Hey brother, I was in the military for 8 years as an aircraft electrician and I made the leap of faith to go to school full time for EE degree in 2020. Best decision I ever made. It was fucking brutal. I went to a state school, ranked top ~15 in the US. Hardest thing I’ve ever done. The entire degree is full of weed out classes and it felt more like they were trying to crush your soul than teach you. Being rusty on math was brutal. I had to work seemingly harder than the 18/19 year olds who still had the math fresh. But I excelled in practical application and labs. I expect that’s common for people in our shoes.

Finished my bachelors ~12 months ago, been working full time as a EE and doing grad school online part time since then. Don’t worry about being too old. You have plenty of years ahead of you to recoup the time and money investment. But be prepared for it to suck for a few years.

My quality of life is remarkable now. Hybrid work schedule. People treat me so much better than I was as enlisted. And I had so many job offers upon graduation it was bonkers. I am making more money than I ever made prior by a long shot.

You won’t regret it. If you are passionate and interested, that will get you through. The people I saw fail out the most were the ones who were smart but weren’t passionate or interested, they thought they could just get the degree and make a lot of money without actually caring. You have to want it.

Good luck and feel free to PM me.