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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]74% of American undergraduates are over 25 years old.

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

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, [b]you'd see that an undergraduate over 21 is pretty rare,[/b] as is a freshman over 18.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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