Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 21:07     Subject: Re:Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:I’d say 3 years has become the norm now, because college has become a lot easier due to COVID.


This is very common now. My kid says there are tons of kids graduating with MS in 4 years.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2026 20:58     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


What’s the point of worrying about that? It’s in the past. You can’t change it.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2026 21:24     Subject: Re:Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
I’d say 3 years has become the norm now, because college has become a lot easier due to COVID.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:43     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our oldest will be graduating this year at 21 with a four-year degree because they started kindergarten at barely five years old. I'm glad we thought ahead and didn't redshirt. Nobody stops to think about the ramifications of having a 20-year-old high school senior but that day is quickly approaching for many parents who started their kids at six or seven.


The only way you could have a 20-year-old high school senior is by holding back a winter/spring kid twice or a summer/fall kid thrice. However, it’s only fall kids who are considered for redshirting. They start school a year late and they’re never held back again. So a redshirted student will start their senior year of high school at 17 and turn 18 shortly after. But at no point during the year will they turn 19, let alone 20.



Fall kids are not held back, they miss the cut off which is different. Spring and summer are held back. Kids can be turning 19.


Turning 19 when? They will only turn 19 before senior year if they are held back twice, which no one does in the ordinary course of things.

Not all redshirted kids are Aug/Sept kids. Some may be April or May birthdates, so yes, they could be turning 19 at the end of their senior year. But there are no 20 year old seniors unless redshirted plus held back later, or held back twice.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:35     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our oldest will be graduating this year at 21 with a four-year degree because they started kindergarten at barely five years old. I'm glad we thought ahead and didn't redshirt. Nobody stops to think about the ramifications of having a 20-year-old high school senior but that day is quickly approaching for many parents who started their kids at six or seven.


The only way you could have a 20-year-old high school senior is by holding back a winter/spring kid twice or a summer/fall kid thrice. However, it’s only fall kids who are considered for redshirting. They start school a year late and they’re never held back again. So a redshirted student will start their senior year of high school at 17 and turn 18 shortly after. But at no point during the year will they turn 19, let alone 20.



Fall kids are not held back, they miss the cut off which is different. Spring and summer are held back. Kids can be turning 19.


Turning 19 when? They will only turn 19 before senior year if they are held back twice, which no one does in the ordinary course of things.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:33     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:Our oldest will be graduating this year at 21 with a four-year degree because they started kindergarten at barely five years old. I'm glad we thought ahead and didn't redshirt. Nobody stops to think about the ramifications of having a 20-year-old high school senior but that day is quickly approaching for many parents who started their kids at six or seven.


No one is starting their 7 year old in kindergarten and there are no 20 year old 12th graders. We red shirted, which meant she started K just after her 6th birthday. She turned 18 just before starting 12th grade and was still 18 when she graduated. Just like the overwhelming majority of HS graduates.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:25     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:My GREENSHIRTED kid who had missed the kindergarten admission cut-off date by 2 weeks and who took an "early entrance to kindergarten" test to prove to school administrators that he was ready to start school early - did very well in school and in college.

Yes, he was only 17 when he started college, and only 21 when he graduated and started a job - but, he took 4 years to finish his double major in STEM.


I don't understand people who respond to threads just to brag. What does this have to do with OP's question (which also didn't make any sense to start?)
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:08     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
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?


yes. It is normal. There is no correlation or causation between the two, but it is normal like it is for every other kid to take at least 3.5 years to graduate from college.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 18:05     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:People take different paths to the same outcome.

A friend's kid (who went to KG on time) graduated in 3 years with a double major in math and CS.

A few weeks after graduation, he moved halfway across the country to start his job. He was likely 21 but could have been 20.



Did he have at-least a year of college credit upon graduating high school?
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 17:34     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Our oldest will be graduating this year at 21 with a four-year degree because they started kindergarten at barely five years old. I'm glad we thought ahead and didn't redshirt. Nobody stops to think about the ramifications of having a 20-year-old high school senior but that day is quickly approaching for many parents who started their kids at six or seven.


The only way you could have a 20-year-old high school senior is by holding back a winter/spring kid twice or a summer/fall kid thrice. However, it’s only fall kids who are considered for redshirting. They start school a year late and they’re never held back again. So a redshirted student will start their senior year of high school at 17 and turn 18 shortly after. But at no point during the year will they turn 19, let alone 20.



Fall kids are not held back, they miss the cut off which is different. Spring and summer are held back. Kids can be turning 19.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 17:32     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


My kid was redshirted and I literally never gave this a thought

Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 16:12     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
People take different paths to the same outcome.

A friend's kid (who went to KG on time) graduated in 3 years with a double major in math and CS.

A few weeks after graduation, he moved halfway across the country to start his job. He was likely 21 but could have been 20.

Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 16:02     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
My GREENSHIRTED kid who had missed the kindergarten admission cut-off date by 2 weeks and who took an "early entrance to kindergarten" test to prove to school administrators that he was ready to start school early - did very well in school and in college.

Yes, he was only 17 when he started college, and only 21 when he graduated and started a job - but, he took 4 years to finish his double major in STEM.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 15:57     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2026 15:56     Subject: Is it normal for someone who was redshirted in Kindergarten to take at-least 3.5 years to graduate from college?
Anonymous wrote:
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.