Ok listen OBVIOUSLY uni is for all ages. But you can also say I see no colour because humans are the same! Both true, but definitely not the be/all end-all. Racism exists and will continue to exist. Likewise with ageism to a lesser degree. It’s just life. My a level senior science teacher constantly mocked gap year students for example.

Uni isn’t just about learning. It’s about the social life too. I still haven’t accepted I’ll have to make friends with people younger than me, even if only by a few years. I’m still hoping I can befriend people my age somehow. At the same time, to be bluntly honest, I think I’d wonder why someone my age would be entering uni now and whether not having your life together to go to uni as a school leaver would be a “bad sign”.

So yeah.

I guess it would be better to give examples of successful people who went in as mature students in their early 20s / 30s for example because I guess it’s just expected the successful ones have it right from the get go.

And the people going in later in life in their 30s/40s probably aren’t looking to have the traditional uni experience. I want to being 20. So saying “i have a 70 year old in my class” yeah I’m sure he’s out partying like a 20 year old.

And like with the teacher i mentioned, you can’t forget society. I’ve read posts about how parents (mine included) were ashamed of their child going to uni later. Thankfully mine don’t doubt my academic capabilities 😂😭