Dear Klinden1; Dont worry, I am finishing the first semester and there are a lot of out of state girls in my class, diversity is huge in our group, there are people with all sorts of backgrounds, ages, experience, etc... I would recommend for you to get some experience in the medical field before applying, they love people that participate at the Scrubs program at Roper, or really any kind of volunteering or medical experience is great. I was so worried when i applied, the competition is great but if you want it bad enough and have good grades im sure u have a good shot, like i said dont worry diversity is huge in our program, i think the youngest girl must be like 20 and the oldest in her 40s so u are fine :) GOOD LUCK!!!