You know what else is "age discrimination?" How many scholarships are available to students your age. Just look around and you will see the majority of the scholarships are only for HS students or students right out of HS. Many Universities give automatic scholarships based on grades to students who are direct or one year out of HS. There just isn't the same opportunity for adult students. Additionally, many programs which require in-person courses or labs aren't super flexible to the working adult. As a younger student, you have a lot of opportunities that adult students might not.
At the B&M college I go to, they have a couple of degree completion programs: BA in Liberal Studies, BA in Individualized Studies and I think something else. Anyways in order to do such programs, you must be at least 21 years old. This is commonplace at many Universities not just online ones.
Programs like TESU, EC, WGU, UMPI are designed for the working adult to get a degree quickly. That is not to say 18-year-olds aren't in their programs, but it is not who it is designed for. I think UMPI's policy is the same reason TESU has its age requirement: to maintain the integrity of the program and so their programs better serve who they were designed to serve.
I never understood the idea of 18-year-old rushing through their degree in a year or two. From my own personal life, the people I know who graduated college early, are in no better place than the ones who took the full 4 years. Life is about the journey, not the destination. I am not saying that graduating college quickly is a bad idea by any means. But just think through it and make sure it is the right choice for you. Think about the career path and the degree you want to go with it. Also once you get your first bachelor's you aren't eligible for most financial aid. So for example, if you want to go into the engineering field, it is better to get your bachelor's in engineering and take longer to do so than just to speed through a generic Bachelors's of Liberal Studies. But I don't know your career plans, so maybe that logic won't apply to you.
Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what your plans are for your degree/career?
At the B&M college I go to, they have a couple of degree completion programs: BA in Liberal Studies, BA in Individualized Studies and I think something else. Anyways in order to do such programs, you must be at least 21 years old. This is commonplace at many Universities not just online ones.
Programs like TESU, EC, WGU, UMPI are designed for the working adult to get a degree quickly. That is not to say 18-year-olds aren't in their programs, but it is not who it is designed for. I think UMPI's policy is the same reason TESU has its age requirement: to maintain the integrity of the program and so their programs better serve who they were designed to serve.
I never understood the idea of 18-year-old rushing through their degree in a year or two. From my own personal life, the people I know who graduated college early, are in no better place than the ones who took the full 4 years. Life is about the journey, not the destination. I am not saying that graduating college quickly is a bad idea by any means. But just think through it and make sure it is the right choice for you. Think about the career path and the degree you want to go with it. Also once you get your first bachelor's you aren't eligible for most financial aid. So for example, if you want to go into the engineering field, it is better to get your bachelor's in engineering and take longer to do so than just to speed through a generic Bachelors's of Liberal Studies. But I don't know your career plans, so maybe that logic won't apply to you.
Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what your plans are for your degree/career?
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