Starting college at 17

Lindagaf
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 12:28:36 +0000

My D might have a different perspective. She is a responsible and mature girl, but she is still very much a teenager. She just turned 18 a few days ago. She is one of the youngest at her small LAC, and she knows several freshman who are already 20. More and more often, kids are doing gap years. She is wishing she had taken a gap year, and I think she finds it not ideal that she is one of the youngest kids. Remember, half the campus is already in their twenties, and that IS a big difference from 17. My son, on the other hand, will be one of the older ones when he starts college, and if he takes a gap year, will be one of those guys turning 20 as a freshman. Hindsight is so useful, and we both wish my daughter had waited another year.