USC Class of 2025 — Regular Decision

lkg4answers
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 22:40:02 +0000

What I have been able to glean is that there must have been mention that it takes 2-4 weeks to see if there will be an outbreak or significant spread. Some are talking doom and gloom and saying the school will shut down. Others are saying, “If we can make it through the first month, we should be good.” Fortunately, LA County’s numbers are improving so hopefully the rumors will be just that.

I have heard that most (if not all) professors have some sort of provision in their syllabus if a student gets sick or even if they are just exposed but unable to go to class while they quarantine. There also seems to be provisions for professors as well. Some have small children who where were exposed at school which lead to the whole family to have to quarantine. In those cases, the professors switched to Zoom until they can get the clear to return to campus.

As far as food, that was a nightmare. I don’t know if it was a staffing issue or poor planning but it sounds like, starting today, they added hours back to EVK. They also opened on campus food venues over the weekend and will soon bring breakfast back to Parkside.

Another problem is on campus Wifi. It sounds like they might have identified the problem and are in the process of fixing it but it is causing students a lot of grief.

Finally, I don’t know why they didn’t plan for the number of students who need to COVID test. I like the idea of giving the test to the student to do at home but they need to make it faster and easier to drop off the test and pick up a new one. UCSD and UCLA have vending machines. Maybe they need to look into that.