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by atweiden
1546 days ago
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> Presumably life isn't a race at all, which makes you wonder why everyone is in such a rush to attend university when they are young It’s the networking opportunities (i.e. “the college experience”) which suffer as the age gap grows between you and the other students. Since networking is the bulk of the value of university, your age during attendance is of disproportionate consequence. I’m speaking from personal experience here — going into a post-grad program, it was immediately obvious to me that the age gap would act as an all but uncrossable chasm. And I’ve seen this chasm in action in undergrad, where it was even more pronounced. Simply put, university is a lot harder to justify when a significant age gap exists. To your point, maybe most people should wait a few years before attending university, but they don’t, and those who’d otherwise prefer to wait before starting university — which is doubtlessly a wise move for some — have to risk their college experience to do so. |
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The move to taking university online, and the masses of students following, through the COVID period suggests not. Online university does not provide any unique networking opportunities that aren't already available through every other online service, HN included.