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Graduates at Wellesley College race wooden hoops.
- Graduations are the stuff of tradition, but sometimes those traditions are truly bizarre.
- Some schools race wooden hoops, some throw watches off rooftops, and some distribute the wrong diplomas.
- They may be ridiculous, but those traditions are what make some schools treasured institutions.
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For those graduating from university this year, it's going to be hard to say goodbye to their alma mater.
Thankfully, graduation ceremonies exist as both a formality for their parents to take pictures of, and as an opportunity for the new grads to conclude years of hard work and hard partying by throwing their caps in the air.
But not all grads throw their caps in the air. Some colleges have stranger traditions - Smith College distributes diplomas unlike any other school, Yale University has a lucky toe, and Wellesley College rolls wooden hoops downhill.
Here are some of the strangest and silliest graduation traditions in American universities.