<p>Since I homeschooled I tested out of high school 16 and went to the local community college. I planning on transferring to UCLA as a junior. How much would being a 1-2 years younger than the other students in my year effect my social life? I like to think am fairly mature for my age, and sociable. Basically I'm trying to decide whether to take a year off and by a junior at 19, or not and be a junior at 18. Any advice is appreciated, and please be honest.</p>
<p>well you are not required to wear a tag on front of your shirt that says junior… so chances are most people won’t know and wont care… just be social, live in dorms and don’t use you being junior at 18 as a topic starter :p</p>
<p>I was wondering about that, how much people only hung out with there “year” or not… any other opinions?</p>
<p>^People usually don’t really care about what year you are in.</p>
<p>In general, if anything, people usually ask your year, not your age. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>yeah plus a lot of people look older/younger for their age… i met ppl that look like they are in 30s and people that look like they are 16 in my classes, age is not a big deal at all as long as you are a social person</p>
<p>What I’m wanting to here, thanks guys!</p>
<p>there are a surprising amount of freshman who enter at age 17, and have sophomore standing because of AP credit… however, no one really knows anyone’s “standings” (unless they ask), so it’s not important. you’ll most likely be hanging out with other freshman from your dorm anyways.</p>
<p>^yeah, but those people don’t graduate after two years.</p>
<p>There is a possibility due to the fact I’m planning on going to medical school, yet majoring in a non-science (psychology) that I would be there for 3 years… Thiscouldbeheavn, I don’t really see how the number of years I will be at school will effect my social life while at school. Also, has everything you guys have said also apply to romantic life?</p>
<p>I don’t know if it will affect your social life, but if you’re transferring in with presumably GE credit, your situation isn’t really comparable to first years coming in with a bunch of relatively useless AP credit.</p>
<p>I came to UCLA as a freshman when I was 16 years old. I met my girlfriend (still going out with her) during that Winter quarter (she’s about 2 years older, since that’s how old most other freshman are). Besides being jailbait, your age has no bearing on how mature you’ll be acting. When I came in at 16, I was still pretty immature, but you learn from experience and you grow up. No one will ask you how old you are, so as long as you’re friendly and aren’t afraid to approach people and talk to them, you’ll be fine. </p>
<p>If you plan on medical school but want to do psychology, why not enroll in the Psychobiology major? I don’t know how your lower divs will turn out since you did them in community college, but be aware that medical schools like to see you take your core BCPM classes at a non-community college; since you’re going to UCLA, it would be best if you took them here.</p>
<p>Jinobi, thats great to hear! I have actually been considering swiching to psychobiology since i’m taking an intro to bio course (required at my CC) and I’m really enjoying it. I am quite well aware of medical schools prefernces and I do hope to take most, if not all, of my pre-reqs there. But thanks anyway for the tip</p>
<p>ThisCouldBeHeavn: so? a lot of my friends are graduating after 3 years, some a little over 4, some 3 and 2 quarters… not to mention a lot of them aren’t even in my grade. it doesn’t matter at all what year you’re graduating in terms of who you can be friends with. because most likely, you’ll be closer to the students your age who are just starting ucla then the ones who are older and already have established friends.</p>
<p>hmm, I never though of that. It might actually play to my advantage since I would be the same as as the other people who are just entering school.</p>