I'm 25 years old and starting college the end of August. I was told I have to take a freshmen seminar in order to graduate.

bothra · 1 month

As someone who is 38 and currently registered for precalc and econ 101, I know what you mean, but GTFO my lawn!

darthjochen · 1 month

At 25, you'll be the oldest "young" person and your class, and the youngest "old" person.

Source: 25 year old college junior.

chaoticgeek · 1 month

Get used to having to take stupid classes. I was in computer programming degree program my school offered and I was required to take a class where the first chapter in the book was actually how to turn on a desktop computer and monitor. Then a course about MS Office with a bunch of business and nursing majors.

foreskin_piss_bomb · 1 month

I'm 40. I have to be sure I don't schedule classes where I might run into my daughter.

Take advantage of the idiot freshman.

zeug666 · 1 month

There was a guy in his late-20's/early-30's in my orientation - he was a carpenter and the opportunity to go to school came up, so he took it. I am sure the booze thing came up, but he made quite a bit of money building custom lofts and furniture for the dorm rooms.

MSUspartan15 · 1 month

good way to meet chicks.

migzors · 1 month

Those in their late twenties, early thirties, forties, fifties it does not matter when you go to college, as long as you GO.

I'm 28 years old. I graduated high school in 2002. During my freshman year I slacked off and ended up failing and had all of my friends graduate without me even though I went to summer school constantly to try and catch up. I was depressed about it, I tried extremely hard to get back on track but it was not enough. However, I made the best group of friends I could ever ask for by failing my freshman year, a group of friends I still have to this day. I looked at the bright side of things and everything was better.

When I graduated, I didn't really move forward in my life, I just stood still working 9 to 5's that I hated. I never had a strong college presence in my life growing up, no one during my time graduated or attended college. Fear kept me away from doing what I wanted to do. It wasn't until I ended up serving at a restaurant that reality slapped me in the face. Here I am, waiting tables with no structure or degree ..just working day after day, barely able to support myself. So I visited my local community college, got financial aid and am in my first semester of college. Still taking summer school classes just like I did in high school, 3 all together.. but I'm loving every minute of it. Being older made me realize that there's more to life than just doing something you don't love to live, you can do what you love and live happier!

It's just something that hits you, and it can happen to anyone, anytime, any where in your life.

DankasaurusRX · 1 month

Try and Test out
Save a ton of money and take it at community college. Most of your classes that are under 300 level will transfer from community college no problem.

mikeah3 · 1 month

Forty-three here, and my second degree. I had to take one as well. At first, I would look around and think, "OMG, these girls are my daughter's age. Ughhh." By the end of the semester, I was thinking, "Wow. They look really firm."

AnotherDouchebag · 1 month

I went back to college at 24. I'm 27 now, employed right out of college in IT, making more money than I can reasonably spend. You're making the right choice. Good for you.

On the social side, I made a ton of friends that I still see regularly. Some of my real good friends that I met there call me "Dad" because of the age difference.

DoomChaver · 1 month

Hey, I went back to school when I was 24 and graduated last fall (at 27). A couple pieces of advice from a fellow older student:

-When you're in classes with a lot of first-years, remember that they are 18. At that age they're idiots in a lot of ways, so was I and so were you. But don't let that bar you from leveraging the knowledge you've gained from the past 7 years of your life, you probably do know more than they do on certain subjects.

-Join one (or a few) really interesting clubs that you know can translate into the professional world, like Model UN or the school paper or something where you can show produced work on a resume. You probably have a job as well as going to school, so don't shotgun, focus on a few extracurricular areas that you can really rock.

-The age thing is going to feel weirder the closer you get to graduation, because by then you'll by 28 or 29 and the incoming first-years will still be 18. Don't go too "Get off my lawn."

-You should know that if you don't work for your degree, your degree doesn't work for you. Don't lose sight of that. Kick ass, participate and network, get good grades, and build a relationship with professors (invaluable resources for writing recommendations or for help job-searching down the road).

grinerizer · 1 month

I was that age when I started college. I hadn't given a speech in 7 years, and on the last day of "student success" I found myself shaking and sweating profusely in front of 15, 18 year olds. It was terrible. Luckily, I was closer in age to my professors, and connecting with them was very easy, which made life easier.

edit: accidentally a word

OneSilentE · 1 month

T-T-T-T-TODAY JUNIOR!

youhavetobekiddingme · 1 month

I'm 22 and just starting soon, but I look 16 so maybe they'll just assume I'm the youngest

babsasf · 1 month

Oh man I haven't put that much thought into this scenario. But this just made me realize what I'll be in for when I start my first year of college ever next month. I'm 34.

hntd · 1 month

Odd thing, I was 22 when I started my PhD and I was in all classes to begin with 35 something people who had kids and were married and stuff. They basically treated me like a child, so an interesting twist on things considering 4 months before, undergrad friends were calling me grandpa, lol.

