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I have passed my 12th 3 years back. But didn't take admission at college at that time for some financial condition and family problems. But now I want to complete my graduation. My age is 22. Am I eligible for graduation? ??

Yes, you are eligible to pursue bachelor degree . But you need to fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria for admission in respective colleges/universities.

Candidates passed 12th or equivalent from recognised board are eligible for admission in bachelor degree. Gap year is not a bar for admission in bachelor degree course.

You are eligible for admission in Delhi university ( central university ) and other universities.

There is no upper age limit for admission in bachelor's degree. In some case upper age limit is defined for entrance examination or bachelor's degree course like engineering, law, medical course. In case of MBBS, it is 25 years.

At age of 22 years, you can apply for admission in different undergraduate course. If you do not want to pursue professional courses like engineering, medical, law, business administration then you can apply for general Honors course in any university.

If you have good percentage of marks in bachelor's degree then you can apply for Delhi University Undergraduate Admissions as online applications for 2017-18 admission is going on. Admission is solely done on basis of percentage of marks scored in 10+2.

Yes, you are eligible for admission in bachelor degree course after 3 years of 12th.

For admission in bachelor degree ( in general courses ) there is no age limit and no gap year limitation for admission.

But, you have to qualify in entrance or be in merit list ( as per admission procedure ) to get admission in respective universities.

To get more information visit the official link of institutes.

Originally Posted by Annu das

I have passed my 12th 3 years back. But didn't take admission at college at that time for some financial condition and family problems. But now I want to complete my graduation. My age is 22. Am I eligible for graduation? ??

Yes.. No issues with that.. But you will have to produce document regarding the gap. You can visit the institutes's websites like Manav Rachna, Lovely Professional University, IP university etc regarding the fee and course structure. Scholarships may also be available for you..

Yes, definitely you can do graduation after 3 years of gap,but possibility for the graduation through regular mode is less. Most of the Government and private colleges fixed their age criteria for graduation.
You can also do graduation through correspondence and mode.

At time of admission college will definitely ask about reason for three years gap between academics and you should have valid reason. Otherwise there will be no problem for admission.

Students can apply for admission in Bachelor's degree at any age. You are eligible for bachelor's degree at age of 22 years.

Top Universities:

Delhi University.

Banaras Hindu University.

Patna University.

Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Yes, you can continue your studies after 3 years of gap.

While taking admission, you will have to represent all the documents that are required.

In reality, some companies don't recruit candidates who have a gap between their Intermediate standard and Graduation like Mahindra group.

But these companies are very few in existence.

For admission in courses such as ( B.Sc, B.A, MBBS, B.Tech etc ) there is no limitation on gap year as candidates are eligible to get admission after gap years.

But, for appearing in some of entrance examination you have fixed number of attempts so if you have exceeded the maximum number of attempts you are not eligible to get admission in the respective universities or colleges.

NEET - 3.

JEE - 3 for Main and 2 for Advanced.

BITSAT -2.

But eligible for appearing in BHU UET, DU ( on merit basis ) to get admission.

Its normally hard to take admission in college with a gap of 3 years in between, but few colleges consider under certain circumstances and consideration and hence you need to approach with good reason and explanation.

Don't get upset, if no university accepts you application for admission then try in the distance mode their your application will get accepted like in IGNOU.

Yes in most of the colleges and universities there is no limitation and disadvantage of having gap years but in few colleges there is limitation on maximum gap years.

But still you are eligible for admission in Delhi university, Patna university, private colleges etc. in bachelor degree after 3 years of gap.

If you want to get admission in any particular college kindly give us information to get more details about it.

It might become a problem for you to join Professional courses like Engineering or Medicine.

Because there is some upper age limit for the respective Entrance Exams.

But if you would like to join 3 year Graduation courses, you can get admission. Because 3 years academic gap would not be a problem to join 3 year Graduation courses.

You can choose the respective stream in Graduation depending upon your stream in 10+2,

B.Sc Mathematics, Physics, Computers
B.SC Mathematics, Statistics, Computers
B.Sc Mathematics, Electronics, Computers
B.Sc Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
B.Com
B.Com Computers
BCA
BA etc.

You can join these courses though you have academic gap of 3 years.

If your financial condition is not good, you would have opted for Educational loan and continued your studies.

If not in Graduation, in future somewhere there will be impact due to this 3 years academic gap.

Even at the time of Interviews also, this question will definitely be posed. You should be strongly prepared for that.

Yes, you are eligible for doing Graduation even after having 3 years gap in between studies.

In general, there are less chances for you to get admission in regular colleges that conduct their own entrance examinations in order to scrutinize the applicants.

In the lease case, you may go for doing graduation from any recognized distance universities. Yes, there are many distance or corresponding colleges that offer these courses in India.

So you may approach those colleges in order to get more details of getting admission in courses that you want to pursue.

Yes you are eligible to pursue graduation even after 3 years of gap. You can complete your studies even after a long gap. There is no any type of restriction about year gap. You can start after a gap of years also.

Some of the subjects in which you can pursue graduation are as under:-

History
Geography
Political Science
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Botany
Zoology
Economics
Psychology
Cosmetics
Agriculture
Fashion Designing
Maths

Having completed your higher secondary school degree you are certainly eligible for pursuing graduation degree course as gap does not matters in most of the cases.

But I would like to let you know that you are not eligible for pursuing graduation degree courses from university like BHU, ICAR recognized colleges etc. in which the maximum age requirement is 22 years in case of general category.

Further for pursuing graduation degree from central universities you can apply for CUCET or Delhi university.

Yes, you can join in graduation. There is no problem of having gap in your education. Based on your 12th class stream you can choose your type of graduation and course. The eligibility for getting admission in graduation are mentioned below.

Eligibility criteria:
- The candidate should complete their 10+2 education in any stream (based on your graduation course the stream and aggregate varies) from any recognised board.
- The candidate age should not exceed 24 years.
- The duration of graduation is 3-4 years and maximum duration period to complete graduation is 5-6 years. The duration period varies because of the course and type of graduation you choose.
- You need to attend any entrance exam to get admission in college or you can even get a direct admission based on your previous year performance.

Yes, of course you can pursue your graduation after completion of your intermediate 3 years back. If you want you can do it by distance mode also. Thanks

Yes, you are eligible for graduation after 3 years of gap in studies as there is no maximum age limit for pursuing graduation.

Eligibility for doing graduation is pass in 10+2.

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