[Mister Dead]

Hi there. I hope this is the appropriate place for this question - perhaps it should be this or 'mature students', so I apologise if a mod feels they have to move it.

My question is this:

I am a mature student undergrad (33 and about to start Yr2 Environmental Science). I did an access course to get onto my degree at Leeds. I'm way behind a lot of the youngsters when it comes to certain stuff such as maths (only had GCSE) and Geography (only had GCSE) and general stuff like Excel and so on that we didn't learn when I was at school.

The long and short of this is that i'm spending a lot of time - on top of just doing the coursework and exams - bringing myself up to speed on the stuff i'm way behind on. I'm keeping my head above water, passing everything and slowly catching up, but i'm worried that I haven't had time to really do any extra-curricular stuff around my subject.

Is this going to be really damaging for my postgrad prospects, or will my situation be taken into consideration when I look to apply?

[Cyco]

(Original post by Mister Dead)
Hi there. I hope this is the appropriate place for this question - perhaps it should be this or 'mature students', so I apologise if a mod feels they have to move it.

My question is this:

I am a mature student undergrad (33 and about to start Yr2 Environmental Science). I did an access course to get onto my degree at Leeds. I'm way behind a lot of the youngsters when it comes to certain stuff such as maths (only had GCSE) and Geography (only had GCSE) and general stuff like Excel and so on that we didn't learn when I was at school.

The long and short of this is that i'm spending a lot of time - on top of just doing the coursework and exams - bringing myself up to speed on the stuff i'm way behind on. I'm keeping my head above water, passing everything and slowly catching up, but i'm worried that I haven't had time to really do any extra-curricular stuff around my subject.

Is this going to be really damaging for my postgrad prospects, or will my situation be taken into consideration when I look to apply?

I don't think a lack of extracurricular activities for a PG application is as bad as it seems to be for UG students.
Undergraduate applications should show that the student isn't a recluse and is ready to not squander the new freedom that university brings. A PG applicant has already shown that they can cope with the wide world, and that they're well balanced.

Admittedly, if I was an admissions tutor, I would wonder why a mature student didn't seem to have many extracurriculars, but I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.

[Ghost6]

(Original post by Mister Dead)
Is this going to be really damaging for my postgrad prospects, or will my situation be taken into consideration when I look to apply?

Extracurricular activities don't matter in graduate admissions.

[Mister Dead]

thanks for the replies. has settled my mind.