I'm starting uni this September at 33 and have decided to live in halls for the first year just to make it nice and simple and to ensure there's plenty of opportunities to meet people and hopefully a better chance of finding people I gel with. My uni accommodation doesn't separate mature students from younger students so there's a good chance I'll end up in a flat with a load of 18/19 year olds. I hope that wouldn't be a big issue socially as generally I find most people more my age a bit boring and have quite a few friends in their early 20's. Just depends if they will mind someone my age being involved in most of what they are doing rather than ending up being pretty isolated.
I like to drink, I like to fave fun, I like going out (just maybe not every night of the week anymore!) and I'm pretty tolerant of the issues that come with sharing a flat with younger people i.e. mess/noise. But everyone say's I'm crazy to be going into halls and will regret it. I want to be living with people who know how to enjoy themselves rather than being around people who want a quiet night in every night of the week!
Any mature students had any experience of what it's really like to live with younger students or what it's like from a younger student's perspective living with an older student? I don't want to end up regretting it and being a nagging parent but at the same time I don't want to be living in a boring flat with no social life.