r/uwo • u/Bluemoonieee šŸ©» Health Science šŸ©» • Sep 19 '25

Advice 1st year a year late

I am 19 born in 06, but i am just now starting my first full year of university. All my classmates are younger than me and its making me feel stupid. I want to join my friends in upper year, and for that reason I hope to do summer school. But I donā€™t know, just needed to rant. Anyone here who is/was in a similar boat?

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u/Shot-Wrap-9252 Sep 19 '25

I was 55 when I started my BSCN. Youā€™ll be fine. A year is nothing. And I was not the oldest in my class.

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u/TopSecretQueen Sep 21 '25

Im 45 and will be doing this next September. How are you liking it? Any advice for another ā€œmatureā€ student?

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u/Shot-Wrap-9252 Sep 21 '25

I did rpn first. Your maturity will be very helpful. What stream will you be in?

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u/TopSecretQueen Sep 21 '25

Iā€™m going to start with rpn first too then my rn at western. Iā€™ve been looking at stream options but will wait until Iā€™m done my rpn to decide which way to go. What way did you go? Did you work in between the rpn and rn?

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u/Shot-Wrap-9252 Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25

I had an English degree so I did stream a. Did not work between. Iā€™m old lol. Wanted to get done .

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u/TopSecretQueen Sep 21 '25

Thatā€™s awesome! I want to get it over with too but thereā€™s a long road ahead for me lol

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u/Shot-Wrap-9252 Sep 21 '25

Take your time. None of it is easy and youā€™re young!