Am I too old to attend US College/University as a Brit? 🇬🇧
Okay so brief backstory, I'm from the UK and for as long as I remember I have been obsessed with the US. I have always dreamed of moving to America.
The last education I had was at Post 16 (High School equivalent) and I was in no way ever going to be able to afford studying at a US College right after leaving Post 16. So I had a choice to make, attend a UK University which had never been my dream or try and gather enough funds to attend in the US. Well I am now at the point where it would be possible but I am worried it is maybe a year or two late.
If I were to begin in Spring 2027, I would be a 21 year old freshman, meaning 22 at Sophomore, 23 at Junior and 24 for Senior.
I know Colleges accept non traditional students, but I am just kind of worried as to how it may be seen socially? Like would people think it's weird?
Because I'd be in my early twenties, I'd still want to have fun, but like would attending rush at 21 come across as weird or even desperate? To this point I only have 2 people I know who are American (And yes I have spoke to them too but I'm still worrying in my head) so stuff like rush and frat seems a good way to meet people, but at the same time fellow freshman would be like 2 years younger than me.
Then lastly my biggest concern would be how it may come across if I went to parties. Like I say I still want to have fun I don't want to fly thousands of miles to sit alone in a room, but would going to parties at my age be seen as weird or even creepy? Because I'm not the type of guy who would go to parties to hit on 18 year old Girls, I mean that is just inherently fucking weird, but I don't want to be grouped in or clustered with that type of people if that makes sense?