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Originally Posted by noam
However, I do have some reservations:
1. Obviously the age difference. I will be 6-7 older than the other freshmans. How common are 25 year old freshmans? Are they typically outcasts?
2. Will it be more dificult for me to gain admission than a 18-19 year old applicant?
3. It's very important to me to be able to participate in team sports. However, I have no high school background and I'm afraid I just wont be able to make it into any teams. All I have going for me is very good athletic shape (my 10K run record is 34:24)
If you've read this far - thank you! I would really appreciate any thoughts or advice.
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Well I can only speak about how it is at colleges and universtities around here (but I would be willing to bet that they are the same everywhere), so here are the answers to your questions:
1. No, you being 25 will not make you an outcast (unless you are trying to be a frat boy, and even then I doubt age would matter). Don't believe the movies, there are plenty of 30+ year old freshmen.
2. No. You will be held to the same admission standards as anyone else. It is actually illegal for them to discriminate on the basis of your age (and trust me, the admissions people could care less about how old you are).
3. As far as sports go, if you want to be on an NCAA team, you have the option of being a "walk-on". This means that you have to try out for the team; and if you want to make it, you better be really good. There are also various Intramural sports and teams that you can sign up for.