Your college freshmen plan?
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Anonymous
Wow. Werkin’ it them pr gurls. |
Anonymous
Our college doesn’t permit that arrangement at least for freshmen. If choose not to live on campus, then classes have to be online. |
Anonymous
Honestly, it’s better than 3 months stuck at home in your room, with zoom your only connection to peers (which was spring experience.) Sure, this fall should start better at home than during stay- at-home orders, but all of the HS friends are going to be focused on their own college experiences, not clinging to remnants of a senior year that flopped. If college finances or health issues are a concern for a family, staying home makes sense. But otherwise, we are going to make the best of a bad situation. |
Anonymous
Gotta grub that $$$$ anyway the colleges can!! |
Anonymous
I can see that, but at the same time it wouldn't be three months stuck in a bedroom here at home; there's all the conveniences of home and none of the drawbacks of living stuck in a tiny dorm room, trying to take online classes in your room; masking up to walk outside and do laundry; home cooked meals with your family instead of eating a boxed dinner in your room or sitting alone in a dining hall. And financial concerns exist for many people -- especially with the thought of no refunds on room and board if kids are sent home early. The other high school friends moving on is a valid concern, except I think no small number of them might be staying home too. And how do you meet new friends in school in the middle of a pandemic? |
Anonymous
| Both my kids off to college. One has an apt and staying regardless. Only one class in person. Her whole apt complex is students and she has roommates. Younger one opening up with roommates etc |
Anonymous
| Both of my boys will go back to school- one will drive to his in state school and the other will fly to his out of state school. They both have private apartments close to campus and will live with roommates. I know it's going to be a bit tough- less social, few events to go to and a lot of time alone with their screen doing online stuff. One is an extrovert and will be with people, my younger one is a bit shy and I fear that he will be in his room alone too much. (he is home all the time right now) They both want to go and I want them to keep moving forward with their education. Hoping the spring semester is more normal... |
Anonymous
Helps to reduce exposure risk too. |
Anonymous
At my freshman's school, they are emphasizing that they will have activities and events to help freshmen meet each other and to form that broader community. I know that they have had seminars and zoom activities in my DC's specific program all spring. Students may be living by themselves in the dorms, but they aren't on lockdown. They are bringing back some RAs, who will help build community and pass down traditions. I can see a lot of hanging out outside happening. Schools could setup big tents, outdoor tables (spaced) and put up some wifi hotspots to create outdoor study spaces. For my DC's school, fall is usually gorgeous weather. Outdoor movie night, outdoor scavenger hunt/puzzles, outdoor bonfires, outdoor arts & crafts - creative people will come up with creative solutions. It will in no way be "normal" school, but I'm optimistic that something positive will come out of being on campus for my DC. |
Anonymous
| Parent of a rising freshmen. Are your kids (this probably applies to girls) bringing decorations, canvases, plants, pictures, etc as kids would in a normal year? My kid wants to but I’m hesitant in case she has to move out in a couple days notice. We are driving distance. I noticed parents on here tend to be pretty simplistic when it comes to dorm stuff (i.e. Ordering the stuff on amazon and having it sent to the school). I know people who hire dorm consultants. |
Anonymous
| *freshman |
Anonymous
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The Onion explains what they will miss out on:
SPRINGFIELD, OH—Lamenting the school’s decision to move classes online to combat the spread of Covid-19, incoming Ohio State freshman Kurt Ryan, who would have fallen through a dorm window on the first weekend on campus, admitted Tuesday he was sad to miss out on the “full college experience.” “Honestly, I was really excited about getting out of my parents’ house and finally having a little independence,” said the 18-year-old, who in all likelihood would have shotgunned five beers, toppled out the window, suffered numerous critical head injuries, and sparked a weeklong conversation about the dangers of binge-drinking that would temporarily serve as a cautionary tale for his peers. “I’m bummed I won’t get to meet and make friends with my classmates [who would have witnessed him plummeting to the ground and then abandoned his unresponsive form in their dorm’s courtyard, fearing reprisal if they reported the incident to campus police]. It really sucks that I won’t be able to make those freshman-year memories [of slowly regaining consciousness in a hospital just 48 hours after his arrival at school and being forced to spend the next nine months learning to talk again].” At press time, reports confirmed Ryan had approximated campus life by drunkenly passing out on the front lawn of his parents’ house. |
Anonymous
That is a good idea. |
Anonymous
+1 No sense in a gap year, when there is literally nothing else to do. |
Anonymous
I would have her just take the minimum, and zhush it up in October 1st if it looks likely she's staying for the year. |