Doxory?

photon has decided Getting a grad rat before prices go up June 30. Parents (bless their hearts) are paying for it.

Prices aren't going up too much. Waiting for the fall.

Asked 83 days ago

I picked something else

Just get a Celestrium one. Steel rats are pretty slick.

lakmiseiru
Unless you're planning on wearing the gold one often (job interviews, conferences, etc), I'd stick with the steel one. Despite having a gold one, I almost never wear it - it seems like they're more useful in the professional world than the academic one.
melike
The gold one is ugly imo. Not really, but I wear silver more often than gold, so the gold one would have looked out of place. I wear mine all the time, but the older alums seem to find that amusing.

Yoyo, Mark

Get two: Celestrium and Elysium---everyone seems to have a gold rat.

Ian
If you are going to wear it/them regularly. I have big-knuckle syndrome and hardly wear my one gold rat.
kevinr
Any brilliant advice would certainly be appreciated. Shameless advocacy is often good, too.

kyrandil

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tdebodt
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beppu
Any brilliant advice would certainly be appreciated. Shameless advocacy is often good, too.

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