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Do people actually wear their college rings for any length of time?
Some college rings are worn forever, such as the Texas A&M ring, West Point, and a few others. Others just sit in a drawer. A lot depends on if the ring is a traditional style, such as the Aggie ring, recognized worldwide. Or if there's multiple designs, made by multiple companies with different styles. Then its just a ring, not a symbol of your education and school.
OP I do like your color combinations of pink! Just what would you be wearing---a college ring, or a "pink" ring?
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.
If you pair a dark pink or red stone with rose gold, you'll lose the rose gold hue. The red of the stone will overpower it, making the rose gold look yellow gold. I see a lot of rose gold set with smoky topaz, which sets off the rose of the rose gold.
My mom's wedding ring was tri-color -- kind of amazing for 1946. And unlike most tri-colors today it was blended. About 4MM it was a pierced design, like a checkerboard, where there was 2 piercings it was yellow gold, one piercing, rose gold, the whole way around. The milgrain edging was white gold. As beautiful as it was, if you didn't study it -- it looked yellow gold.
A lot depends on if the ring is a traditional style, such as the Aggie ring, recognized worldwide.
The only (non-military) people I know who wear their college ring attended the University of Southern California. And they are members of the Trojan cult who would not recognize, much less be impressed by, a Texas Aggie ring. Then there are the graduates of, say, Cambridge University who are not going to be saying, "Oh, my. You have a Texas Aggie ring. I'd recognize that anywhere!"
Sounds like Texas A&M is as much of a cult as USC.
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.
I don't know anyone who wears or owns a college ring.
In the 50s through 80s, people bought HS rings. I graduated in the 70s. I never wore it after HS.
My kids - 19 and 22 - did not buy HS rings. Neither did their friends.
I visit many colleges in my work. I don't see students wearing HS or college rings.
I would not buy one. Buy yourself a pretty ring that you love and will wear after you graduate.
The only (non-military) people I know who wear their college ring attended the University of Southern California. And they are members of the Trojan cult who would not recognize, much less be impressed by, a Texas Aggie ring. Then there are the graduates of, say, Cambridge University who are not going to be saying, "Oh, my. You have a Texas Aggie ring. I'd recognize that anywhere!"
Sounds like Texas A&M is as much of a cult as USC.
Go Bruins.
This^^^
This only people I have ever seen with a college ring are either in the military or graduates of West Point, Norwich University (a military college) or Virginia Military Institute.
I live in the East, if you split the US down the middle, so I have never seen the Texas A&M rings. I know a USC grad from 1980. No ring.
I don't know anyone who wears a college ring, and I wouldn't know an Aggie ring if I saw one. OP, it seems like most recent college grads are pretty broke. A class ring isn't something I'd be spending my money on.
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