2006-08-06 18:22:51 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
there is no age bar when it's comes to education . Go on for it. wishing you success & all the best
2006-08-06 18:27:49 · answer #1 · answered by Truly Madly Deeply 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I will be 51 when the fall quarter begins. This will be my second year, and at first I was pretty scared because of my age. Students saw that I was trying as hard as they were in trying to pass the courses and we became friends.
Sure, there is a big age difference, but actually I felt as young as they are because of all the things we have in common. I am in the business program, and we do a lot of "group work" and then present our findings in front of the class. I was a little nervous at first being the oldest in the class, but soon got over it, and it got easier.
Don't let age prevent you from going to school and getting that degree. You can never be ashamed of being educated, and you will be proud of yourself when you finally graduate.
For 15 years I wanted to go "Back to school".
At 30 I felt the urge to go, and then at 35 my wife said to me, "If you had gone when you were 30, you would almost have graduated by 35. This happened again when I reached 40. She said if I had gone to school when I was 35, I would almost have my degree by then...at 45 the same thing. So, I said to myself...I will go to one class...and see how I do.
I got a 3.9 in keyboarding 104 and that was the beginning for me.
Don't wait like I did...start now. It is not too late.
Dave
2006-08-06 18:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm 43 and will graduate with my bachelors in HR management in December and will be 44 at that point.
Choose a school that is designed for older adults. There are some pretty amazing women and men who are working on their degrees. You have some lifetime experiences that will help you to discern what is useless theories and what is real world in the textbooks.
I almost went to a larger university in the area. But when I went to the transfer student orientation, the only people around my age at the orientation were the parents of the other students.
2006-08-06 18:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My friend, who's in her 50s, worked for Xerox as a computer programmer, got laid off, worked in IT (where I met her)...long story short, she started getting a nursing degree and is now a nurse.
In fact, I have two bachelors (that I'm not using) and now...after 5 years of being out of college (while my other friends have their masters and are in their "careers" or "families"), I'm thinking about another career path.
When I was in college, my concentration was very poor. But now, I learn a lot faster and better. I think somehow not being pressured to be in school helps (the pressure was that going to college was "the thing" to do after high school).
2006-08-06 18:44:26 · answer #4 · answered by beginner_gtr 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not. After the tech bubble bursted here in north america, a lot of engineers in the telecom industry lost their jobs. The smart ones went back to college so they can find other jobs.
2006-08-06 18:25:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all!!! When I was in college there were people in their 40s & 50s going back to school to learn new things. More power to ya!
2006-08-06 18:28:16 · answer #6 · answered by dementors_suck 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are never too old to go to college!
2006-08-06 18:27:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Surely not, I 'm just turing 32 and planning to study at university in 2007. i don't have any science background, but i am going to take Nursing studies. I know it would be hard for me, but if it's my goal, my future, nothing could stop us right ? Age is nothing , yet the barrier is our mentality.
2006-08-06 18:44:18 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Question 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had class with a 94 year old man last semester. It's never too late. You only have one life - be who you want to be before it's over.
2006-08-06 18:27:52 · answer #9 · answered by chi bebe 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good heavens, no! One of my friends in nursing school had been an LPN for 30 years - she went back to school at 52 for her RN. My Mom got her master's degree at almost 50.
2006-08-06 18:27:50 · answer #10 · answered by mistress_piper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not at all there is no age limit for study somthing whole life is the process of study new thing. every second teaches you to study of life and it does not ends the process after dieing who knows dieng may teach the lesson to others how to live and how not.
so go to college just check capabilities.
2006-08-06 19:19:26 · answer #11 · answered by ankur 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