Starting college at 17

SoCcErTrAcK2016
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:31:22 +0000

I was 17 for the first 3 months of this year (freshman year). It didn’t have a big impact on anything - if I had wanted to drink, all of my friends are under 21 anyway, so it’s not like being 17 versus 18 would make a difference since I’d be breaking the law no matter what. It doesn’t impact my social life in any other ways either - nobody cared that I was 17.

The only annoying thing was legal matters - I had to email some forms home to be signed (for NCAA drug testing and a couple other waivers), and when I broke my nose, urgent care almost didn’t take me since I was a minor. Thankfully, the head nurse was satisfied with a phone call home.

All in all, being 17 was just a minor annoyance at the beginning of the school year. After all of the various forms are signed, it only was a problem in extenuating circumstances. If anything, it was a bit of talking point when a lot of my friends turned 19 while I was still 17!