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Is age a factor when going to Uni?

I am 35 and going to Uni this year and most people will be teens and maybe a little bit older ...

Age doesnt really bother me ...

Reply 1

cpj1987

15

Nah I don't think it matters.
I'm 19, one of my best friends here is a mature student though, 34 with two children. I don't see her as being any different.

Reply 2

LeedsLad

OP

Even more impressive for a parent to go to Uni

Reply 3

cpj1987

15

Yeah definitely. She takes her oldest son to classes and the younger one to a childminder; comes in and does her lectures etc, then leaves again. If we need to do groupwork she always finds the time for that...I know I couldn't even manage with one child but hers are 5 and 2 and she manages fine.

Reply 4

pharmgirl

12

Glad to read this. I was such an idiot this morning. I was reading the results threads and burst into tears because I am going in as a graduate at the age of 34 and have not experienced this kind of excitement this time, no one has said well done and everyone thinks I'm mad! I was going "boo hoo wish I'd done this when I was 18!"

Reply 5

cpj1987

15

Aww.
Well done pharmgirl! :biggrin:

I'm sure you'll have a great time.

Reply 6

pharmgirl

12

Aw thanks cpj1987! :biggrin:

Reply 7

LeedsLad

OP

I think it will bother younger people more than it will me to be honest ... I wouldnt have wanted to go when I was 18 as I was busy at war but I feel that I wont be as hard in your 30's as it is at 18 having to deal with moving and all that lot gets easier the older you are :smile:

Reply 8

ancientone

8

Age isn't a problem. In my year there were several of us who were mature students - and in some of our cases the word mature means mature. However it didn't stop us being fully involved in all aspects of the course, and having friends of all ages.

Reply 9

apotoftea

19

Doesn't matter in the slightest. I'm 20 and some of my closest friends are mature students.

Just get involved and no-one will treat you any different.

Reply 10

alisonlouise

4

pharmgirl

Glad to read this. I was such an idiot this morning. I was reading the results threads and burst into tears because I am going in as a graduate at the age of 34 and have not experienced this kind of excitement this time, no one has said well done and everyone thinks I'm mad! I was going "boo hoo wish I'd done this when I was 18!"

I say well done you! I think you are never to old or to young to learn. So what ur not 18. Gettin into Uni is a big deal and you deserve to be congratulation no matter what age you are.

The only advice I would give you is dont enter with the mentality 'Oh, Im older than everyone else'. Nobody will care. But if you make a big deal out of it, others mite pick up on it and in turn think that the age diff is a big deal when it really isnt.

Best of luck with your course

x

Reply 11

Kate.

15

My mom is 45 & going into her last year of uni :smile:

She loves it.

Reply 12

LittleMissVet

im the exact opposite. im 17 and probs will be younger than evy1 else (im not 18 till next yr). im worried this will hold me back cause everyone else will be out drinkin and goin to clubs, and i wont be able to :frown:

ive never cared about my age before, but now i wish i was just 6 months older

Reply 13

cpj1987

15

Aww don't worry too much LittleMissVet, one of my flatmates last year was 17. He's only just turned 18 now, a whole year after the start of uni, but he had no problems fitting in. There's plenty to do without going to clubs all the time!

Reply 14

LittleMissVet

i know i probs shouldnt worry so much :smile:

anyways i heard the union staff r leniant on freshers week anyway. is that true?

Reply 15

cpj1987

15

Hm, I'm not entirely sure. There'll be places you can get in but I don't think there's any leniency for Fresher's week, you just have to find the right places.

Reply 16

LittleMissVet

oh well. i was hopin that was true. but i didnt really beleive it. ill just keep tellin myself its only 6 months. im sure theres plenty more i can get up to

Reply 17

cpj1987

15

Hehe yeah. Just try out a lot of places when you get to uni, and see where you can get in and where you can't. There's bound to be some places that you can get in underage, so make the most of those. :smile:

Reply 18

9mm

12

My mum was around 50 when she went back to uni to finish off her PhD (this was a couple of years ago). I went there once, and a lot of the students were much younger than her, but she made some good friends there and it didn't really seem like there was much of a problem or anything. So no not really.

Reply 19

LeedsLad

OP

There is a bit more to Uni than drinking but I guess thats an Age/Peer Pressure thing

Is age a factor when going to Uni?

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