30+
At the start of this thread, one of the replies stated that at the age of 30 you might find it a steep learning curve. Having just been through the system at the age og 30+ I can say that is pretty much Bol*%cks. There's no doubt that the courses invole a lot of work over a long period, however I found it was the young DE's (a fair proportion who were graduates) who found it the hardest and were the first to be chopped. If your mature with a family then the consequences of failing are that much more serious than it is for some young lad, who with his crap degree from some ex-poly and because the RAF made him a sgt after 3 months, thinks that the NCA course will be a doddle.