But to younger graduates, the appointment was no big deal.
The young graduates who had many working years ahead of them were therefore able to pay more.
Almost all of the drawings were made by young, recent graduates.
Looking back on it, Columbia's successful young graduates say that getting through the school was very much like making an independent film.
I believe any young graduate would get an awful lot of value from working with people on the shop floor.
At the age of 18 he became the college's youngest graduate.
A young "graduate" stands in a doorway ready to take on the world.
Now 16 years old, he is the university's youngest graduate ever, having received a degree in computer science earlier this month.
He went on to become the college's youngest graduate ever at age 15.
I would certainly be less likely to want to begin a career in schools now if I was a young graduate.