<p>This just a quick question, but why do they ask for your age as of October 1, 2005?</p>
<p>I believe that's just to find an appromixate age at which you start the school year.</p>
<p>While it varies from state to state (perhaps district to district), there are dates set up to divide essentially when you start kindergarten (if you're b-day is before it, you are in the previous year, if it's after, you're in the next year). Perhaps Oct. 1 is such a date in California?</p>
<p>I agree with amrik that it's probably just to find out how old you will be when you start as a frosh. Classes will start on 9/26, so they probably just rounded it up to the first of October.</p>