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I currently have a high school ring in 10K yellow gold and a (simulated) ruby. I am thinking of eventually thinking of trading it in for a college ring.
I am possibly thinking of getting my college ring in rose gold (known by Herff Jones as "Crimson Gold") with a pink sapphire. While everyone should know by now I love the color pink, I wonder if that might be a little too much pink. If I could keep one of the pink items, should I keep the rose gold, or should I keep the pink sapphire? I would at least like part of my ring to be pink. My current ruby does have a hint of pink in its hue (unlike the darker hue of garnet), so perhaps a ruby paired with rose gold would be pink enough.
Last edited by Pink Jazz; 03-30-2016 at 09:36 PM..
Herff Jones made my HS class ring (white gold with simulated emerald), and I was dissatisfied with the quality. My college contracted with Jostens for our rings, and I skipped it. There was one design, you did not select custom details, and they were yellow gold and onyx (black and gold were the school colors), and I don't wear yellow gold.
If you can design your own ring, get whatever appeals to you.
Unless you're in a military academy, I would pass on the ring. You're not going to wear it for any length of time, and it will do nothing but sit in a drawer.
Do people actually wear their college rings for any length of time?
At my alma mater, virtually everyone, gets (and wears) the ring. This is at a state university with a huge student body, not a military academy, although it used to be all male and all military until the early 1960s, and that's probably why the ring is such an important symbol. The ring design is uniform and the only real option for personalization is the finish you select. The women's ring is slightly smaller, but it's still the same design. It's not at all unusual to see a graduate who has worn their ring so long that it's worn almost completely smooth. When people lose their rings or they are stolen, they will often check with the University to see if they have been returned (which they often are), and if not, usually order another one (that just happened to me).
But, I would think that what I describe above is pretty unusual, and yes, it seems most class rings end up sitting in drawers.
Last edited by Texas Ag 93; 03-31-2016 at 12:12 PM..
Do people actually wear their college rings for any length of time?
In my experience, women don't. But perhaps that has changed?
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