Is there any point in attempting to go into STEM if you're 25+?

Is there any point in attempting to go into STEM if you're 25+?
Do we really have a harder time learning new things and understanding new concepts as we get older?

It's never too late to learn unless you are about to die, user-san
Yes we do but if you have a healthy brain aka don't eat shit on a bag or can and do some excercise, you won't lose your brain's capacity of memory

I don't know. There are theories about it but I don't think anyone actually knows. It is hard no matter what. You can also read books on learning and that should make it easier. I think that it is possible to learn faster and become smarter by studying how to study, perhaps even more than when you were at your peak.

Not op, but do you have any links about it?

I've met plenty of really intelligent 25+ year olds that went to school late. It's never too late to learn. Don't let the fear of being too old hinder your drive to follow your dreams. Fuck, even Brian May got his PhD in Physics at the age of 60.

Why not? Just dive in.

I am in this same position, never went to school, and now starting Uni at 24 (turn 25 in a few months. At least all my credits from my last drop out transferred over.

I feel like such a fool in all these stupid classes with 18 and 19 y.o's but this Math/CS BS is going to be worth the hassle.

Being much more mature and doing school this late just makes me not bullshit around and all my 'wow early 20s, drugs, drink, etc' is long gone. Puts me way ahead of the curve, also having to take the stupid intro classes I already understand is really fluffing up my GPA, it is going to make me really competitive for grad school hopefully.

I would love any advice people have to give also, OP's sentiment hits me so hard all the time.

I got into medical school last year, I was 27 then. Now at 29, I'm quite happy having left behind all those menial jobs and moving from one place/country to other every second year.

One thing I have noticed among older students is that they don't seem to stress so much as students fresh out of high school.

Besides, if your under 30 you'll blend in students societies just fine. Hell, might even be an advantage in dating scene.

Just go for it.

*to clarify, never went to a real uni only comm college.

I'm in the same boat as you. Fucked off in college my first time around, drinking 5/7 nights a week, ended up working some shitty restaurant job for 3 years.

I eventually decided shitty restaurant work in the long term wasn't for me (even though I worked my way up to fine dining and was making $250+ in cash per night + wages). Went back to school for engineering in the spring of 2015 when I was 25, and now I'm on track to graduate with a masters in engineering in spring 2018 -- I had already taken a bunch of the intro classes like freshman chemistry and calculus my first time around.

The difference in maturity between now and when I was in college years ago is huge, but it's definitely helped me focus and get shit done. Had I started my engineering school before (when I was in my late teens and early 20s), I'm sure I wouldn't have made it as far in the program as I have now.