Comments on: Adult College Students Have Advantages, Discover 3 Now http://www.sophiemaddox.com/2009/11/13/adult-student-advantage/ What do you want to know about? Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:15:35 -0600 hourly 1 By: Sophie http://www.sophiemaddox.com/2009/11/13/adult-student-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Sophie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:07:28 +0000 http://www.sophiemaddox.com/?p=241#comment-42 Geoff: Thanks for sharing! I love to help students accomplish exactly what you did. It's interesting sometimes going back to college has a greater impact on our lives than just going right out of high school. <strong>Congratulations </strong>on getting your degree! That is simply amazing and inspirational!!! Be sure to tell your friends about this blog, I'd love to help as many students as possible with it. Sophie Geoff:

Thanks for sharing! I love to help students accomplish exactly what you did.
It’s interesting sometimes going back to college has a greater impact on our lives than just going right out of high school.
Congratulations on getting your degree! That is simply amazing and inspirational!!!

Be sure to tell your friends about this blog, I’d love to help as many students as possible with it.

Sophie

]]> By: Geoff http://www.sophiemaddox.com/2009/11/13/adult-student-advantage/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Geoff Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:25:12 +0000 http://www.sophiemaddox.com/?p=241#comment-40 As a recent college graduate at the age of 28, I can relate to this. I started a four year college right out of high school and was more interested in partying than learning. After 3 years I took a break and went back 2 years later. Better grades followed, but I was still not ready. I took another two years off to work and I went back a third and final time when I was 26. This time things went beautifully. It was this last time when I really WANTED to be there. I had taken time to realize what I wanted to do and was willing to put in the time and effort. I changed from a very smart student on academic probation to the salutatorian of my class (2nd in the class). I think the major factor was not only age, but willingness and readiness to learn. I have seen younger students do just as well and better, but they too were ready to put in the time and effort and had also figured out what it was that they wanted to do with the rest of their life. All in all this is a great point you're making. The financial aid was much easier to attain and with much greater benefits, and my teachers were of my generation for sure. I was even older than a few of them. As a recent college graduate at the age of 28, I can relate to this. I started a four year college right out of high school and was more interested in partying than learning. After 3 years I took a break and went back 2 years later. Better grades followed, but I was still not ready. I took another two years off to work and I went back a third and final time when I was 26. This time things went beautifully.

It was this last time when I really WANTED to be there. I had taken time to realize what I wanted to do and was willing to put in the time and effort. I changed from a very smart student on academic probation to the salutatorian of my class (2nd in the class). I think the major factor was not only age, but willingness and readiness to learn. I have seen younger students do just as well and better, but they too were ready to put in the time and effort and had also figured out what it was that they wanted to do with the rest of their life.

All in all this is a great point you’re making. The financial aid was much easier to attain and with much greater benefits, and my teachers were of my generation for sure. I was even older than a few of them.

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