Have Your Kids Gotten Taller While In College?

<p>I was wondering if any of my fellow parents of college students have kids who grew while they were in college. My son is a freshman in college, and he goes to a school far away from home. He came back for Thanksgiving and Winter Break, and between leaving for college and the holidays, he grew taller. He grew an inch and a half since his last physical in the summer so he stands 6’4" now. My wife and I had to buy him some new clothes since some of his clothes no longer fit him.</p>

<p>Has anyone else experienced their children growing taller while they were away at college? I didn’t expect it to happen to my college son. I just hope he doesn’t grow too much more. It’s hard enough looking up at him as it is.</p>

<p>DS was 6-5 when he left, fortunately no growth while away. But it does happen. Back when I was a teen, there was a kid around the corner who grew 10 inches during freshman year at a Big 10 school. He walked on to the basketball team, made All American, and played in the NBA.</p>

<p>According to the internet, most boys stop growing by age 20. </p>

<p>(Probably not the answer you are looking for)</p>

<p>It can happen. Both my brothers grew, substantially while in college. Only one of my sons did and it was not even an inch, but yes, he did grow. This was after his growth plates were supposedly closed. </p>

<p>My one brother had to buy three sets of uniforms at the Military Academy due to his growth spurts.</p>

<p>Ds2 definitely grew about an inch this past semester. Thankfully, that’s not enough to have to get new clothes.</p>

<p>One of my three boys did grow an inch or so in college and I think now at 21 is done growing, but my father said he didn’t reach his full height of 6’3" until he was 21. The oldest finished his growth by 19, the youngest might be done (will be 20 this spring). But genetically we are slow to mature (and grow) so it made sense to me. Ironically all three boys are about the height the physician predicted when they were 2ish.</p>

<p>I am female, and I grew an inch (and a shoe size) in college.</p>

<p>My daughter has not grown taller since the 9th grade. She is only 5 feet. She is in her third year of college.</p>

<p>I grew 2" in the first two years of college and then it stopped at 6’3".</p>

<p>My bro was 6’3" when he graduated HS. He’s still that height decades later. OTOH, D’s female room mate got taller (and wider) in college, an inch or two in height. She and many of her friends sadly didn’t, nor did S.</p>

<p>Don’t have any concrete proof (no measurements) but I’m
pretty certain that S2 grew about an inch during his freshman year</p>

<p>I gained two inches and added 40+ pounds in college. Still had a 30 inch waist when I graduated.</p>

<p>I was pretty skinny in HS.</p>

<p>S has grown nearly 2" this year. He is 23. Now is about 5’11 and had to buy new pants.
I knew it was possible as a friends had two college age boys grow significantly.</p>

<p>Typically girls do not grow more than 2-3 inches after they begin menstruating.</p>

<p>There is a bell curve around the age at which people reach their full height. I think for most it is by the time they are about 19, but possibly earlier. For some it is later. For males, you generally have hit your full height when you need to be shaving nearly every day.</p>

<p>Height measurements are notoriously inaccurate. They aren’t done with the same conditions, and they usually use a measuring device that isn’t squared up level with the ground. Outgrown clothing is probably a better relative measurement that the height sticks on the scales. </p>

<p>There were two kids in our hs class who left high school at about 5’7" and showed up at the 10th reunion at well over six feet. One had been a tiny, handicapped kid who wore a hearing aid and had a speech impediment. No one would have recognized him in a million years because of the changes in his appearance.</p>

<p>I grew a few dress sizes. Does that count?</p>

<p>Shave everyday? I have a couple blonde boys that hardly need to shave but perhaps a few hairs a couple times a year much to their chagrin. Interesting though that the one who reached full growth potential at 19 is brown haired and could grow a full beard in high school…and no it was not the UPS guy just some wayward genes from H’s side of the family.</p>

<p>I keep telling my son that he can only grow outward not upward…at 18 and 6’9", its hard enough to buy clothes!</p>

<p>Holy cow!! That’s a tall young man!!!</p>

<p>My son is 19 and has not grown noticeably since the 7th grade. He is 5’10" or so, and weighed less than 120 until the last several months. He has been working out often, and finally broke 130. His younger brother is 6’2" and we always guessed the older one would be taller. Guess we were wrong.</p>

<p>3Triplet, </p>

<p>I wonder if my son will catch up with your son? S is 15 and at least 6’2", probably taller. He was 6’2" maybe 6 months ago. It is hard to tell by his pants if he has grown any more, because he is so skinny he can’t keep his pants up, so they also settle around his ankles. He just keeps buying longer tshirts to cover up his butt where his pants should be but aren’t.</p>