{"id":3522,"date":"2018-12-17T02:34:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/?page_id=3522"},"modified":"2025-03-20T09:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:43:18","slug":"mature-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/mature-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Mature Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Mature Students\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h4 id=\"considering-university-not-sure-about-returning-to-school\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Considering university? Not sure about returning to school?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/mature-student-photo-lrg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/mature-student-photo-lrg-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"mature students\" class=\"wp-image-3524\" title=\"mature students\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been away from school for a number of years, you may want support with the transition to university. The ESP offers structured academic support designed to help you re-integrate into an academic setting, navigate university expectations and master course content, while forming strong academic skills and habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mature students can enroll part-time or full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"what-are-the-minimum-academic-requirements-for-esp-mature-student-admission\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the minimum academic requirements for ESP mature student admission?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Mature applicants will be considered based on the strength of their completed Application Package (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/prospective-students\/esp-application-2\/\">application page<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"how-to-apply\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to apply<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please visit one of our application pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/january-admission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January application<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/prospective-students\/esp-application-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall application<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"costs-and-funding\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Costs and funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Eligible students may apply for OSAP for full-time or part-time study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/january-admission\/#costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/costs-and-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall\/Winter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"student-testimonials\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student testimonials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>See what former students have to say about their ESP experience, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/mature-students\/going-back-to-school\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Considering university? Not sure about returning to school? If you have been away from school for a number of years, you may want support with the transition to university. The ESP offers structured academic support designed to help you re-integrate into an academic setting, navigate university expectations and master course content, while forming strong academic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[62],"class_list":["post-3522","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7109,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3522\/revisions\/7109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}