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Post by J u l e e on Nov 22, 2020 13:33:54 GMT
My daughter was not invited to her campus for fall semester and we received weekly updates about COVID on campus and in residence halls, basically begging students on campus to follow restrictions and hopefully allow more students to come to campus in the spring. The campus was in a near purple area of our state for all of fall semester. The winter ahead looks bleak, although by the start of her sophomore year next fall, the outlook is much more normal.
She has a friend at the University of Michigan where they have reduced in person classes, shifted all residence halls to single rooms, and asked students to stay home next semester if they don’t have to be on campus.
Quinn’s school is inviting all students to campus for spring and she decided to go. I really want her to be able to go, but she’s managed one semester at home with her virtual classes, maybe finishing out the year the same makes sense until the vaccine rolls out and we’re a bit back to “normal”. She will only have one class even slightly in person while on campus (one or two days a week). The rest are still virtual but sitting in a dorm room.
Her best friend has been less than successful (according to her mom) while on campus at her college this year. The kids have very rare in person classes and asynchronous virtual classes and are all stuck in their dorm rooms all day with not much open. Lots of finding ways around rules and really tiring of virtual classes with the added distraction of everyone else being in the hall all day.
What does spring semester look like for your student?
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Post by peabay on Nov 22, 2020 13:43:11 GMT
Supposedly she's going. We have our fingers and toes crossed.
Same scenario for fall: freshmen and sophomores not invited. Well, now she's got a housing assignment and we have a move in date, so we're hoping and praying!
They didn't have any major outbreaks on campus this fall, so we hope we're good togo. I'm glad Quinn gets to go. My daughter really needs to go - no 18 year old should be hanging out with her mom, watching TV every night.
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Post by epeanymous on Nov 22, 2020 13:53:05 GMT
I have a college freshman and their college was open only to freshman—they had single rooms this fall, and took one in-person seminar with the rest of classes online.
This spring is supposed to be the same, except that the seniors are also being permitted on campus.
The college made these decisions in October when the numbers were less dire, however. I don’t know if they will have to change course.
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Post by J u l e e on Nov 22, 2020 13:54:59 GMT
My daughter really needs to go - no 18 year old should be hanging out with her mom, watching TV every night. Amen! All of her friends went to schools that allowed freshman to move in and she's been the only one in her group from high school who is sitting at home in her bedroom, going on walks with her mom. She chose a roommate she doesn't know and they've been sending each other things in the mail and texting. Quinn showed me a text from her roommate the day they got the invitation to move in. It said, "WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I seriously had tears in my eyes after reading it for how much these girls have missed out on. |
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Post by supersoda on Nov 22, 2020 13:59:27 GMT
It looks like one of my twins is going back and the other will be taking next semester off. The New York school has done a great job keeping things under control and is only allowing a certain number of students on campus. My kid got a housing spot through the lottery.
The Iowa school had a significant outbreak a couple of weeks ago and still hasn’t taken what we consider reasonable steps to protect students. They also haven’t followed the protocols they said they would at the beginning of the semester. I’m so frustrated with that school. I wish DD would transfer, but she loves it there. She’s decided (at my urging and with confirmation she can keep her scholarship) to take next semester off. At this point, I think dragging college out isn’t a bad thing so that maybe she still gets a shot at a study abroad and a post-pandemic economy once she graduates.
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Post by Merge on Nov 22, 2020 14:02:33 GMT
Mine is a sophomore this year. She’s attending school in our city, and last year we put her in a campus apartment because dorm life didn’t appeal to her, but we wanted her to have the experience of being “at college.” We elected to keep her at home this fall because all her classes are virtual, and it didn’t make sense to us to pay for her to sit in an empty apartment and attend classes online. Her friends are also local so she is not isolated from them more than pandemic precautions require.
We’re waiting to see what will happen, but as of right now, it looks like they will still be virtual in the spring, in which case we will keep her at home.
We’re hoping that she can go back on campus for her junior year, and her sister can start on campus somewhere as a freshman in fall 2021.
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Post by mom on Nov 22, 2020 14:08:48 GMT
DS1 is a junior - and as of right now, he is going back, all on campus. He will live at home and drive back and forth as I’m not comfortable with paying another lease and then his school going virtual.
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Post by J u l e e on Nov 22, 2020 14:12:57 GMT
I have such high hopes for fall of 2021!
