Average age for students in colleges and specifically on ucla

DadTwoGirls
Tue, 20 Jul 2021 15:02:51 +0000

omerdai:

I really want this kind of a party school and I’m scared that if I will be older I won’t be able to really experience it

First of all an academically challenging university such as UCLA will have some parties, but you will (if you go there) need to spend a lot of time studying and attending classes. Partying will be a rather small part of the overall experience if you want to do well, or even survive academically, at any very good university.

If you are 21 or older, there might be some pressure or expectation that you will purchase alcohol for the younger students. I would very strongly resist this pressure. For one thing there are potential legal implications of purchasing alcohol in the US for anyone who is under 21.

I was 24 when I went back and got my master’s degree. I did not feel “old” at all. In fact I was probably close to average for the various graduate students and there were definitely many students who were older than me. If you attend any university that has a range of good graduate programs (UCLA being an example, but there are hundreds if not thousands more) then you will find lots of students on campus who are older than you will be. You might be older than most other students who are in your freshman year classes. However, you will definitely not be meaningfully older than average for the many students walking around campus. There will also be some students who took one or two gap years between high school and university.

In my limited experience students who are two or three years older are usually better students.