But have now unearthed 8 brand-new bras I squirrelled away in the big packing. Still can fit them. To me, that's saving some $$$$ for something unrelated to all this.

**MartianDestiny** · 08-13-2009, 05:36 PM

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** · 08-13-2009, 07:02 PM

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** · 08-13-2009, 07:07 PM

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

**TsPoet** · 08-13-2009, 09:00 PM

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** · 08-14-2009, 04:11 AM

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** · 08-14-2009, 04:22 AM

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..."

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