Age as a factor in grad school admissions

targetwalmart
Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:58:43 +0000

College is supposed to be ‘somewhat’ fun! If you have a scholarship or sufficient support, staying in college wouldn’t be a bad idea (boost your credential with undergraduate research experience, relevant extra-curricular, etc). Of course, there are other ways to improve your chance to get into grad schools (work, study abroad).

The average applicants for grad school are somewhere between 22-24 (I don’t remember where I saw/heard this. Can anyone confirm?). You may be wiser than some / most of them, but I am not so certain if you would be left out from the “grad students clicks” (i.e. when they go out to a bar or something), which may / may not be a big deal for you.