8th grader who is 15?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

But since kids who start college at 18 are more mature than those who start at 17, they'll have a better idea of what they want to study and will be more likely to graduate in 3 years, which means they would still graduate at 21.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:With Sept 30 cutoff and **no redshirting** there are kids in these age ranges:

8th: 12-14; most are 13 turning 14 during school
9th: 13-15; most are 14 turning 15
10th: 14-16; most are 15 turning 16
11th: 15-17; most are 16 turning 17
12th: 16-18; most are 17 turning 18

Expanding the typical age ranges to college.

NOT including gap year kids. Or redshirting. Or alternate paths (military, etc). Or 5 yr programs. Or kids who take extra time to graduate.

F: 17-19, most 18 turning 19
S: 18-20, most 19 turning 20
J: 19-21, most 20 turning 21
S: 20-22, most 21 turning 22

Plus, you have all of the grad students running around.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

But since kids who start college at 18 are more mature than those who start at 17, they'll have a better idea of what they want to study and will be more likely to graduate in 3 years, which means they would still graduate at 21.

What? No.

Again, MOST people are already 18 when they start college (basically anyone that does not have a mid-late August birthday.) Most people do NOT graduate in 3 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I started college at 17 (october birthday). I’m a teacher and one year had a 6th grade class with a 9,10,11,12, and 13 year old out of about 20 students. The massive age gap was obvious in the classroom and made teaching and social relationships difficult.

The student who claimed to be 13 probably had ill parents who would soon lose the ability to drive and thus needed to be able to legally drive as soon as possible.

No, he had been left back twice because he couldn’t read. NYC. Then he had high test scores when he came to our middle school. His tests were clearly falsified to pass him out of elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

But since kids who start college at 18 are more mature than those who start at 17, they'll have a better idea of what they want to study and will be more likely to graduate in 3 years, which means they would still graduate at 21.

Kids who are a month or few months older are not more mature. You have huge generalizations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started college at 17 (october birthday). I’m a teacher and one year had a 6th grade class with a 9,10,11,12, and 13 year old out of about 20 students. The massive age gap was obvious in the classroom and made teaching and social relationships difficult.

The student who claimed to be 13 probably had ill parents who would soon lose the ability to drive and thus needed to be able to legally drive as soon as possible.

No, he had been left back twice because he couldn’t read. NYC. Then he had high test scores when he came to our middle school. His tests were clearly falsified to pass him out of elementary school.

Probably LDs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I started college at 17 (october birthday). I’m a teacher and one year had a 6th grade class with a 9,10,11,12, and 13 year old out of about 20 students. The massive age gap was obvious in the classroom and made teaching and social relationships difficult.

The student who claimed to be 13 probably had ill parents who would soon lose the ability to drive and thus needed to be able to legally drive as soon as possible.

No, he had been left back twice because he couldn’t read. NYC. Then he had high test scores when he came to our middle school. His tests were clearly falsified to pass him out of elementary school.

Then the people running the school district you teach in know no boundaries. In the district where my nephew goes to school, students aren't even allowed to flunk once, let alone twice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

But since kids who start college at 18 are more mature than those who start at 17, they'll have a better idea of what they want to study and will be more likely to graduate in 3 years, which means they would still graduate at 21.

Kids who are a month or few months older are not more mature. You have huge generalizations.

I was under the impression that people get more mature as they get older.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was a girl who turned 15 in March of 8th grade in my dd's class - she was way more mature and academically advanced than most of the kids in 8th- I'm sure she's going to love being still in High School at 19...

She is not more mature or advanced just older.

+1 I bet her parents are simple swelling with pride to know that she's outshining kids as much as 21 months younger than her.

It doesn’t impede anyone else. Such a bizarre thing to harp on.

Yes, it does hurt other kids actually. This student is probably going to be valedictorian 4 years from now at 19, which means that the 17/18 year old who will truly have deserved to be valedictorian will be robbed of that honor. This student will probably get into Harvard/Berkeley/Yale/UCLA/Princeton/Stanford/MIT 4 years from now, which means there will one student who genuinely deserved to go to a top-of-the-world college and won't because of someone they shouldn't have had to have competed against.

Do you always sound like you’re reading If You Give A Mouse A Cookie? But thanks for the laugh.