NeutralAngel · 1 month

When my dad retired from the police department after 20 years, he went back to school to get his bachelor's degree in CCJ, and they told him he had to do a semester-long practicum in a law enforcement related position to get experience.

crackerasscracker · 1 month

isn't "taking a bunch of stupid classes" the definition of "going to college"?

thetallestnebraskan · 1 month

A lot of people in my freshman classes were 25 and up due to being in the military, and those guys always sat in the front of every class and paid attention. Made me feel like an asshole for playing brickbreaker in the back row.

TeCuervo · 1 month

I'm 40 and going back to school.

Gongarr · 1 month

my mom is in her 40's and is finishing her last round of classes before her bachelor's. she in just now taking freshmen orientation class, due to them telling her she didn't have to, then changing their minds.

Tessai · 1 month

I went back at 25, it was hard. I'm a SAP anyways, but being around 18 year olds made me feel a little out of place. It ended up being an amazing experience, once I got beyond it and met people.

doctorbusch · 1 month

if you are just starting college, then aren't you also a freshman...?

cosalich · 1 month

25 here too, only it's a Business degree and I have several years of experience as a manager and analyst... just need the piece of paper to remove a roadblock. Not really looking forward to the 17 year old know-it-alls.

UnknownArchive · 1 month

I'm 32 years old, and this is how I feel about 25 year olds complaining

andrewsmith1986 · 1 month

Bang some fellow students.

Big_Oil · 1 month

Yea I had to take Freshman Orientation when got back from desert storm (USMC) at age 25. I went once and said fuck it. I failed that class because I forgot to withdraw.

Cylinsier · 1 month

There is always at least one dumbass class you have to take to get a degree. Sometimes there are two; this one and the "capstone" class that you take at the end of your program which is supposed to...I don't know what it's supposed to do. Drive the point home that this shit shouldn't cost as much as it does?

DownvoteTsunami · 1 month

I knew plenty of mid-20s guys during undergrad. They really didn't stand out as badly as you might think.

laschupacabras · 1 month

Congrats on your decision to go back to school, I hope it goes well. I'm 27 and just graduated with my BS in business, and I felt old a lot when I was in a class with 18 year-olds.

lidleolme · 1 month

good on you for starting. :-)

Staffonly · 1 month

I feel like freshman seminars are created to remedy the lack of perspective that a 19 year old kid has because of their limited life experience. They should be optional for someone your age.

UnexpectedSchism · 1 month

First, you are not that old. Second so what? You are doing college for the first time.

I hope you are living in the dorm. You can supply everyone with liquor.

angstycoder · 1 month

I started college at 17 after high school, dropped out, started down a different path at another college, realized I never really had a teenage-years-childhood experience, and went kinda nuts for a while. I started going back to take classes I wanted and get back into the school groove in my mid twenties. Can totally relate. Through so many pre-reqs I just felt like I imagine the picture portrays.

pasmeme · 1 month

I already feel outside of my peer group and I'm only 21.

snoringbeauty · 1 month

hahahaha me too. I went to a mandatory orientation and several freshmen events... I ended up yelling at a kid for throwing his trash on the ground

Grendel420 · 1 month

Purchase their beer, in exchange for weed. That's what I did. It was pretty sweet.

retepeter · 1 month

You might just learn something. My advice is to go in to it with an open mind, even if you think it is beneath you. Adam Sandler needed to go through all the grades too....

muppethead · 1 month

Use it to your advantage. Being slightly older, you can befriend the professor/TA because they're more likely to give you that little bit more of respect, since you're not a noob. Also, bang your TA. Why not?

NovaProspect · 1 month

Eh, I'm 22 and took some intro courses to boost my GPA, and I'd say a good number of students in there were my age or older. Things are changing. Besides, 25 is still pretty young and most people probably won't even notice your age.

combustion_assaulter · 1 month

reminded me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnlv1wd13fY

K-Rex-TW · 1 month

36 here with a college degree already. Getting a second one and the school made me take something along those lines, study practices? Hell, I can't remember.

