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Originally Posted by geryon
Related questions, can someone not start a BA course in the US in their latter 20's (for instance). When I was 18 and started college, my best mate was 24-a mature student. It wasnt an issue here, is US college life more compartmentalized?
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You can start college at any time, but if you start undergrad in your 20s you're more likely to hang out with a "returning students" group than join a fraternity.
A lot of it has to do w/ the drinking age here - in some states you can't even go in a bar until you are legal (21) and in all states, the drinking age is 21. It really does put up a line between underclassmen and seniors, much more now than it used to as the rules are enforced more strictly.