They charge you for the graduation ceremony??? YIKES...We did have to pay for our cap and gown, but that was it.

yep! the uni has this massive graduation ceremony at this 50,000 football stadium and students are charged for attending. it would be nice particulary for my parents but honestly i just want my piece of paper.

Wow, we got free tix for our family members and all. That's crazy. Do you have to pay for uni, too, or is that free?

they have these government loans which you pay back when your income reaches a certain level, so you end up paying about 50% of the costs of your course (rest by taxpayers). there is a VERY lucrative market here of attracting international (mostly south-east asians) to our universities and they are all all charged full-fees, about 20,000 dollars a year. i agree its crazy......

Matt, those pics are great!! Wow, times have changed since I graduated H.S. Our senoir pics WERE our graduation pics. They took various pics at different times during the school year and those were the candid shots they used in the yearbook, but we never had a photographer taking shots other than the cap/gown/dress shots.

You look awesome!