Youngest person in your cohort?

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Hi y'all.

I start the first semester of an RN program this semester. I'm a guy, and I just turned 19 in June. What age is the youngest person in your cohort?

Wow! I wish my high school allowed for dual enrollment! I'm 25 years old and one of the youngest in my cohort. I'm pretty sure the youngest just turned 21. I WISH I was done with nursing school long before this age! Now I feel old haha

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I'm in a BSN program, so many of the students seem to be the usual college age. I'm 20 entering my first semester of nursing school, and I'll be 21 when I graduate.

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Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.

I was the youngest person in my cohort. I'm 23. Alot of my classmates would tell me "I have kids your age" lol.

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Specializes in CVICU.
College wasn't even discussed when I was growing up, but I pushed it hard on my own kids and have a daughter with a master's degree and son who is in his senior year for his BA.

My parents were the same way, and I am glad they were. Neither of them went to college and they told us from an early age how important it is to go to college. I definitely think that is what encouraged me to start college early.

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So good to have driven young people!

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Specializes in Psychiatric nursing.

I was the youngest in my nursing class at 18. Had my RN licence in hand at 19!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

21, but she was 19 when the cohort began. It's a jr/sr BSN program, so she had 2 years before even entering. I'm pretty sure she graduated high school early, and likely at the top of her class.

The oldest person is 54, I believe.

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Ummm...

I was skipping class and smoking stolen cigarettes behind the church when I was 14... :blink:

I am always amazed and in awe of the seriously intelligent and dedicated kids out there (sorry, I'm old-- you're all "kids" to me!) :D

Best wishes to all of you who have your heads on straight :up:

Nothing wrong with a bit of life experience. :yeah:

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I'm 18 and I'm probably the youngest and only 18-year-old in my program. I started taking full time post-secondary or concurrent enrollment classes when I was 16. Because of that I know hold an AA degree already! I graduated from college before I graduated from high school haha :-) When I took my post-secondary classes, I was able to get all of my generals completed for the nursing program so I'm really happy about that![/quote']

That is so awesome! I did the same thing and technically graduated college a week before my high school graduation at 17. I finished with my BSN and am starting the new grad program at UCLA. So working hard at a young age pays off. Now I can start working and having fun too

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