<p>I've been looking around this website all morning and can not find any threads, forums or topics for "folks" 30+ starting college or returning to college? I was told that some may be lurking. If you are; I'd love to read your story.</p>
<p>Me:</p>
<p>39 Years old starting college next week (8/25). I will be attending a SUNY college majoring in Human Services.</p>
<p>Wow that's amazing! :) I don't belong in this category but I always think when people go back to school later in their life it requires ambition and strong drive behind it :) good luck!
are you starting undergrad?</p>
<p>My mom is 41 and is going back to school to major in Religious Studies. :) She'll be starting school at the end of September.</p>
<p>My friends mom graduated from Harvard's extension school a few years ago. She never went to college before in her life and was working at Harvard. So, she just started taking classes and eventually earned a degree.</p>
<p>I'm 38. I've been a paramedic for 18 years and took a break 4 years ago to start a family. Now I have a 2 and a 3 year old and I'm going back to school in two days. I'm getting my pre req's for nursing school. </p>
<p>(thanks for making this thread. Thought I was the only one out there)</p>
<p>I don't fall in this category, but my mother completed her associate's degree in nursing from a CT community college in May of 2007, a couple of weeks before her 40th birthday.</p>
<p>As far as her "story" goes, she attended a four-year college right out of high school, but dropped out with about a year to go. She took a few classes at local community colleges when I was younger, but they didn't lead to a degree. In 2004-05, she had something of a midlife crisis (got divorced, kicked her painkiller addiction) and she realized that she couldn't support two kids alone on the kind of money she was making without a degree. She decided to get her nursing degree, and she had enough previous credits to get accepted into an accelerated program at her CC that allowed her to complete her nursing degree in two years while attending part-time.</p>
<p>So basically, she took nine credits of nursing for four semesters (as well as a three-credit microbiology course she needed in her first semester) and worked part-time as a receptionist in a doctor's office. That income, along with child support, a small student loan and her savings from the divorce settlement, kept us afloat during the two years. It wasn't easy for her, but she made it and got her A.S. a year ago, with a 3.05 GPA. Now she's already looking into online programs that would allow her to get her B.S.N. :D</p>
<p>My aunt (40) just returned to school to finish her undergrad and get her Master's (or something like that). She's gotten straight As, where as when she went she has a 3.0. Funny how that works.</p>
<p>I'm 41. I returned to school last fall at a local community college. I did well there and earned a transfer spot at the University of Texas at Austin. When I was out of high school, I chose to stay at home and help with my parents. They were both much older than average when I was born and by high school their health was failing. I would have loved to have gone to college at the time but I have no regrets about staying home with them. They have both since passed away. I had always intended to return to school someday, but only when I turned forty did I make the commitment. It feels odd at times to be older, but for the most part that is all my doing. None of my classmates have ever made me feel out of the ordinary. </p>
<p>I'm glad to see I'm not the only "non-traditional" student here. I'm inspired to hear the stories of others out there.</p>
<p>My mom went back to finish a degree at Columbia Business when she was 52. She graduated in 2006.</p>
<p>Although my boyfriend isn't 30+ (he's twenty), he's going to start community college in the Spring after dropping out of HS when he was 17 and getting his GED this year.</p>
<p>My mom has been considering going back to school. She went to WPI right out of high school, but never got her degree. She said she went to school for 5 years, and completed all the requirements, but didn't pass the competency exam required to get a degree. I guess it didn't matter though, because she got a job while still in school and they didn't care if she had a degree or not. I told her she can do whatever she wants, she just can't go to the same school as me!!!!</p>
<p>Yes I will be starting undergrad. My actual 1st day in class will be Tuesday but my DL class starts on Monday.</p>
<p>I'm glad to see I'm not the only "non-traditional" student here. I'm inspired to hear the stories of others out there.</p>
<p>Fiyero,</p>
<p>You are not the only one out there :-) I'm sure there are a lot of non-traditional students out there. </p>
<p>I'm glad I decided to post. Maybe we call all track our progress and keep in touch via CC.</p>
<p>My aunt went to law school at the age of 62.</p>
<p>What an inspiration this thread has turned into for me! Thanks to all who have shared their stories!</p>
<p>I am not 30+ but I am 25. I worked full time after high school and didn't start college until I was 23, when I realized what I wanted to be when I grew up!</p>
<p>This then motivated my mom, who never finished her degree, to go back. Now we both attend the University of Minnesota. Her for natural science and me for business. She'll be 52 in October.</p>
<p>My mom just started college to become an elementary teacher a year ago.</p>
<p>WOW! This is great, glad to know I'm not the only one out there.</p>
<p>I started class on Tuesday, since it's been so long since I took math I had to be placed in developmental Algebra. I'm so excited to be in school!</p>