Alot of people graduate at 22.
Lol literally nobody will care
I didn’t graduate til I was 30. No one seemed to care.
I graduated at 42.
Was I embarrassed? Why would I be?
As a European I’d say it is not embarrassing and if you watch the UK University Challenge you’ll see lots of people that introduce themselves as having graduated at a later age.
I had apprentices doing a job reorientation in class pushing their 30s.
Do you look down on people who graduate at 34?
Not even a little.
Some unasked for advice; don’t waste your life worrying what other people will think of you. Some people will always find a reason to look down on you. Doesn’t matter how smart, diligent, kind, hard-working, or whatever else you are. Those types will always find a reason.
So just do what you need, then do what you want, and let the people along the way who like what they see into your life. I promise that this is much more conducive to happiness than wasting mental resources on people that will never really care what you’re doing anyway. Finish school and chase whatever it is you’re after! You fuckin got this, dude!
Graduating is never embarassing. Full stop.
Embarassing is thinking about it!
I got my bachelor degrees in nearly 10 years and the master degree in around 5 or 6 years (I was 37), and I’m proud of them!
Anyone has its own life, priorities and problems, an, jist different lives with different availability of time, . And reaching an objective is everything bit not embarassing at all.
Exactly, I had to work through a bunch of stuff, and took 6 years in uni for BA, goal is 3 years. Then I left and worked on myself again, and went back to school for a different field at 26y, graduated at 29. Wife got her BA at 27, masters at 32 and is now working on doctorate.
There is no one fits all path, guide or schedule for life. Do your best, fuck anyone who would sneer at your huge achievement just because it took a little more time.
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No? Where did you even get that idea?
I have a 31 year old friend finishing up their bachelor’s in March.
One of my class mates in college started when he was 27.
I would like to go to grad school in my 40s.
The best time to further your education is right away. The second best time is now.
+1 I finally finished my bachelor’s at 31 so I could check a box on job applications. I wouldn’t have my current position without it, useless and inapplicable though it is.
No. Graduating at 24 is sooner than I will graduate. Also, at the college I attend, I’ve had classes with older people in their 30s and 40s. So, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about, IMO.
Personally, the older you are when you do graduate, the more impressive it is.
Not at all. My sister went back to uni and graduated at 34.
I’m rather hoping to box off my degree this year and I’m the wrong side of 40.
That said I’m fortunate to have been able to choose to do a degree programme alongside my line of work, for no other real reason than “I fancied it”.
I graduated at 26. It’s now 4 years later, and I had to literally use a calculator to count how old I was. I say this to emphasize how little I care now, in contrast to how embarrassed I was at the time. I am now in law school at 30. Most of the people around me are 3-5 years younger, and it doesn’t matter at all. Nobody treats me differently or excludes me. Lots of people change careers all of the time. The needs of the economy change and you do your best. Most people aren’t privileged enough to be insulated from the state of the economy. Sometimes people are unemployed, or experiencing health crises, or helping their family. We all have our own issues and run our own race, and it’s better to make progress than be stagnant.
I graduated at 29 and 34 respectively. It means you did the work. Keep it up.
well congrats on that too
