Can someone define college-aged?

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I thought college -aged meant 18-21 years of age, or 18-24 years of age. Not people in their 30s. Please help.

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[+7] - snood - 02/26/2011If someone refers to "college-aged" people, they typically mean 18-22 years old. Of course other-aged people attend college, but the no-brainer, common-sense reference would be the age of...
[+5] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011I'm a woman. No, I'm not chinese.
[+4] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011Perhaps your speech or actions.
[+4] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011It's whining. Poor Mr. Goldman... Many americans are now out of work who are in their fifties or sixties and they get shunned routinely. This is very disheartening. My father went through it,...
[+4] - djjd62 - 02/26/2011[quote="ossobuco"] I'm a woman. No, I'm not chinese. [/quote] that's too bad, cause i know this guy who wants to write comic books, and apparently looks at least 10...
[+4] - djjd62 - 02/26/2011and i said you were...........where exactly
[+3] - PaddyH - 02/25/2011So would you refuse access to college for people 25+.And remember too there are those extremely gifted people who can succeed in college even if they have not reached 18.
[+3] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011I went back to school at 40 for another four years. Don't whine at me, I don't have patience for it - I agree with a previous poster (not looking back just now, but that was a good post) about...
[+3] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011Well, that is a cry of anguish. This is not my business but I am suspecting you aren't having someone who knows about your situation of both being very bright and socially questioning - to help...
[+3] - ossobuco - 02/26/2011You will hate me for that post, but remember it and consider getting help.

@JGoldman10,

So would you refuse access to college for people 25+.And remember too there are those extremely gifted people who can succeed in college even if they have not reached 18.

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@PaddyH,

I didn't say that. when most people think of College-aged people they think of people 18-24 years old. I want to go back to college-age has nothing to do with furthering your education.

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@JGoldman10,

Ah... but you forget..
College isn't just undergraduate work

4-5 years of undergraduate
2 years for Masters
another 4-5 years for Phd.

And then to take a year or 2 off between or a second degree, 30 is not unreasonable for college aged.

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I want to go back to school to get a second degree.

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@JGoldman10,

People are now waiting with bated breath to hear what the first was for.

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@PaddyH,

I'm an artist- I went to school for animation. I want to go back to get a degree in Illustration/Cartooning so I can go into comics, or pursue some other venue to get the training I need to get my comics going.

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It's a little annoying to me that people look at me and say I'm college aged when I am much older than 18-24, or 25.

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@JGoldman10,

I wish people would look at me and think that way, instead I picture the "thought cloud",used by animators, of them thinking "I wonder how long ago senile decay set in?"

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@PaddyH,

Comic book artists use thought balloons. I'm not a senior citizen yet.

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If someone refers to "college-aged" people, they typically mean 18-22 years old. Of course other-aged people attend college, but the no-brainer, common-sense reference would be the age of people when they traditionally, normally go off to university.

If someone is mistaking you for younger than your years, enjoy it while you can.

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@snood,

I don't enjoy that-I find that insulting.

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@snood,

I find it insulting people compare me to people who are at least 10 years younger than me. I am a GENERATION OLDER than those people. What do I have in common with THOSE PEOPLE?

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@JGoldman10,

Perhaps your speech or actions.

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@ossobuco,

What advice can you give about going back to school and relating to people?

Can you please help me in this thread?:

http://able2know.org/topic/168292-1

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@ossobuco,

I use high-falutant vocabulary. People don't care if I am a Christian, or if I have a high IQ, or what my interests are. I don't say a word, and people label me as a nerd or geek. And they judge me based on age.

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@JGoldman10,

I went back to school at 40 for another four years. Don't whine at me, I don't have patience for it - I agree with a previous poster (not looking back just now, but that was a good post) about coming into one's own the next time around in schooling.

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@ossobuco,

Whine at you? What the HELL are you talking about?

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@JGoldman10,

Oh, starting a thread about it, complaining about age mattering over many posts.

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@ossobuco,

That's NOT WHINING. That's making a statement.

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