TCharles:
You are indeed an unconventional applicant, but your age and status can be conveyed in a productive and original fashion if you go about your personal statement in a provocate fashion. Draft your statement so that your admission into a school's incoming class diversifies the student body, and injects it with a novel perspective and wisdom. Please send me your statement and I am glad to give you some feedback.
Best,
Kal, Write Track Admissions