<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have been researching the possibility of transferring to UR for Fall 2011. Does UR have many non-traditional students? I'm 29 and while I don't need to be surrounded by older students I would like to know I'm not the only one older than the average age. </p>
<p>Some schools seem to like nontraditional students and some seem to try to avoid them. Will being a nontraditional student be something that will hurt me in the UR admissions process or help me? IMO life experience can bring a lot to the table. </p>
<p>Any insights would be appreciated.</p>
<p>While our state U is known for having a substantial number of non-traditional (older) students (including me for a while…), I’d have to say UR–not so much. My experience while visiting on campus has been that there are very few older undergrads. (Grad students, yes; undergrads, hardly any.)</p>
<p>D2 has made absolutely no mention of having an non-trads in any of her courses–and that’s something she would definitely mention. (She mentions anyone who is “really old”–which she defines as the same age as her sister–25–when she talks about her teaching or research. And all of those have been either grad students or employees.) D1 always mentioned when she had non-trads in her courses. (And she attended our state U where non-trads are fairly common.)</p>
<p>And I strongly agree with you–life experience and maturity does bring alot to the table.</p>
<p>Don’t know if being a non-trad will help or hurt you in admissions.</p>
<p>I assume that it is less common for older students to choose private expensive schools simply because of the expense. Maybe it isn’t exactly the most logical thing for me to be racking up debt 10 years too late but I have enough regrets; I don’t want to wonder what it would have been like.</p>
<p>I suppose having grad students around might be good enough. From what I have seen, in terms of housing at least, many colleges put older undergrads in with the grad students.</p>
<p>UR doesn’t guarantee housing for transfer students and undergrad housing vacancies are extremely limited. </p>
<p>And graduate housing is extremely limited since all the housing is shared by medical, dental and nursing students as well as the graduate students at UR. To be eligible to live in any one of the 3 graduate housing facilities one be a faculty (including visiting faculty), post-doc, registered grad, medical, dental or nursing student–or member of their immediate family (spouse, child).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/reslife/files/GradHousingGuide1011.pdf[/url]”>http://www.rochester.edu/reslife/files/GradHousingGuide1011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Also all grad housing is off-campus. The nearest facility is about 15-20 walk from River campus.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I checked out the link and found somewhere in the brochure it said undergrads can live in grad housing if they are married or have kids or have permission from the University. Pretty standard for most colleges from what I’ve seen. </p>
<p>But… in case anyone other myself is interested I found a blog written by a 37 year old woman who goes to UR. </p>
<p>[Diaries</a> of a Neurotic Non-Trad](<a href=“http://non-trad-diaries.blogspot.com/]Diaries”>http://non-trad-diaries.blogspot.com/)</p>
<p>So they are out there!</p>