<p>Do you have an advantage/disadvantage when you're a year older than the average senior? Graduating 18 years old?</p>
<p>It makes no difference. Boys will sometimes be held back for sports or to mature.</p>
<p>Aliah: HOW is this different than the post you made at 12:40PM? It doesn’t make a difference – one year older or one year younger. Savvy?</p>
<p>One year only makes a difference if you were held back for a reason (such as immaturity, sports, failing, illness).</p>
<p>If you were held back just so you could be a year older than everyone else or you moved from another school district, the main advantage would have been elementary school. 8 vs 7 or 10 vs 9 is a bigger difference than 19 vs 18. At a younger age, the fact you are one year more advanced gives you a bigger advantage (assuming you aren’t older for other reasons).</p>
<p>Also, I hate to burst your bubble, but if you will be 18 when you graduate, you are not a year older than your peers. Most graduating seniors are 18 by the time of their graduation. I know some people who will be 19 by the time they graduate. They are one year older. If you were born in mid to late 1995, you would have been among the youngest in the class of 2013, but you are among the oldest of the class if 2014. That won’t affect your college admissions.</p>