Are you always an unclever idiot?

DP. I thought it was spot on and hilarious.

Antiredshirters can’t do math. And have no humor.

Are antiredshirters a thing? And they collectively can't do math. That is a new one. Good work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a girl who turned 15 in March of 8th grade in my dd's class - she was way more mature and academically advanced than most of the kids in 8th- I'm sure she's going to love being still in High School at 19...

She is not more mature or advanced just older.

+1 I bet her parents are simple swelling with pride to know that she's outshining kids as much as 21 months younger than her.

It doesn’t impede anyone else. Such a bizarre thing to harp on.

Yes, it does hurt other kids actually. This student is probably going to be valedictorian 4 years from now at 19, which means that the 17/18 year old who will truly have deserved to be valedictorian will be robbed of that honor. This student will probably get into Harvard/Berkeley/Yale/UCLA/Princeton/Stanford/MIT 4 years from now, which means there will one student who genuinely deserved to go to a top-of-the-world college and won't because of someone they shouldn't have had to have competed against.

Do you always sound like you’re reading If You Give A Mouse A Cookie? But thanks for the laugh.

Are you always an unclever idiot?

DP. I thought it was spot on and hilarious.

Antiredshirters can’t do math. And have no humor.

Are antiredshirters a thing? And they collectively can't do math. That is a new one. Good work.

You must be new to DCUM.

[Anonymous]

For giggles, google this:
site:dcurbanmom.com anti redshirt math

So so funny how these dumb twots can’t do basic math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

+2 was first PP ever even in college? You turn 22 your senior year, generally, unless you have a summer birthday then you’re 21 all year. Never mind kids who took a gap year between HS and college, kids who changed majors and need 5 years to graduate, or kids who took time off during college and also need extra time to finish their degrees.

There’s one VERY insistent poster on all the redshirt threads who has admitted they live in NYC where they still do school cutoffs by birth year, not academic year like the entire rest of the country including DC/MD/VA, where this site is based and where most posters come from, and refuses to understand that the majority of kids turn 6 in K and 18 as a HS senior. You can point it out over and over and they’ll never acknowledge it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

+2 was first PP ever even in college? You turn 22 your senior year, generally, unless you have a summer birthday then you’re 21 all year. Never mind kids who took a gap year between HS and college, kids who changed majors and need 5 years to graduate, or kids who took time off during college and also need extra time to finish their degrees.

Like I said, those kids usually take classes at night, separately from the traditional students, because they're working full-time during the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

+2 was first PP ever even in college? You turn 22 your senior year, generally, unless you have a summer birthday then you’re 21 all year. Never mind kids who took a gap year between HS and college, kids who changed majors and need 5 years to graduate, or kids who took time off during college and also need extra time to finish their degrees.

Like I said, those kids usually take classes at night, separately from the traditional students, because they're working full-time during the day.

They're also not living in the dorms or going to parties, so they would very rarely come into contact with the traditional students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

https://eu.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2018/10/03/adult-older-nontraditional-college-students-louisiana/1504180002/

Claiming that a 20 year old would feel out of place shows ignorance of the actual college landscape.

You do realize that "American undergraduates" include people going to school in the evenings while working during the day. If you just look at students going to college full-time and living in dorms, you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare, as is a freshman over 18.

If a kid's birthday is in February, and they start Kindergarten at age 5, they turn 6 in February of Kindergarten. They turn 18 in February of their senior year of high school. They turn 22 in their senior year of college. Not at all "pretty rare." Assuming a typical 4 year college experience, they only people that will NOT be 22 when they graduate will be those with birthdays in May-August.

+2 was first PP ever even in college? You turn 22 your senior year, generally, unless you have a summer birthday then you’re 21 all year. Never mind kids who took a gap year between HS and college, kids who changed majors and need 5 years to graduate, or kids who took time off during college and also need extra time to finish their degrees.

Like I said, those kids usually take classes at night, separately from the traditional students, because they're working full-time during the day.

They're also not living in the dorms or going to parties, so they would very rarely come into contact with the traditional students.

uh, what? I work at a college and kids who took a gap year or those who graduate in five years are definitely NOT taking classes separately from the traditional students because they're working full time during the day. wtf?!