Nah bull crap, 26 is just fine. I am 25 and still in school, I see a lot of women and men that are in mid 20s or even older. Needless to say,there are not that many 21-22 year olds in their final year, here in Vancouver.
These *****es dig men older than them, because we have better incomes and experience and comparing to me, some of the younger students look "boyish" whereas I appear mature. All I heard from the peers is that I do appear to be the older end of the student "body", so to speak.