The Inside scoop on Non-Traditional Students

I interviewed several non-traditional students and asked them what they thought about being a non-traditional student.

All three of the interview subjects agreed that the key difference is priorities. Non-traditional students are more apt to make school a priority as they have a greater personnel investment in being there. The next important difference is likely age, as non-traditional students are older and more experienced. The traditional students are younger, and therefore may be enjoying that first taste of freedom. The three also all agreed that these are likely the reasons why non-traditional students out-perform traditional students in the academic realm, statistically speaking.

None of my interview subjects read blogs to gain information in regards to being non-traditional students. They did agree that this are little resources available to them that specifically mentioned the needs of non-traditional students. However, non-traditional students are typically more proactive and resourceful, so they all said they would seek out the person or department they needed to find the answer to a question.