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I’m curious how common it actually is to be in college at 24 or older. For those of you who are older students, what led you to be in college at this age? Did you start later, change majors, take time off, or have other circumstances that delayed things?
And honestly, how has your experience been? Do you feel out of place around younger students, or does nobody really care?
I’d appreciate hearing other people’s experiences because I think I need some perspective on this.

I am extremely lonely and loveless

I take the bus to school and getting to the stops in time combined w being on campus is a LOT of walking 😭. I dont have the funds to buy an electric scooter or a bike and I have no idea how to use a skateboard, BUT I do have my bratz kids kick scooter that I use to get around in my town. i’m considering on bringing my scooter to school, but i’ve seen no one else use a kick scooter so im a bit embarrassed and nervous. Should I just bite the bullet and bring it? 🤕

edit: tysm for all the repliesss u all r so sweet !!! i will now be riding my scooter 🙂‍↕️

I'm a professor up at Merced. My niece is a HS senior and I'm helping her and my brother figure out where she should apply for college.

Her top choice right now is ASU. She likes the desert, likes the idea of getting some distance from the family (Sacramento area), went to visit her boyfriend there and had a great time at a football game.

But financially she probably won't be able to afford going OOS. She'll probably apply to SDSU, but I don't know if she has the grades to get in there.

On paper UCR seems like a good safety option that would fit with what she wants in a school. But I've never actually been to UCR. What do you all think?

Just heard a pack of coyotes howling at a cat and cat screams..😿😿 IF YOU HAVE CATS OR A CAT KEEP THEM INSIDE!!!! ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. There are coyotes roaming around day and night! Please protect your fur babies

Hi, I applied to ucr dining services as a job I would like to know if they reject people cuz I heard it was really easy to get in and when they accept offers because I mostly want this job for the food please let me know thank you.

Any russian speakers on campus?

i acc just cant deal with baking alive and im on an acne medication — doctor recommends to avoid sun as much as possible. im gonna carry an umbrella regardless but i just wanna know your opinion and whether i look stupid 💔

edit: ok thanks guys 🙏🔥🔥

I’m a first year transfer, and at my cc people that were posting/promoting things were told to go to the student life office to get the postings approved or to sign in as a petitioner/vendor. Does UCR have a similar policy? I tried looking it up but couldn’t really find much besides the posting policy (which has to get approved by student life?).

For additional context, I just got an off campus internship as a campus ambassador and I need to promote a specific site on campus. The organization encourages that we table to promote but they also want us to email departments and try to send out emails to large groups of people and promote in clubs/classes. I don’t want to do any of this until I know whether or not it’s against the rules, but I just can’t find the policy anywhere.

Any help is greatly appreciated. I only have until election day to get 500 site visits and I’m scrambling, so I might go to the career center and see if they know what to do since it’s job related 😭

Hey yall, would anyone know where I could check my dinning dollar balance because the usual website just straight up doesn't work anymore.

I would personally like if yall could recommend another website I could use, if there is any, but if I have to go somewhere in person thats okay too.

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biochem major, had a rough first year (social and mental health issues) and i am two quarters behind. i was going to graduate in three years anyway so a fourth year wouldn’t be catastrophic but im wondering if i should take the summer ochem anyway. im on track to take chem 8a in spring 2027, so i would be taking six weeks of ochem in the summer instead of nine. thoughts?

So I had just checked out a ps5 game and im looking to play it in the game section of the rivera library. What kind of ps5 does the libarary have? Base, Digital, or Pro? Also should i bring my own controller or do they give me one along with other accessories? Once I use the ps5 do I have to sign into my own account? Or do i have to use the guest account?

for when my roommates in the room and i want to be left alone / no questions asked while bawling