How does returning to university after a long break impact older students?

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Hello! I just started at university after being out of school for about ~8 years. I was working for local businesses in my area (nothing too exciting) as a waiter and other various jobs.

Just getting back into study is a little daunting after being away from formal education for so long especially with everyone being so young! Or at least relative to my age (26).

I hope to learn lots!

Thank you for reading!
 
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Hello everyone, I'm Cosmo. I'm an 18 years old student majoring in physics. I found this forum cause I was searching on Google if it's common for physics student to feel like they're in the wrong major in the first semester cause it feels like too much for me to learn the materials even the ones that are considered as "basic math" or "basic physics", I've initial fascination with the universe's mysteries and it disconnect with the reality of intense, foundational mathematics courses required...
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