Hey, I'm going back to school too starting full-time this semester. I'm 25
but I look extremely young for my age, everyone I meet thinks that I'm a 18 yr old freshman just starting in school.
I haven't been back to school for 6 yrs, mainly because I left home when I was 18 and had to work full-time to support myself and it was too hard for me to work and go to school at the same time.
For some reason I feel that I'm a lot more "smarter" than when I was younger, I feel like I absorb information easier and 100% attentive in class, when I was in high school I used to always fall asleep in class and my mind used to drift off to la-la land...
I took a class last semester just to get back in the swing of things and I got an A+! And it's also fun to get hit on by tons of young 18 yr old boys, it's good for my self esteem!! Plus it adds structure to my life, gives me a reason to wake up a certain time, and that makes me organize my time and plan my schedule better.