<p>And by that, I mean significantly under. Like, you skipped a grade, or at the very least you're not going to be eighteen until the second semester of freshman year. How are you dealing with college life? How do teachers treat you? etc. etc.</p>
<p>I started college at the normal time, but I highly doubt professors will treat you any differently unless you’re wayyyy younger (we have an 11-year-old in my Ancient Greek class who takes 2-3 classes a semester, yikes). Chances are, they won’t even know what year you’re even in. As long as you do your work, they’re not going to care how old you are.</p>
<p>Well, I’m home-schooled, so in my second semester of my freshman year, I’m officially gonna be 18.</p>
<p>I would imagine they can’t tell the difference between a year old.</p>
<p>But what about awkward situations~ like idk your friends drag you to an 18 and over club but you can’t go in… or it’s your last year and all your friends go out drinking but you can’t?</p>
<p>I know a couple of people who were 16 or 17 for much of their freshman year and were still able to enjoy college life. Here in Alabama, the age of majority is 19, so most freshmen are too young to go to clubs or do other 19+ activities for at least their first semester.</p>
<p>there are… 18 and over clubs…?</p>
<p>I’ll be 18 in my second semester. I don’t think that being a year younger than the other people in my class will really affect the quality of my college life. I took classes at my local CC while in high school and I didn’t feel out of place. It’s more about how you carry yourself for the most part. If you are noticeably less mature than other people, then that could be a problem. But from what I’ve seen, a lot of college kids are immature no matter what age they are.</p>
<p>It only got awkward when all my friends would go to clubs and my birthday wasn’t until way later, my roommate turned 19 before I turned 18 because of PA school rules etc and hookah bars but teachers treated me the same</p>
<p>I graduated at 17, having skipped the 8th grade. The only thing that was difficult was choosing a major before I was really ready. I wish that I hadn’t listened to my Dad…ah well. So my advice is to, don’t take advice about what to study. Explore your own interests instead of listening to others. I learned the hard way and even finished my BA in a field I later hated.</p>
<p>@Kittens Are you a genius?</p>
<p>DD turned 18 right at the end of her first semester.</p>
<p>Being younger did effect her social life - she could not get into the 18+ clubs (where the majority of Greek casual events were held - she is in a sorority), and some of her Sisters treated her a little differently because of it. Most peers didn’t know, some faculty knew; most didn’t. </p>
<p>She did mention that being hit on by “older” guys (19,20,21) was a little creepy…</p>
<p>^
how is it creepy, 2 years really isn’t a big difference…</p>
<p>Kittens, as a African-American female, it’s really cool to see our race represent.</p>
<p>But for real, what is up with your username? XD</p>
<p>tofugirl101: with all due respect, kittens is probablyyyyyyy a benevolent ■■■■■. Check out his other posts… they’re pretty out there. They are amusing, though :)</p>
<p>The guys being older is a plus for me. I don’t really find it creepy. Most of the girls that I know are more interested in guys a couple years older anyway just because a lot of them are more mature than the guys their age, physically and mentally.</p>
<p>As an 18-year-old senior in college, I can tell you that none of my professors ever treated my differently because I was younger. In fact, so long as I didn’t tell anyone, they all assumed I was just a young-looking traditional age student. Few people have ever asked questions, and when they do it’s usually after they’ve gotten to know me, so they respect me anyways. I have been called “baby” a few times by peers, and some people are mean, but they aren’t worth paying attention to because, honestly, I think they’re just bitter about their own problems and want to take it out on the first likely victim they see. Otherwise, expectations for younger students are the same, which means it can get discouraging because everyone else has more experience and has had more time to develop their gifts. Also, one thing that’s going to be difficult will be when all the new grads go out for drinks together, and I have to explain why I can’t go along…</p>
<p>Kittens…you live up to your name. Mysterious and black…</p>
<p>Well…you kinda do…lol</p>
<p>Professors treat you exactly the same.</p>
<p>Now, if you’re the only undergrad in a class filled with graduate students, they might give you a bit of leeway, I’ve discovered.</p>
<p>I turned 18 near the end of my first semester of freshman year. I’m the youngest by a few months in my group of friends (though we’re all in the same “grade”), and most have their b-day in the previous year’s winter to the end of spring. Not much of a big deal most of the time, except for a few instances: Them - “Let’s go to Vegas the summer we turn 21!” Me - “Have fun…” Them - “Oh yeah you’ll still be twenty…You can be the designated driver!” Me - “-________-”. and a couple other variations.</p>