Full Middle Name or Middle Name Initial on Diploma?

[ravenvii]

What's the consensus here? Should I put my full middle name on my diploma, or only the initial?

For the record, this is my third diploma (long story), and my most recent diploma has my initial. I don't remember what my first diploma had.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Nobody will mind, so it's up to you. I'd keep them all the same format if I was you.

 

[mobilehaathi]

It is personal preference, IMO.

I chose to write my full name each time.

 

[ucfgrad93]

On both my B.S. and my M.A. I just used my middle initial.

 

[GermanyChris]

Middle initial

 

[rdowns]

Does it matter? My diplomas are in the original envelopes they came on and have never been removed except for when they were first received.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Mine have my full name as it is written on school records. I don't recall having to tell them what I wanted.

 

[maflynn]

Middle Initial for me.

 

[MacDawg]

Having something fictitious like "Beauregard" put in there (unless your middle name actually IS Beauregard)
Then you will have a great story to tell later in life

Mine are all framed, but are in the closet in a bag
No idea what they have on them, so I wasted my opportunity for a great story

 

[mobilehaathi]

Having something fictitious like "Beauregard" put in there (unless your middle name actually IS Beauregard)
Then you will have a great story to tell later in life

Mine are all framed, but are in the closet in a bag
No idea what they have on them, so I wasted my opportunity for a great story

Sounds like a bad idea to print anything other than one's legal name on a diploma.

 

[MacDawg]

Sounds like a bad idea to print anything other than one's legal name on a diploma.

I see my awkward attempt at humor was somehow lost in translation
Perhaps the use of an appropriate smiley would have helped

 

[mobilehaathi]

I see my awkward attempt at humor was somehow lost in translation
Perhaps the use of an appropriate smiley would have helped

Hehe, indeed. I understand though, it happens to me often.

 

[Plutonius]

What's the consensus here? Should I put my full middle name on my diploma, or only the initial?

For the record, this is my third diploma (long story), and my most recent diploma has my initial. I don't remember what my first diploma had.

Congrats!!!

Unless you are displaying it on the wall, it probably doesn't matter except how you want it to read.

 

[Efrem]

If it's your third diploma, there's a good chance you're in a profession where it could be mounted on your office wall at some point. If that's the case, go by what you want visitors to your office to see.

 

[ravenvii]

I decided on middle initial because it's aesthetically better

Thanks guys!

 

[Tomorrow]

I'm pretty sure I went full name on all of mine, but I sign my name with my middle initial. Go figure.