For what it’s worth, in my D20’s small school in CA, I don’t think many changed plans for the fall because of c19. One girl who committed to Princeton is taking a gap year and is applying to Americorps. Otherwise, most are going to CA universities or cc, which is what they would have done, anyway. My D is one of the few going out of state (the opposite coast) and that has pretty much been the plan all along. She applied mostly to OOS schools. Her scholarships don’t allow for a gap year, but even if they did, she wouldn’t take one. She wants to move forward with her schooling.
Contact tracing (likely with apps)/rapid testing/isolation are what colleges are saying they will be doing.
Syracuse is opening in Aug and ending by Thanksgiving it was announced today, there seems to be a trend in that direction.
Also they just emailed us to let us know they are holding my sons spot that he turned down about a month ago.
Since ND and several other schools have announced plans to start in Aug and end by Thanksgiving, have any of them announce what they plan on doing in their on campus dorms?
I still see that as the biggest hurdle in getting campus open.
I am so sorry for your loss.
More than one gap year for music performance major means, new application, re-prescreening audition, re-live audition to get accepted (if there is an opening for particular voice / instrument in that particular year’s ensembles / studios) and receive a new talent scholarship. Musicians need to decide for themselves.
Don’t rule out football and basketball-
An NCAA vote Wednesday cleared the return of student-athletes to campus in football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball on June 1 through June 30, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports. This decision ends a moratorium on all athletic activities through May 31.
This doesn’t necessarily mean a rush back to campus for those three sports, as those decisions will be made in concert with state government, local government, conference and university officials.
I think it is a real shame that the 23 California State Universities (CSUs) here will be remote learning for this year, especially when you see colleges like UT-Austin and NYU have figured out this residential living and in-person instruction situation. I guess the fact the many students are commuters and the CSU doesn’t have (or won’t spend) the $$ to set-up all of the necessary precautions.
Will be real interesting what the UCs do in the fall. UCB already said they will not guarantee housing for freshman. If UCLA is online and next door USC allows on campus housing and in-person instruction, you are going to have a lot of unhappy UC students…
I think this shows that taking the cheaper, in-state option might not necessarily be the best choice.
"especially when you see colleges like UT-Austin and NYU have figured out this residential living and in-person instruction situation. "
Have they, though? We really can’t know that, yet.
When did NYU figure out anything? And as for Syracuse to hold someone’s spot when they actually turned it down? That’s amazing. Colleges must be desperate right now as they know parents are not willing to send their kids far away. I wonder if there is a reduction in freshmen willing to enroll in NY schools. I mean one of my kid goes to a NY college but I bet people are scared of New York hence Syracuse holding spots for students who said NO. Do they really have a concrete plan? I hope so. My kid goes to a SUNY and SUNY has not said a word about fall. Cuomo said fall is too far away for him to even think about it. So sad! Lets hope for the best outcome possible.
UConn announced that it is going test optional for the classes of 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027.
2024 is this class - seniors that already went through the process, no?
The UCs are intending to be open, with “hybrid” instruction per UC president Napolitano. It sounds like they can’t afford to lose either football revenue or the tuition from OOS students:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/20/coronavirus-university-of-california-campuses-will-open-in-the-fall-napolitano-says/amp/
From what we are hearing, UCLA will move all dorm rooms to doubles, which will displace a number of students, so some students may just take online classes for at least the fall quarter.
Loyola New Orleans announces on campus classes from August to Thanksgiving, then online until a late start for 2nd semester Jan. 19. https://loyolamaroon.com/10028031/briefs/loyola-to-resume-on-campus-classes-in-august-president-tetlow-confirms/?fbclid=IwAR1t3PRyZ2bAdLoeYWK4DfAOwsIbIZ-oNy-UmMDpY9PM6j_4yB2JrpKTbDw
This is right next door to Tulane, so maybe they will follow suit.
For me, because I am in NYS I would encourage my student to go far away to a state that has a greater chance of remaining open. I wish I could send my senior in high school to a state next year where he could go to school, play his sport, and be in class with friends. I don’t have high hopes of NYS remaining open for school next year and I want my kids to go on and attend school rather than online. Yes I would miss them but I don’t want them to stop living.
I really wonder what will happen with SUNY schools. No word and Cuomo is not especially interested in moving the economy forward.
We are thinking of moving somewhere where school is open in the fall too but s21 wants to be near his friends. So not sure what will happen. His school is large, 1,000 per class but frosh at a different campus. So, with staff, about 3,500 people in the building all day. The school has already communicated we will have a block schedule next year, same as for the last 2 months of online.
Not sure how things will play out, it’s hard for s21 to make decisions when all choices are sub-optimal. This all makes me sad.
There’s no place to hide from this virus. There will be outbreaks on some, if not many, campuses, even the remote ones. It’s easy to open the school. It’s much harder to effectively deal with the aftermath after an outbreak. So don’t select a school based on its plan to open in the fall but select it based on its plan to deal with an outbreak.
I agree, not sure why you thought anyone was trying to hide from the virus. We would select a school based on being in a state that’s more likely to be open than ours, has s21’s sport, and certainly their plans for delivering the school year, including plans for an outbreak.
^What I meant is that no school will be a sanctuary. The virus can reach any campus and the school needs to have an effective plan to deal with an outbreak on campus.
I obviously didn’t need that final glass of wine last night…