too late or,,,,??

Indonesia
March 20, 2012 12:27pm CST
hii everyone,, i'm 26 years old now and not a young girl anymore. but i want to join university,, isnt too late for me? because people will join university after finishing high school with average 17 or 18 years old.. am i too late now,,??
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• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
Hi cikalaban I dont think being 26 years old is too old to be a university student, you can take the extended class or enter the Open University (in Indonesian language we called it as Universitas terbuka) there is no limitation of age for us to study in the university. my classmate is as old as my mother but she has the passion to study and to get a university degree. if you are a worker you still can participate in saturday sunday class or the afternoon class, many universities open this kind os program we called is extention class. so do not worry about your age, none is too old to study. in my university they have several kind of class: the regular class is the class dedicated for regular student and they study in the morning most of students who join this class are the highschool fresh graduate, and then we also have the extention class it is for people who graduated from diploma program and want to get a higher degree (S1) the extention class is also dedicated for worker who wants to study while working, the class usually started in the afternoon or at weekend. then we also have a long distance class, it is dedicated for students from other city who want to study in our university, they come to the university 1x/month and the class is held on sunday from 8am to afternoon.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
fashionfever, it seems you are STIE student?/
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@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
what department?
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• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
pst pst...let me tell you my secret, Im an FKIP student :D dont tell anyone okay???
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
it was better late than never test before why do you must ask like that?? you had a rights for studying which one can forbid you for studying even now your age reach 26 years old?it was not sin if now you study in campus
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
24 Mar 12
it was okay cilakban.. i had a student which older than me..
• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
nope,,i'm not studying now,,its all just a status,, fake status,, but the fact is,,, i never join university
• Indonesia
23 Mar 12
its true better late than never,,, but i feel shy,, that means ,,i'm the oldest in class,,,,
• Mexico
24 Mar 12
Hi cikalaban: What?! Of course you are young. You are just 26, why do you consider yourself old to go to college. You have a whole life to live. Don't waste your potential. If you want to do it you can do it. I actually know people that, for different reasons has postponed their studies and they don't come back to university until they are like 40. And some of them were actually good students. So go on and don't give up. ALVARO
• Philippines
26 Mar 12
No, is not late for you to go to the university,and it is early for you to study .When i am in college , i think i start at the age 20 so is not late for you ,you can pursue the studies and enjoy it
@ecaron (678)
• Canada
20 Mar 12
It's never to late to go to school and we are never too old to learn, we should learn something new everyday. Go for it, and Good Luck!
• Indonesia
20 Mar 12
well thank you,,, but i feel very shy because i will be the oldest girl in class...:) but anyway,, thank you for your advice...
• United States
20 Mar 12
it is NEVER to late to go back to school....i dont know if an actual college will accept you in or not but i can say this i am 24 and i never went to college and i would like to after my kids start going to school. i was worried about doing this i guess because i thought i would be embarressed. i think it is a good thing you are wanting to go back to school and it may make you future a lot brighter with better chances of better jobs :) i hope that you decide to persue this and i wish you good luck :) but dont EVER think you are to old or it is to late :)
• Indonesia
20 Mar 12
here in my country,, they will accept even me 26 or 30,,, its not a big deal,,, thank you,,,:)
• United States
20 Mar 12
that is great :D even the more reason to go back to school :) your welcome and good luck :)
@GreenMoo (11834)
21 Mar 12
I think that at age 26 you will be a better student than your younger colleagues because you really want to be there rather than just going because it is expected of you. Good luck!
@celticeagle (158958)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Mar 12
I don't think 26 years old is that old not to get into college. Some people in their 40's, 50's or even later that get into college. why would you think you are too late?
@almond24 (1248)
• Hungary
20 Mar 12
You are still young and it's never late to study. I had many classmates around 30 and above, even as full time students, not everybody starts university at 18. If I had a chance I would go and study again. Good luck