how old?

I went to uni at 18 (straight away) and finished at 21 - if you think 20 is too old quite frankly you are mental and probably shouldnt goto uni for that reason alone.
 
I'm sort of in the same situation. Except slightly different - I have to do an access course first (just started it last week, actually) because my poor A levels won't do it alone so I'll be almost 23 when I start year 1, and almost 27 when I have my degree.

Thats a long time, I'm still weighing up whether its worth it career wise because I could earn plus gain on the job skills by working. I've been working full time for three years and I'm used to the income, I enjoy working a lot more than learning. The environments are totally different too and I prefer the professional office environment to the screaming chav kids with no respect or drive and are only there because it seems normal to stay in education for as long as you can by default.

All I want is the piece of paper that unlocks the doors, I've already done the get drunk everyday thing and most of my mates are mid twenties anyway so I'm slightly more mature minded.

Can anyone relate or offer advice?
 
My Dad went back to Uni after I'd graduated. He'd retired early and was getting bored, so went back and did the Degree he didn't get the opportunity to do when he was a lad. I think he graduated at the grand old age of 64!

Oh and he got better results than me and my sister! I never hear the end of that one...
 
lol, 20 years too old for uni? Never heard such rubbish :p. Anyhow if you really are embarrassed (god knows why) just say you had a double gap year and move on :cool:

(or lie about your age)
 
it's never too late to go to uni - if you're capable of putting the effort into learning and it's what you want to do then go for it.

and at 20 you're just being silly.
 
one of my best friends at uni was 40+ dono exactly how old. But its just never too old to go to uni, there is too old to go out and hit on the freshers but dont stop you from actualy going to learn stuff.
 
I'm thinking this...

I'm only 22, heading to 23, and I think to myself "Would Uni be worth it now or not?"...

I just don't want to go there if I'm not really going to be studying anything specific if you know what I mean.

But 20 is not old at all for uni, and as stated there are people of all ages :)

Granted, they don't live in the halls and go out every other night getting trollyed, but they go there to actually get a 2:1 etc and above :) Rather than just trying to 'pass'.
 
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