Questions about Greek Life (from an outsider [UK])

[geryon]

I am only 24, the PhD objective does not change my age. 24 is young! (I insist on it).

Hypothetically, a 24 y/o dating a 19 year old isnt 'weird'. UK undergrad is 3 years, MA 1 year. Theoretically, one can start a PhD at 22 here.

I have researched GL in both schools, UCLA has 1 (?) graduate fraternity, but obviously my distance means I can only get a snapshot of a perspective.

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?

[33girl]

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?

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.