This was the same policy at Mass, what the big deal? You graduated early, congrats. You saved a semesters tuition and can start sailing before the union’s flooded with 100 new 3rd’s.
Kids don’t go to college so their parents can see them walk across a stage in a fake uniform. If they did, they can wait until the summer to do it. Plenty of short term gigs out there to make money in between.