How old were you when you began nursing school?

[smellyacres]

I know this is a very random question, and I know lots of people go to nursing school when they're older and for second careers and stuff.

I graduated from high school early and will be going to nursing school at age 20 (hopefully if I get in), and I'm just wondering what the age range is for new BSN students. Is twenty typically a young age for nursing students?

[LMRN10]

I'd say 20 isn't young...probably average? My classes are at night, so most of the students are actually old than me (32 now). I believe one girl is younger than me and two are right around the same age, but the other 4 are older than me...which is pretty normal for night classes I think.

I'm going into an ADN and I was 27, almost 28 when I went into that program. This is my first degree... 5 1/2 years later...but going part time, work full-time and had a baby in 2005 which I took some time off to enjoy.

[SU Redhawk]

I am 18, I'll be starting my 3rd year in Nursing School this fall! I'm a young'n

[EleniRN]

I will be starting classes on August 18th and turn 30 on August 23!

New decade.. new life!

Helen:yeah:

[jazz_is_my_game]

I start my pre-reqs in a couple of weeks...I am 25. I feel so old! :chuckle

I have two degrees so I should be done (if all goes well) before I am 30! I am a pre-nursing student in a traditional BSN program. At least I have 10 classes out the way.

I remember that many of the nursing students I saw walking around campus were non-traditional students looking (over 25)...so maybe I'll be in good company.

Good luck to you! You seem to have everything mapped out I wish I had gone into nursing at your age! But "age ain't nothing but a number."

[txpatches]

I start the nursing program August 25 and I am 33 yrs old. I have only met one other person in our program so far and she is 28. I think you will find that the ages of everyone will vary quite a bit!

Good luck and best wishes to everyone!!

[Bobylon]

50, will be 51 when we graduate next year. Older than my classsmates ( they range from low 20's to upper 40's, am guessing) and probably older than all of my instructors as well No worries on my part, it's going very well

[laa0512]

I'll be 19 in September, I graduated high school in 2007. I am about to start LPN school in 2 weeks. I'll be finished with the LPN program in August of 2009 and I'll be almost 20 but most likely will be almost 21 by the time I have gone back and became an RN. :wink2:

[notthereyet0]

I am 45, have all my prereq's done and am starting ns in a couple of weeks. I will be 48 when completed.

[cwjona2]

I will be 19 if everything goes as plan.

[jennafezz]

I'll be 22 by the time school starts, if I get in and everything goes well. :) I'll be almost 25 when the program finishes, with a BSN.

[mrosev14]

I am 22 and I start in t-minus 2 weeks and 4 days...

[Jdl2002]

I was 24 when I started nursing school. Nursing is a second degree for me. I had already received a BA in another field.