Hello! I am 41 and a hopeful to go back to school for a late postgrad. I'm very nervous about the whole thing from application through acceptance (hopefully) and through the course - but much more than that I'm really excited!
I already have an Honours Bachelor of Science (though with only average grades) from a Canadian University which I finished in 1995 and a Master of Library and Information Science (with an "A" average this time) from another Canadian University which was awarded in 2001.
I've been working as a librarian since 2001 (and in libraries as a paraprofessional since 1993) and am now the director of a community library in Canada. I'm Canadian and American (born Canada but one of my parents is from the States so I get both citizenships) and I've lived in both countries.
My great and very ambitious hope is to be accepted to the MPhil in innovation, strategy and organisation at Cambridge and then go on for the PhD (very ambitious - it's got around a 13% acceptance rate only!). Somewhat insanely, one of my biggest worries about the idea of moving to the UK for the course is trying to dream up a way to bring my two cats because alternately I'll have to find a family member to trust to take care of them!
Also very oddly, especially in this economy, I would be leaving a good and stable job to go back to school. Which I know is crazypants, I know, but it's fulfilling a dream.