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Post by Really Red on Nov 22, 2020 14:17:40 GMT
My son tells me classes will be online to start. He had about 2 weeks of in-person classes, then the professors could choose and all of his chose online. I feel a bit frustrated because my son could be home and we could be saving a LOT of money on rent but leases are signed early (like October the prior year early).
His school seems to be managing the virus pretty well. We get daily updates and it is a very large university.
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Post by bearmom on Nov 22, 2020 14:17:55 GMT
Dd#1: University of Michigan. As the OP pointed out made some drastic changes for those living in the dorms. Dd is a senior and lives in a house, so no changes for her. She struggles somewhat with on-line learning.
Dd#2: Loyola Chicago (for now) is opening up their dorms somewhat. Dd made the choice to stay home and not apply for one of the spots. She is doing okay with on-line learning and has found a group of friends (they all attended a Zoom call and were the only ones to attend) that she “hangs” out with pretty regularly. They do Netflix watch parties, some on-line games, and just chat. We may see her for dinner or may not, depending on her mood. We did turn our spare bedroom into an office/study space for her.
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Post by Monica* on Nov 22, 2020 14:20:49 GMT
DD's school has limited eligibility for on-campus housing. Most classes are online, a few hybrid and a few require on-campus presence.
DD has been living in off-campus housing with four other roommates. She is a senior graduating in May. She will finish up her classes online. Right now they are all quarantining due to one roommate testing positive. Everyone was freaking out. But DD is level headed, immediately quarantined, and waited a few days before testing (waiting on results). She is out-of-state. She will follow CDC guidelines, self-monitor (no symptoms five days out now), and stay in place to ride it out. Some parents want their kids to come home, which makes no sense to me. Why potentially seed the virus elsewhere?
DD's twin, also a college student, lives off-campus with his girlfriend who tested positive. He quickly became symptomatic and is presumed positive. He is riding it out and doing great. Almost symptom-free. Main symptom was a sore throat and passing fever. His college is doing online and he will finish up the spring online and graduate in May also.
It's crazy how quickly this virus spreads, especially amongst young people. Meanwhile, DH and I were exposed to DS and are on day 10 of our quarantine and self-monitoring. So far so good!
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Post by scrappinghappy on Nov 22, 2020 14:37:51 GMT
Ds at UIUC is a junior. Dd at Tulane is also a junior.
Both stayed home this semester as remote learners even though both had the option of going to campus.
UIUC has been excellent with testing and i basically stopped watching because, well, my kid was home safe.
Tulane on the other hand has been a bit of a disaster in my book, although they seem to think they had a successful semester. In person classes, no take out from the cafeteria, multiple kids in dorm rooms and suites and they think it’s a success because ONLY 25% of the undergraduate student body tested positive! And the parents on the parent page think they did a great job. Honestly it’s surreal. Then kids who test positive go into quarantine but for some snowflakes, the school provided accommodation isn't good enough because they literally have to stay in the room so parents have been getting airbnb’s. It’s like watching a train wreck and my d wants to go back next semester. She is lonely here.
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Post by rickmer on Nov 22, 2020 14:37:55 GMT
next term will be another semester on the couch with her laptop for DD. as was last semester. she lives at home as her university is a 20 mins streetcar ride from our house. but she enjoyed playing volleyball, studying at the student access centre and attending school events.
she is hoping to study abroad in spain next year... so think she will embrace another semester of online learning and holding onto the idea of spain for 4 months next year.
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Post by amom23 on Nov 22, 2020 14:49:48 GMT
DS Senior has been almost all online this semester with 1 class in person. His college is going all online from Thanksgiving through the start of 2nd semester. I believe their goal is to be mainly in person for 2nd semester.
DS Freshman at different college has had all in person classes and will continue to. If kids get sick which they have the college has them log in via Zoom for class until it's safe for them to return in person. It is a smaller college and they are doing their best to manage the virus.
