Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

That’s not what you said. You said it’s rare except for specialized programs or disabilities. Unless you consider moderate finances a disability.

You are correct that greater wealth correlates to higher graduation rates. This study, for example, shows “ Affluent students graduated at an 86 percent rate, compared to 59 percent for low-income students.” I wouldn’t call 14% “very rare”, however. But maybe you would. That’s why it’s helpful to provide actual sources with numbers rather than just use undefined terms.

https://educationalpolicy.org/ba-completion-rates-by-parents-income-and-educational-legacy-2017-2/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

That’s not what you said. You said it’s rare except for specialized programs or disabilities. Unless you consider moderate finances a disability.

You are correct that greater wealth correlates to higher graduation rates. This study, for example, shows “ Affluent students graduated at an 86 percent rate, compared to 59 percent for low-income students.” I wouldn’t call 14% “very rare”, however. But maybe you would. That’s why it’s helpful to provide actual sources with numbers rather than just use undefined terms.

https://educationalpolicy.org/ba-completion-rates-by-parents-income-and-educational-legacy-2017-2/

It wasn't I who said that.

[Anonymous]

By the time they’re adults in college, any developmental advantage they might have had in elementary school has leveled out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

That’s not what you said. You said it’s rare except for specialized programs or disabilities. Unless you consider moderate finances a disability.

You are correct that greater wealth correlates to higher graduation rates. This study, for example, shows “ Affluent students graduated at an 86 percent rate, compared to 59 percent for low-income students.” I wouldn’t call 14% “very rare”, however. But maybe you would. That’s why it’s helpful to provide actual sources with numbers rather than just use undefined terms.

https://educationalpolicy.org/ba-completion-rates-by-parents-income-and-educational-legacy-2017-2/

It wasn't I who said that.

Then you must be the person who mentioned UMC back on the post from 01/04/2026 04:46, which already had one person ask you for statistics or source to back up your claim, to which you never responded.

I still would not consider 14% “very rare.” If you have different statistics, feel free to provide them, as someone else already asked you days ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:By the time they’re adults in college, any developmental advantage they might have had in elementary school has leveled out.

I disagree.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

That may be true, but there’s no dataset of college outcomes of redshirted kids. I guess researchers could look at time to graduation for students that are a year or two older on average and assume many are redshirted but I’ve never seen research papers on that and you might end up getting students taking a gap year mixed up with redshirted kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

Why don’t the other classes count?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

Why don’t the other classes count?

They rarely post on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I understand redshirting is so rare that anyone reading this post probably knows, at most, one person who was redshirted.

If you do know someone who was redshirted, did they take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?

This is one of the most useless, dumb posts on dcum this week. Tell us about yourself.

I'm worried that I rendered my parents' sacrifice of paying for an extra year of daycare useless by not graduating from college in less than 3.5 years.

If you're freaking out about the "investment" of an extra year of daycare not paying off almost 20.years later... yeah I've got nothing.

My nephew was right on the line (and was a preemie) and my brother and his wife elected to redshirt him which and to do with his maturity and readiness for kindergarten that year. They were not thinking about college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

At my school engineering coop students took 5 years. Top 10 program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

At my school engineering coop students took 5 years. Top 10 program.

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I said it was rare, not non-existent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people take 4 years to graduate college, regardless of how old they were when they started kindergarten. What do you think is the connection?

My redshirted kid will take 5 years to finish college. The same reason we held her back -- her disabilities -- still impact her years later. It's not a race.

Actually most people take 5 years.

It's very rare to take five years, except for specialized programs or disabilities.

Only about half of college students graduate in four years.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d24/tables/dt24_326.10.asp

Like I said, while that may be true nation-wide, taking longer than four years is very rare among UMC Americans.

At my school engineering coop students took 5 years. Top 10 program.

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I said it was rare, not non-existent.

Please provide statistics and link a reputable source. They’ve already been provided to counter your statement. You have…vibes?