Mature students stories?

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I'm feeling a little isolated here and I'm just wondering if any mature students have some positive or negative stories to share about going back into education later on in life and how they coped with work and life responsibilities?

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Original post by Knowledgeseek40

I'm feeling a little isolated here and I'm just wondering if any mature students have some positive or negative stories to share about going back into education later on in life and how they coped with work and life responsibilities?

@Knowledgeseek40
Hi!

I waited 8 years before doing my Masters, I was about 33 when I signed up, waiting for my world to settle down a bit after a few rock n roll years. I signed up to Arden to do their MSc Psychology 100% online whilst I was teaching full time, I also moved house near the start of the course, and a little something called the pandemic happened about 8 months in.

I had a great time, I had the weight of experience of a years teacher training at that level so I had a feel for what post graduate study would be like. Took a while getting used to a different reference system (APA instead of Harvard classic) and I had a laptop that was as old as the dead sea scrolls, but the virtual learning environment was really easy to use especially in terms of accessing journals.

I think 90% of studying is confidence and a sense of direction, I am sure you will do great :smile:

Marc
Arden University Student Ambassador

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KazStudies

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Hi, I started my journey back in to education almost 2 years ago. I started off with GCSE maths and English language at aged 41 along with a lot of other mature students (some older than me), I thoroughly enjoyed that year of intensive learning and got a 5 (I was only on foundation paper so that’s as high as I could get) in maths and a 6 in English language. As I enjoyed it so much I signed up for the access to HE science diploma which I have just completed with 42 distinctions and 3 merits. I work part time as an early years practitioner and also have 3 kids two have autism and have high needs. my life is very busy but every spare moment I spent doing my assignments and studying it has all been worth it and I begin my journey doing a Bsc in biomedical science this September. Good luck in your journey

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Tw1x

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Original post by KazStudies

Hi, I started my journey back in to education almost 2 years ago. I started off with GCSE maths and English language at aged 41 along with a lot of other mature students (some older than me), I thoroughly enjoyed that year of intensive learning and got a 5 (I was only on foundation paper so that’s as high as I could get) in maths and a 6 in English language. As I enjoyed it so much I signed up for the access to HE science diploma which I have just completed with 42 distinctions and 3 merits. I work part time as an early years practitioner and also have 3 kids two have autism and have high needs. my life is very busy but every spare moment I spent doing my assignments and studying it has all been worth it and I begin my journey doing a Bsc in biomedical science this September. Good luck in your journey

Well done on your success you must be so proud of yourself! Just shows what you can achieve with such dedication
I'm starting an access course in September (for the 2nd time!) and hope I can hold your motivation!

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KazStudies

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Original post by Tw1x

Well done on your success you must be so proud of yourself! Just shows what you can achieve with such dedication
I'm starting an access course in September (for the 2nd time!) and hope I can hold your motivation!

Good luck with restarting your course. My only advice is to start assignments as soon as you get them and do a bit at a time, I used that tactic throughout the course and it made it less stressful. With the close book exams use the practice questions and do them over and over again until you get sick of them😂 (seriously it really worked for me).

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