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Post by peabay on Nov 22, 2020 14:50:42 GMT
My daughter really needs to go - no 18 year old should be hanging out with her mom, watching TV every night. Amen! All of her friends went to schools that allowed freshman to move in and she's been the only one in her group from high school who is sitting at home in her bedroom, going on walks with her mom. She chose a roommate she doesn't know and they've been sending each other things in the mail and texting. Quinn showed me a text from her roommate the day they got the invitation to move in. It said, "WE'RE GOING TO COLLEGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I seriously had tears in my eyes after reading it for how much these girls have missed out on. Lucy has a roommate too and they are both so excited. They know they have to quarantine in their room for 2 weeks so they're picking out all the Trader Joe's snacks they want to bring with them, lol. |
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Post by peano on Nov 22, 2020 15:04:20 GMT
DS is a junior and lives in a campus apartment with 3 other guys. Most of his classes were remote, but he has a couple of labs that were in-person. He goes to the University of New Hampshire, which mandated twice-weekly testing for all students and staff and were rigorous about shutting down parties and kicking out rule violators. I was a naysayer who thought they wouldn’t last until October, but I’m happy to be proven wrong. He just came home Friday to finish out the semester and will return January 20th. UNH’s numbers were quite low, but started creeping up again like everywhere else in the past few weeks. (But nothing like the 25% at Tulane—yikes!)
So that being said, the plan is for him to return to campus for his second semester and try to find a summer internship. Because he has a bubble of roomies who are friends he made sophomore year, it hasn’t been a lonely experience at all for him; he has thrived.
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Post by paperaddictedpea on Nov 22, 2020 15:07:06 GMT
My niece was able to be on campus for all but a few weeks of her freshman fall semester. Her school was doing wastewater testing to monitor COVID and, based on that, they decided to send students home for the remainder of the semester at the end of October instead of at Thanksgiving. As of now the start of the spring semester is delayed until February 1st and they are taking measures (including cancelling spring break) to make sure that the semester can end on May 1st as scheduled.
A co-worker's daughter goes to school in a different part of the state and her classes were all virtual for fall and will be again for spring, so they've decided she'll stay at home instead of paying for room and board.
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Post by houstonsandy on Nov 22, 2020 15:12:48 GMT
Mine will be doing her final semester in the spring (Yay!).
She has an apartment so she will be going back there. She was doing an internship in Dallas for most of the fall semester and one online class so she did not go on campus at all.
Spring semester most of her classes offer the choice of on campus or online.
Since she had not done the required (I call it PE) course yet, she chose yoga and I believe that is an in person class (although I suppose it could convert to a zoom type class later if need be).
She also has a studio class that she will probably need to go on campus for to do the actual project work. The work tables are very large though (so people would be well spaced out)and its a class where you can just go to the studio to work whenever you want, so it won't have all the students there at once.
She did say that they are planning to have a graduation in May, but I guess we'll have to wait to see if that actually turns out to be the case. I think they are planning to split graduations into smaller groups over several days though. At least that was one of the reasons they gave when they cut Spring Break down to only one day! lol...she was so upset about that!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 15:20:58 GMT
The 3 local JCs will remain closed. I believe the Cal State system will also remain closed. As for UCs, not sure but most likely will remain closes.
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Post by ~summer~ on Nov 22, 2020 15:34:24 GMT
It’s looking like UCs will remain remote - and at my kid’s UC at least dorms are not open for freshman except for those with no safe alternative. Bummer for freshman.
My sophomore is out of state and has an apartment and I assume his classes will remain remote but at least he can be there. He flies home tomorrow for the long winter break.
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Post by katlady on Nov 22, 2020 16:33:46 GMT
The local JC is doing a hybrid model. Majority of classes will be online. The exception will be lab and studio classes, but they will arrange it so all students don’t come in on the same day.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 16:41:35 GMT
DS is living on campus. Haven’t heard if all classes will be remote, but I hope not as the selling point for kids to return was in person classes/labs.
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Post by Basket1lady on Nov 22, 2020 17:08:31 GMT
DS is in grad school. He can choose to be in class in person or online. He chose in person because the class sizes were already very small. Over the fall, attendance has dropped even more and he has one class where there are only 4 students in attendance. The classroom sits about 100 and he’s the only one on his side of the room.
DD’s is a senior and is in residence at a small private school in Minnesota. She has an apartment of campus with three other girls. They have two other girls in another apartment in their “pod” and they are the only ones they hang out with. Her school had a bit of an outbreak in a dorm mid September that they contained very well with quarantining the entire dorm. I think they had about 75 cases then. They had another outbreak this month with a sports team and had campus wide testing, but only had 20 test positive campus wide. (DD is negative.)
Her school choose to switch to modular classes, with just taking one class per month. So they are only exposed to those 12 or so other students each month. That seems to have worked really, really well. Also, DD has been sick off and on all fall with some virus and has been tested multiple times. She likes being able to still go to class (online) while staying home until her test comes back.