They were so serious about it that when I wanted to drop the class before it even began, so I could take it at a later time, I had to see a counselor one on one.

chadwickipedia · 1 month

I took Psycology 101 my senior year in order to graduate...that's exactly how I felt

wjg10 · 1 month

My buddy is 33, been a PI for like 6 years. He's starting undergrad as a freshmen this fall. I can't wait what he thinks of Civics and the discussion coming from 18 year olds.

DrSamkick · 1 month

I now that feel bro. 23 and in the exact same situation.

Klusio · 1 month

If it makes you feel any better, after two years of community college, I had to take the freshman orientation class, where I had to learn how to buy books and how important it was to attend classes, in order to be allowed to register. Cut to two years later when I transferred to a sister university, where I had to take the same orientation class to register for classes...again.

[deleted] · 1 month

dude, I was 35 when I graduated, you have it good.

omgpanic · 1 month

This is how I feel on reddit.

SalvyboiX92 · 1 month

20 and gonna be a dad... No idea what i want to study and probably wont go to school till later on... Am i Fucked? I need advice for a career :\

Bruce_Leroy · 1 month

I'm 26 and still have nightmares that I didn't actually finish highschool and have to go back to take geometry. The horror. The horror.

coogie · 1 month

So? You're still a freshman. You still don't know where the cafeteria is, what the parking situation is, how to contact security, how to get your ID card, how to get your school email, etc.

Soldier-Cynic · 1 month

Hah, this is exactly how I felt being told I needed an intro to computing course in 2004 to finish my BA. I've been using computers since the Commodore Vic-20 and TRS-80, and my FORTRAN programing course from 1989 wasn't accepted as equivalent. At least it was an easy A.

crazycom64 · 1 month

If all goes according to plan, I'll be a sixth year college student around the same time! I flunked out at the end of my fourth year (when all my friends were graduating) due to poor upper-division standing in my major. They told me I couldn't come back until I raised my grades, but it's not like city colleges offer upper division math. So this summer I'm at Berkeley and with only two weeks, three homework assignments, and two finals to go, I should only need 5 random ass units when I get back to my school in order to graduate.

TL;DR I wish you the best of luck. You are an inspiration to me.

beerme72 · 1 month

I was 29 and had just gotten out of the Navy.
I had a 22 year old girl tell me that I looked tired...that I should get more sleep....after all, college isn't about partying all the time.
I told her I had a new-born at home and was working full time....and was 30.
She didn't seem to understand any of the words I said.

Androne · 1 month

Pro tip for all the older people in school. Try not to be the old guy who tries to put his 2 cents in thinking he needs to help teach that has to be the most annoying thing in the world. I'm talking about the ones who needed to do it every single lecture relevant or not.

h4rlotsghost · 1 month

I had to do the same thing. It's just as much fun as the movie.

littleHiawatha · 1 month

Is it bad that i went through this thread and RES tagged everyone with their age?

TokyoXtreme · 1 month

I had envisioned Matthew McConaughey from Dazed and Confused, asking the 18 y.o. chicks if they liked to party.

elsucioseanchez · 1 month

18 year old vagina is impressed by 25 year old wisdom...just saying

wildcolonialboy · 1 month

Typical Reddit, I spend days wondering if 27 is too old to begin university, then one thread on on the front page convinces me.

PretentiousPessimist · 1 month

Just graduated at 28. Do not, under any circumstance, make friends with the freshman. They will just ask you to buy beer for them; trust me I know.

kiasuten · 1 month

Just remember-- you're not cool... unless you pee your pants.

chauna · 1 month

26 year old in college here. It sucks, but it's not that bad most of the time. Most of the younger kids will be intimidated by you and so won't talk shit. The older kids will think they're badasses and will talk shit, but you're old enough to tell some 21 year old fratty piece of shit to go fuck himself.

I had one teacher call me out last semester on being almost as old as her. I asked her out after class, and lived out my dream of plowing my teacher. Don't worry about being 25, it ain't all bad.

psycho-logical · 1 month

I didn't get my drivers license til I was 23 and the permit test was asking me all sorts of questions about what are the penalties for drag racing or drinking and driving while under the age of 18 etc. Why do I need to know this shit?

McCl3lland · 1 month

I started college at 24, after 5 years active duty in the army, and I had to take an Intro to University Living class....i was the only one over 21. However, it was great, because when asked about things like "the drinking age" I was the only one who could legally drink, and kept reaffirming Im fine with it being 21, then get to listen to all the 18 year olds bitch about it being unfair. Entertained the shit out of me. Also, they are all dumb, the kids coming out of high school these days. All of em.

Travwritesstuff · 1 month

I'm 28 years old and about to start my second semester. Better late than never right. Goodluck

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