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Weird.Don't know what country that is, but most in the US are not 18 when they head off to be freshmen to college, if so, they are just turning 18 when they enter college. I know when I graduated ages and ages ago, there was less than 10 out of 100's that were 18 and that was only because my parents wanted me to be "older" when I graduated. The perk of that meant I was one of 5 freshmen in high school that was old enough to drive
In Florida at least you have to be 6 to start first grade, add 12 years to that and that means everyone is 18 when they graduate.
The US military has 18 as minimum age unless the parent or guardian signs a waiver also. So 18 is not an unexpected age to graduate high school with.
Not sure when you were in college but the age requirement in Florida has been in place for at least 40 years... As mentioned, other states in the US may have different requirements, but I would say that the majority are 18 or older when graduating high school.
