Is finishing college at 24-25 too late?

[wawa1992]

I'm graduating at 25 myself. Graduated high school in 2011.

I had a false start to college in the 2011-2013 period. I was majoring in engineering at a major university and it was clear after the first year it was starting to not work out. At that point I was kind of in a catch 22, I really needed to go to community college but I had no way of getting there.

4 weeks before the 2012-13 school year started, I got my driver's license (my parents were nice enough to get me a 2008 Honda Accord to practice on and eventually become my own car) but I wasn't quite ready to commute to community college, plus my GPA was above a 2.0 by this time so there was still some hope. Fall 2012 my GPA was iffy, but spring 2013, with issues in the family at the time it was a disaster. 0.86. By March 2013 the writing was on the wall and it was decided that I would go to community college in fall 2013, with the '08 Accord and a change of major. Well, my mom totaled the '08 Accord (she was fine), so a 2011 Accord took its place.

Went to community college 2013-2015 to get my associates degree in journalism. Yes, engineering to journalism is a massive change and very few classes took over. The underlying cause was that I found out that I didn't enjoy engineering, and wanted to be a car reviewer. That's been my career ambition for the past four years now. Graduated May 9, 2015 with my AS in Journalism and went to a major university (a different one this time). Now I'm a senior, taking a victory lap (5th year) and then graduating in May 2018 at 25 years and 5 months old.

If my 19 year old self could see my current self, he would be extremely jealous.

[helloimage]

Too late for what? To be a ballerina? Then yes!
You do realize that as we get older we become smarter and wiser, our brains just don't stop thinking at a certain age! These kind of posts irritate me because it's so absurd to think "I'm too old to study"... ... once you stop studying then you become stupid ...

I know so many people who didn't go to college and are way more successful and earn more money than I'll ever earn...& I also know folks that go back to college later in life; second career, or finish that degree, intellectual pleasure etc ...

[wawa1992]

The only thing in university you can really be "too old" for is the Greek system. While the Greek system is beneficial it's far from a requirement. At 24 I'm one of the oldest Greeks at my school.

That being said if you're older than your mid-20s a community college is probably the best option if you can go to one. University works too, just remember that most students in your class will be 18-24 years old (where most of the students fall within that range will depend on the grade level of the class; upper division classes, it will be mostly 20+)