Age Survey

[Gwendolyn]

I can't remember which thread it was, but yesterday I noticed some members discussing their ages while applying to graduate school. Now I'm curious to know the average age of applicants on TheGradCafe. 

Edited February 20, 2013 by Gwendolyn

[lisajay]

if we were talking about every time i've applied for grad school, i could have fit in 3 of those categories  

[Gwendolyn]

if we were talking about every time i've applied for grad school, i could have fit in 3 of those categories  

Didn't think about that 

[Porridge]

35 when I applied.

36 when I commence.

[Taco Superior]

36

[Taco Superior]

I can't remember which thread it was, but yesterday I noticed some members discussing their ages while applying to graduate school. Now I'm curious to know the average age of applicants on TheGradCafe. 

 

Gwen (if I may call you that), you forgot to post YOUR age.

[Deadinthewater]

23

[kalliel]

21

[Gwendolyn]

@paulmikesloones

 

You most certainly may. I voted, but I now realize you can't see who voted what. I'm 23. 

[DontHate]

24 going on 87 going on 13

[Taco Superior]

@paulmikesloones

 

You most certainly may. I voted, but I now realize you can't see who voted what. I'm 23. 

oh - now I see how it works, the voting...

[Datatape]

28, will be 29 when I commence.

[dazedandbemused]

23 in a few weeks. Hoping to finish grad school before 30!

[TripWillis]

Seeing all the 26-30s reppin' is making me feel better about the fact I'll be 30 in a year and three months.    Sometimes I look at my freshfaced cohort-mates and go, "Goddamn I wish I had the energy to stay at school until 9 and work on the weekends and then go get wasted." 

 

But, on the other hand, none of them know what 7:00 in the morning looks like.

[dazedandbemused]

But, on the other hand, none of them know what 7:00 in the morning looks like.

 

Damn straight! I haven't seen it in about 10 years.

[practical cat]

23 in a few days.

[yellow.wallpaper]

I was twenty when I applied, but just turned 21.

[DontHate]

I'm always up at 7 am. May have something to do with my intense levels of anxiety lately

[beet-nik]

I'm the same as yellow.wallpaper! But I know what 7:00 in the morning looks like. Actually, more like 5:00. (And this is why none of you should decide to pick up sports in your last year of undergraduate study.)

[KeelyMK]

I'm one of the oldest undergrads at school :/ I've really been looking forward to getting into grad school so that I don't feel so awkward and can be around more people closer to my age, even if they are way further along in their studies.

So yay for 27. (my 28th birthday is also the last day of undergrad AND the day the new Star Trek comes out. I die.)

[Deadinthewater]

I'm 17.

[bluecheese]

I'm this many: holds up 30 fingers.

[Deadinthewater]

I am sixteen, I'll be turning seventeen in early April.

[ProfLorax]

I am sixteen, I'll be turning seventeen in early April.

Are you innocent as a rose? 

[wreckofthehope]

I'm one of the oldest undergrads at school :/ I've really been looking forward to getting into grad school so that I don't feel so awkward and can be around more people closer to my age, even if they are way further along in their studies.

So yay for 27. (my 28th birthday is also the last day of undergrad AND the day the new Star Trek comes out. I die.)

 

 

I also did my undergrad late (worked after high school), so totally get this. It's pleasantly out of the norm for me to be solidly within the average age range for students in my department  

 

I was 29 when I started the PhD, btw.