<p>A more practical issue is whether starting in the spring might mess up your course choices. In some subjects, at some colleges, many classes are taught in two-semester sequences, with the first half offered only in the fall and the second half only in the spring.</p>
<p>If you’re in such a situation, you may find it better to start college in the fall.</p>
<p>Also, for what it’s worth, my husband missed a semester because of illness and went on to earn a PhD. My sister graduated late (she had to take summer courses to finish her requirements) and went on to earn an MBA. I graduated on time, but only because I took summer courses between my junior and senior years, and I went on to earn a master’s degree.</p>
<p>Nobody cared about these situations for any of us.</p>
<p>btw- another issue you haven’t mentioned. No one will care where you started college, either. Transfers to colleges get the same diploma as those who do their entire college years at the school. Colleges make sure transfers meet their standards and only give their diplomas to those who did their final semesters with the school.</p>
<p>Alex…you apply to grad school when you are completing undergrad school…whenever that is! So what if you do this a year later than you originally anticipated? We know folks who went to undergrad on the 12 year plan, for some reasons, and still went to grad school after undergrad. </p>
<p>Right now…work on what you are doing right now! </p>
<p>I started college right after HS, but due to a situation out of my control, I had to quit school after 2 years and started all over at a community college when I was 26, then transferred to a state university and received my BS degree a few years later. I was admitted to all grad schools I applied to, but decided to take a job instead.</p>
<p>3 years later, I was a manager of a group of engineers, many of them MS degree holders and younger than 25. My compensation was among the top 10% of people with similar experience/responsibilities.</p>
<p>Everyone cared about how good (or how bad) I did my job. Noone ever cared when I got my degree, or even what degree I earned.</p>
<p>My boss later told me the main reason he promoted me so quickly was that in addition to the ability as an engineer, I seemed to be more mature than other individuals. He attributed the maturity to what I went through before I re-started college (he knew the story of my life).</p>
<p>To be honest I was concerned cause this year has been kind of a step back for me cause my grandmother died this past summer causing me to apply late to this new CC I’m going to. Lucky for me I’m back in classes now and doing good so far, but since this is only half a semester and I’m still looking for work to help around the house I’m still might gonna have to graduate at a later time anyways.</p>