advice please fellas

[shrike59]

Go for uni as soon as possible.You will probably meet many nice career oriented women for possible future marriage or great sex whichever suits you.If you want this degree you must get on with it.You know well when people procrastinate sometimes it never happens.Good luck and go for it.

[jimbonda]

thanks shrike, it's less for the social aspect althought there's nowt sad about getting laid when and where it's more to get the degree as easily as poss. debt doesn't worry me too much because the point is to get a well paid job down the line and be able to pay it back.

[karthy]

Just read this. first surprised you are 30 ( Same age mate).
Secondly had the same dilemma. Done with my Degree thru Uni. Not sure how it is there , but i can tell you that age doesn't matter and to be honest with you having choosing Psychology it would actually help you. It helped me.

Think of it like this , you would have met with more situations then others, handled them differently and can actually relate to most of the Behavioral theories and underlying principles.

If you are worrying about age don't- you'd be on a roll. sort of Hot nerdy cool guy. Uni should be the way.

Wishing you luck whichever you choose mate ( hoping that it will Uni ,u won't regret it

[jimbonda]

i'd be a hot nerdy cool guy? thanks mate

haha i know what u mean though. did u study psych then kartho? were there mature students on your course? and did u go in england or india or elsewhere?

[Dan United]

If you're not worried about the debt, go for it. This is something you obviously want to do, so the best thing would be to just jump straight in and do it - the Open University route would take too long.
As for being a mature student, seriously, there just won't be a problem. What would you be doing in terms of accommodation, your own gaff or student digs?
When I was at Uni there were mature students everywhere, some of them were good mates. Besides, it's a psychology degree, I bet even the young students are quite mature. (Or I have just given all psychology students everywhere way too much credit?)

the uni option is better than the open uni route, and you should always go with the best option. So the question you should ask yourself is how important is this mid-long term career plan? We don't really know you, so it's hard for us to say how much this is something you've wanted.

[jimbonda]

i'm not an especially career minded person Dano. but i'm pretty sure i'll regret not doing this degree, i've been considering it off and on for about the last 4/5 years. it opens a lot of doors to a bunch of different areas that i find pretty interesting. also i'll be thankful when i'm not doing heavy outdoor work which i don't mind at the minute but might not be ideal forever.

i don't know about accommodation. if i could hook up with a few people that are in their mid 20's / 30's and share a place that would be spot on. that is the age ranges of the majority of my mates and the type of people i get on best with. i'm not shy of a night out when in good company but i need to start cutting back on that stuff slightly and start investing my time a bit better in the evenings. i need good influences around me, dunno if that sounds strange. i'm independent enough but i could do with mixing it up with a new set of people who i can get a rub off (are we back on sex again...)

you're right, i'd rather take the best option, im convinced enough to at least get an application in to some unis and give myself the option. i'm also a believer that its never to late to do anything, just good to hear it from other people and all.

cheers fella your post was pretty convincing.