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158 members have voted

  1. 1. What is/was your age while applying to graduate school?

    • 20 or younger
      4
    • 21 - 25
      93
    • 26 - 30
      49
    • 31 - 35
      9
    • 36 - 40
      2
    • 41 - 45
      1
    • 46 - 50
      1
    • 51 - 55
      0
    • 56 and older
      0


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You will not be starting a fight with me. TNG is easily the best iteration.

 

Still, ST II, ST IV, and the reboot are all good in my book.

 

No no no no no..

 

I USED to think TNG was the best series of Star Trek. Then I watched the entire series of Deep Space Nine (ok; I have three episodes left to go). I still will always have a fond place in my heart for TNG, though.

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No no no no no..

 

I USED to think TNG was the best series of Star Trek. Then I watched the entire series of Deep Space Nine (ok; I have three episodes left to go). I still will always have a fond place in my heart for TNG, though.

Seconded.

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I'm in the 29-going-to-be-30-when-I-start brigade.

 

I'm not sure whether or not there's age discrimination in this process but one of my recommenders from my MDiv program did ask how old I was and hinted that ad comms do take that into consideration. I inquired further and she said she had heard of some programs who have an unspoken, magic age for applying. Too young and you're seen as too immature, too old and you're set in your academic ways. I haven't experienced this or heard anything like it so hopefully that's just a vicious rumor.

 

On another (potentially more important) note, should we start a separate Star Trek poll? I vote TNG.

Posted

At 48, I finally got this thing called "life" figured out and feel I still can make a significant contribution, but many of the doors of opportunity seem to be only open for the young.  Who said, "Youth is wasted on the young..."?  

Posted (edited)

At 48, I finally got this thing called "life" figured out and feel I still can make a significant contribution, but many of the doors of opportunity seem to be only open for the young.  Who said, "Youth is wasted on the young..."?  

Yes and no. It does depend on the industry. It also depends on gender. I'm grateful I have no kids or partner. It makes my transition so much easier, at least as a woman. I am aware however my earning capacity is less than a man's. It's unfair but it also means it is critical that I receive the best funding offer possible to offset any possible debt.

 

That said, I'm in great admiration of you. It is so heartening to see "older" people (and let's be honest you are not old!) live their dream. It's encouraging. When I was teaching I much prefered the older students - they were easier to deal with and more engaging in class.

 

Edited for grammar.

Edited by Porridge
Posted (edited)

I'm 22 and coming straight out of undergrad. One of my professors mentioned this age question to me once. She said that some schools may prefer that students take a year or two off so that they are certain that grad school is really what they want to be doing, rather than just applying as a way of deferring the future. I obviously ignored this advice, but that's becuase she didn't tell me this until I was already knee-deep in the trenches of applications.

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I turned 27 when I started my MA and 29 when I started my ph.d. I'm 31 now but still look 12 so it's sometimes hilariously awkward with my students (hey! will we see you at a party sometime?).

 

Haha, I have run into students in the following places: the movie theater, a bar or two, and best of all... a Ke$ha concert. I won't even explain that one, because your imagination can probably do great things with it. 

 

I'm in my mid-20s, and I definitely feel like people who are 21-22 are a lot younger than I am, but I think that's probably just me imaging myself to be more mature than I am.

Posted

This poll is very interesting ...the numbers favoring the 21 to 25 bracket.... I would imagine that it is a good statistical representation of the entire graduate applicant pool in English.... wish there was a way to compare with previous years....  I have heard the programs are experiencing record number of applicants this year......perhaps another age poll  is warranted here...of people who were accepted into a program??

Posted

26 during app season, 27 by fall, and was 24 when I finished my M.A. Right now I work in a money-driven, Office Space-esque corporate environment (my boss is no Lumbergh, though) and am curious as to the looks on faces when I break the news that I am going back to school. They'll probably write it off as youthful immaturity.

Posted

I'm 24, turning 25 before starting in a PhD program in the fall. When I flew out to find an apt in NY for my MA, I was asked if I was 15. I was 23. 

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