<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Does age have any impact on grad admission decision?
Will taking off a year, two or even three, hurt your chances in any way, even if you used those time to improve your overall stats?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>No. If you use that time to develop yourself it will only help. No offense, but where did you get such a silly idea? </p>
<p>Go look at the median age of people in grad school. Mid to late twenties for first years is not unusual for most programs.</p>
<p>I'll second what UCLAri says above, and add that in many programs, students who take a year or two off are at a substantial advantage -- they're viewed (probably rightly) as being more sure of what they want to do than students fresh out of undergrad.</p>
<p>At 37, I decided to apply for Masters programs this year. Happy to say - with 18 years professional experience - that I have been accepted to all. Financial aid starting to come in and is looking great as well.</p>
<p>Most importantly, I am so happy to be going back to school with some real-world experience under my belt.</p>
<p>Im in a similar situation as Max. While some aspects of returning to school seem daunting--even frightening!--my professional experience has laid a strong foundation for me to build upon.</p>
<p>i don't think age matters either. What matters is how much you know. If you have gaps in your study, proof that by working experience or research or related stuff. It's way better to graduate late with a good gpa than try to cram and get everything done by the time you're 21, 22. In the end, jobs won't care about this guy is older or this guy is young, they only care about the skills (unless ur like 70, jobs probably won't hire you).</p>