Anyone start their career late in Life?

I completely agree with you. Denying admission or giving preference based on age is pure discrimination. How do we know the 20 somethings won't decide to change careers a few years after graduating? Wouldn't that be a "waste" of a spot in a program? Admission should be based on a person's quality, not on age. Anyway, none of us old fogies are going to be able to retire until we're well into our dotage-we won't be able to afford to!!!

I graduated 3 years ago with my BSN. I was only 3 classes off from having my BA in sociology. I worked for over 10 years in Quality Control/Assurance in different compacities....everything from a Quality Lab technician for a food company to a Quality Assurance analyst for an adult beverage company.
I got sick of being stuck in a cube or a lab.....and wanted some human interaction, and boy do I have it now as a CVICU RN!!
I know in one of my prerequist classes there was 76 year old who was wanting to be a nurse!!! So, it is never too late~