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Just curious if any suggestions for a Collage graduation present for my 22 year old Daughter?
In grade school she struggled and when I finally put my ego on the side and got her help it was all good from there.
She will graduate with honors without any drama from Ferris State U in MI with a degree in Marketing and has signed with Hersheys
I want to do something that will be special, to fit her doesnt need to be over the top but...
I really dont know what to do,but someone here will
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Can't help with the gift, but congrats!
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I think a "JOB" would be the best graduation present.
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I think a "JOB" would be the best graduation present. I agree The big guy asked budget (Thanks for reading my post) I really dont know Honestly if I could think of something really special I would do my best to make it happen For here 16th Birthday we both got Taurus 22 revolvers I wanted a revolver and a 617 seemed a bit much at the time for her 21st we both got Ruger Pac Lites I thought of a Colt 1911 (someday she will get a few anyway) but I also thought maybe something more practical Not really sure Honestly she has been such a good kid if I can do it I will
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Since she already has a job promised, maybe the first couple of months rent on her apartment, help her get on her feet.
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A nice set of engraved pens?
Frame her diploma (expensive)
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Hmmm. Help her open up an IRA and make the first deposit as her gift. That would be a helluva next step on the right path for a recent college grad savvy enough to already have a job lined up.
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I swear I was chomping at the bit, thinking "No, not a gun!" and couldn't wait to finish reading to the end, and...Rick beat me to it!  An investment that she can watch grow and be encouraged to continually add to.
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My daughter graduated last year, and I had promised to buy her a new car AFTER Graduation and getting a job, which she did. So I made good on my promise. I also started a Roth IRA for her, and she is already contributing to it on her own. Since a lot of companies don't have IRA's for their employees, that would be a perfect gift.
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Hmmm. Help her open up an IRA and make the first deposit as her gift. That would be a helluva next step on the right path for a recent college grad savvy enough to already have a job lined up.
This along with something material (small) just as a reminder.
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I would buy a marlin 1894 in 357 and a matching pistol in a ruger.
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Hmmm. Help her open up an IRA and make the first deposit as her gift. That would be a helluva next step on the right path for a recent college grad savvy enough to already have a job lined up.
+1. That's a great suggestion. I'd start with a deceptively wrapped Hershey candy bar. 
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This is a tough one without knowing her personality. My first thought was to take her on a trip to someplace exotic she wouldn't pay to see herself. Artsy fartsy = the Louve? Castles in Scotland? Rome?
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Hmmm. Help her open up an IRA and make the first deposit as her gift. That would be a helluva next step on the right path for a recent college grad savvy enough to already have a job lined up.
+1. That's a great suggestion. I'd start with a deceptively wrapped Hershey candy bar. X2. Teach her to invest wisely and she'll buy you a gun 
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I think a "JOB" would be the best graduation present. One of the nicest graduation presents there is.
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Hmmm. Help her open up an IRA and make the first deposit as her gift. That would be a helluva next step on the right path for a recent college grad savvy enough to already have a job lined up.
This and the rent thing sound good too.
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If she has the auto, if she has the apt. money, the business attire then a brand new bible would be good, along with the
"Roth IRA".
Hersheys is a good strong company to work for.
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Call the bookstore and see if they have a framing service for their degrees. They usually offer an archive quality frame / plaque with a campus landmark above or below the degree itself. You can also have any certificates she has for honorary organizations matted and framed at a framing store. If she is in Beta Gamma Sigma that would be the really big one to do; only the top 10% or so of business students get in. Also...as the parent of a fairly successful young lady...you can't go wrong with simple diamond stud earrings of any size. They will always be the ones 'daddy gave me when I graduated...' She'll show up wearing them on various occasions and that will be something special for the two of you. If you want, you could give them to her graduation morning and she might be able to wear them when she walks.
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