They have one more 4 week class that starts tomorrow, then they have a 5 week break until the end of January. I’m hopeful that there will be able to be a graduation and that we will be able to fly home for it. My doctor estimates that I’ll be vaccinated by March, so fingers crossed.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Nov 22, 2020 17:09:11 GMT
Pretty sure my daughter will go back. Her university did a ton of testing and cases were very low. Only half her classes in the fall were in person, and it looks like spring will be similar. I think her school has done a good job of balancing the covid risk while not completely isolating the students. They're great about wearing masks and groups size is limited to 10, but overall she says it's worked out well. She's home tomorrow and I'll get the full story. The biggest complaint she had was the condensed schedule with no breaks. She was definitely feeling burned out by the end.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Nov 22, 2020 17:20:29 GMT
Ds at UIUC is a junior. Dd at Tulane is also a junior. Both stayed home this semester as remote learners even though both had the option of going to campus. UIUC has been excellent with testing and i basically stopped watching because, well, my kid was home safe. Tulane on the other hand has been a bit of a disaster in my book, although they seem to think they had a successful semester. In person classes, no take out from the cafeteria, multiple kids in dorm rooms and suites and they think it’s a success because ONLY 25% of the undergraduate student body tested positive! And the parents on the parent page think they did a great job. Honestly it’s surreal. Then kids who test positive go into quarantine but for some snowflakes, the school provided accommodation isn't good enough because they literally have to stay in the room so parents have been getting airbnb’s. It’s like watching a train wreck and my d wants to go back next semester. She is lonely here. I have a friend whose daughter is a freshman at Tulane, her husband is an infectious disease specialist at a very large medical center.. she said about the same as you. |
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Post by littlemama on Nov 22, 2020 17:27:35 GMT
They are expecting to return as of now, bit that is subject to change.
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Post by ashley on Nov 22, 2020 17:34:02 GMT
My eldest daughter has been at university this semester, all classes are online excepting for her labs. Looks like second semester will be the same.
I’ve heard the university my mom is a teaching assistant at is planning for Sept 2021 to be online as well.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 22, 2020 17:51:56 GMT
my older adult child (with autism) only takes one calss at a time, but her school is totally remote. she is taking one class this semester and one next. she is not so fond of remote learning.. but has learned to cope. taking latin 201 next semester. she has nothing else to do so I am glad she has that. lives at home.
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Post by snyder on Nov 22, 2020 18:12:01 GMT
Grandson is probably going to skip the semester.  His college has been less than honest and informative about reported cases. Two directly in grandson's classes. Send out email, on the 12th a student tested positive for covid in your class, but we are not telling you until the 19th. No action required, just monitor for symptoms. Grrr! No extra cleaning or anything. It is sad, but with all the gathering after Thanksgiving and Christmas break, I can't imagine what the numbers will be like. Grandson does not do well with virtual learning and the classes he had back when this first started sucked so bad, it was just read this material. No zoom time or anything. Why pay that tuition for you to read a book. You can do that for free with the exception of the cost of the book. |
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Post by Neisey on Nov 22, 2020 18:27:26 GMT
DD senior has been all online at a local university. It has been fine in general for her although one prof was totally tech illiterate and wasted so much time so frustrating. I think they are continuing online. Disappointed her senior year will end on this note but it has been a pretty easy year for her so far.
DD sophomore was totally in person at her small university in the next province first term. Our Atlantic province bubble has areas that have just gone back a level and our numbers are rising so I’m not quite sure what January holds at this point, also because those kids from outside the bubble will likely be going home for the holidays and the rest of Canada is far worse than the Atlantic provinces. In September students from outside the bubble isolated and were tested and to my knowledge there were no positive cases all term. Both the university and the town LEO took things seriously and many off campus students were fined for not following isolation and gathering rules.
Looking forward to a vaccine so things can be more normal soon.
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His college has been less than honest and informative about reported cases. Two directly in grandson's classes. Send out email, on the 12th a student tested positive for covid in your class, but we are not telling you until the 19th. No action required, just monitor for symptoms. Grrr! No extra cleaning or anything. It is sad, but with all the gathering after Thanksgiving and Christmas break, I can't imagine what the numbers will be like. Grandson does not do well with virtual learning and the classes he had back when this first started sucked so bad, it was just read this material. No zoom time or anything. Why pay that tuition for you to read a book. You can do that for free with the exception of the cost of the book. 