University of Minnesota for non-traditional older students? (St. Paul: schools, internship)

[awsun1980]

Does anyone here go to the U of M as a 'non-traditional' older student at night or on the weekends?

I am 30 & looking to go back to school for Dietetics. There are very few schools that have the program that are in the Twin Cities area, but U of M St. Paul is one of them.

From what I've seen, it seems impossible to somehow complete a bachelor's degree of this sort while working full-time. It seems like most programs out there for older working adults are the business type of degrees--bleh:P

Any thoughts from other older college students would be appreciated

[uptown_urbanist]

Yes, the U is FULL of "older" students (if 30 is old!). It's a huge school and there obviously tons of traditional age students, too, but you will unlikely to be the only person your age in most of your classes. I did the traditional college at 18 thing, but many of my classmates and friends were older. I don't know about your program in particular, but you could check the course schedules to check on time, or even just call up the department and ask; the U has many evening courses, so even if the program itself isn't geared towards or advertised as being tailored to evening students doesn't mean that you won't be able to complete all, or at least most, through evening classes. I took some evening classes there (although not in that department) and was generally the youngest in the class. You might run into problems if you need to complete an internship or have a lot of intensive labs, though. Still, worse-case scenario, maybe you could complete as much as possible of it while still working. Do you already have a degree? If you're starting from scratch, you shouldn't have a problem fulfilling most of the general requirement coursework (and probably at least some of the degree-specific requirements) during the evenings.