- And perhaps to be where everyone is welcome back, instead of having to "wait your turn." (NB: less applicable to rising 4ths but still . . . ).
Looking at peer schools (admittedly haven’t been through all the announcements yet) it appears that Cornell so far is unique among the Ivies for welcoming everyone back. As for UChicago, their decision seems to be based on the findings at the hospital coupled, perhaps, with more of a “look, we are all intelligent and this is hardly the first thing to disrupt campus life so let’s figure out a way to work around it” attitude. I agree with that approach! Just my opinion but I think that one or two other schools sound almost like they aren’t able to be more flexible and able to adapt or “experiment” a bit. UChicago has experimentation stamped into its very identity. It was founded as an experiment - a new and different American university from the start. So really, not to make light of Covid, but this is just one more opportunity for the university to re-examine how it educates some of the best and brightest minds in the world. BTDT rather than “hold everything!”