<p>Haha I spent way too many year at Palomar. I know the place well.</p>
<p>Your good bro. I had just turned 27 when I transferred to UCSD. I’m 28 now and I’ll be graduating in March (I’ll still be 28). You can graduate in a year and a half if you go to summer school and kick ass. I commute to UCSD from Riverside County (85 miles each way) and I made it just fine. If you really want something, you can make it happen. Your not that old bro.</p>
<p>Man that’s really good to hear USMC. Makes me happy to know that you were able to accompish it all in such a short period of time. I always planned on going to summer school as well. So it’s not a big deal to give up part of my summer.</p>
<p>Who cares if you’re 36 when you graduate? You’ll have a good degree and you’ll be able to get a better job. </p>
<p>I remember when I was worrying about graduating “in time”, but unless you find a real shortcut (most universities are similar), it’s going to take you however many years to finish regardless of which route you take. I know if I was magically able to start over again and go to a UC instead of community college, it’d probably still take me 6 years in all. </p>
<p>Good luck dude 
And keep your eyes/ears listening for opportunities :D</p>
<p>What did you older CCC students do with your lives after high school? Did you guys have tons of fun and enjoy life and now regret it?</p>
<p>I joined the Marine Corps for 6 years right after high school. I dont regret a minute of it.</p>
<p>I had a TON of fun and enjoyed life and I will never regret it. I traveled, played in bands, ran a record label, worked at a record label, did a lot of growing up and experiencing life. I wouldn’t trade any of it.</p>
<p>I went back to school at 28, and it was exactly the right time for me to do it, because I am focused and doing great. I’ll graduate from either Berkeley or UCSD when I am 32. Then, I might work a little or go to grad school or both. </p>
<p>I want to be a professor. I don’t care if I do it full time, or have another job and just do it part time. I love it.</p>
<p>Age is ********. Just do what you love and do it good, and everything will work out fine.</p>
<p>I worked 40 hours a week to help support my family. Fun stuff to do at 17!</p>
<p>lol investment, you got some strange images of people who do not go to college after high school.</p>
<p>This is kind of off topic but I really appreciate people who chipped in their experience. I am in my Final week so I have a lot of stress, I have my last Final tomorrow. Reading through these posts really give me some motivation to get through this ordeal. Good luck to everyone who still doing their finals.</p>
<p>I think I’d love to be a prof someday lol.</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily regret my life before coming back, just wish my school bug would have triggered much sooner. </p>
<p>I’m enjoying this forum, had I known that this place was this great, I would have taken the time to pick a better screen name, now that I know ill be posting more. Just chose mine randomly because I was in a hurry. </p>
<p>‘Memyself’? Haha</p>