Originally Posted by JonA
Originally Posted by Bostonian
I don't see where age or date-of-birth is requested on the Common App
https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2012/2012PacketFY_download.pdf , and since older students will not call attention to their age, I don't think 19-year-olds are penalized by admissions or scholarship committees. Younger students can choose to mention their age in their essays, but I don't know if they get any credit for this.

Birthdate is the third line down at the top left of the first page.

Oops, my error. But none of the books on college admissions I have read say that admissions committees penalize redshirts and will prefer an 18yo to a 19yo, other things being equal.

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