Comments on: Is forty too old to go to college? https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/ Memory of the high school Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dredka1001 https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-95 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:52:42 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-95 I went back in my mid 20s and let me tell you, I’d have rather been around 40 year olds than 18-22 year olds. Good for you man.

]]> By: flagg https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-94 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:52:17 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-94 College student here. Best advice I can give is this: Look into FASFA. You can get ALOT of your tuition covered especially being that you’re a single parent. Get and keep tutors. Read your notes for your classes everyday, before class, and about an hour after. Planners are your best friend. You retain things better by writing them down and reading aloud. Do that before tests. I believe in you and I’m proud of you. It is no small feat, but I’m sure you’re more than capable!

]]> By: yolk https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-93 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:51:21 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-93 As a fellow 40 year old, fucking get that education!!! I am STOKED when someone my age goes back to school to improve themselves and their life!! Take it one class at a time, tutors are a gift from above and ROCK THIS.

]]> By: cassi https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-92 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:51:04 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-92 Mad respect for doing that! Not everybody would have the balls to go back to school at age 40.

I genuinely hope that works out for you!

]]> By: kate https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-91 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:50:33 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-91 I’m 38 and in my third year of getting a master’s. Why the third year? Because my bachelor’s of some 15 years ago was completely unrelated, so they made me take virtually every undergrad business course before letting me into the big boy classes. So it was weird sitting with students who were literally born after I had started college, but it was fun. They didn’t look at me as the freaky guy. They were more fascinated.

As for the actual grad classes, you’ll be fine. The most infuriating part for me has been the bureaucracy of the administration and the constant stream of misinformation about what classes to take when. Other than that, piece of cake.

(Oh, and the bride left me for going back to school because it ended her unbridled shopping sprees at Victoria’s Secret. So, for me, BONUS! I’m single and surrounded by coeds!)

]]> By: yolk https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-90 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:50:12 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-90 No, My mother went back to school and finished college at 48. I couldn’t be more proud of her.

Don’t be the guy to question everything the teacher says though.

]]> By: henry https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-89 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:49:47 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-89 There are lots of 40+ year old people in my graduate program. You probably won’t even be “that old guy” in classes. Sure, you’ll outage a few of your instructors, but there’s nothing wrong with that.

]]> By: Ali https://wwhsnj.org/is-forty-too-old-to-go-to-college/#comment-88 Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:49:24 +0000 //wwhsnj.org/study/?p=72#comment-88 My friend went back to school at 46. I said “How old are you gonna be when you graduate?” He said “51. But the thing is, I’ll be 51 anyway”. Which is the best point.

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