Colleges that reopened and are shutting down

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

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The college students are spreading it because they are partying. They may not end up in the hospital but other people in the community will. That is why the numbers of deaths in this country due to Covid keep going up.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

The main finding from this fall will be that schools that effectively maintain a “bubble” - nearly all students live on campus, minimal off campus activities/parties, rural location - will be the ones that can safely have a fairly normal semester.

This will be very important data for spring reopenings of larger schools. They need to effectively create their own bubble where students do not leave campus the entire semester + frequent random testing.

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Anonymous wrote:The college students are spreading it because they are partying. They may not end up in the hospital but other people in the community will. That is why the numbers of deaths in this country due to Covid keep going up.

Death rates are falling nimrod.

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Anonymous wrote:The college students are spreading it because they are partying. They may not end up in the hospital but other people in the community will. That is why the numbers of deaths in this country due to Covid keep going up.

Death rates are falling nimrod.

DP. Death isn't the only outcome. People including young adults are developing organ damage, "brain fog," recurring fevers, migraines, and more--that so far are going on for many weeks or even months. Students who get sick, and the people to whom they give the virus, don't have to die to have serious ongoing health problems from this virus. But you think it's either die or recover, right? So let those parties rip....

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

another one here

Appx 2500 on campus, zero on campus cases so far, 4 in off campus housing.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

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Anonymous wrote:The college students are spreading it because they are partying. They may not end up in the hospital but other people in the community will. That is why the numbers of deaths in this country due to Covid keep going up.

Death rates are falling nimrod.

Death rate from Covid has been averaging about 5X the WWII per day U.S. death rate.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

My kid’s lac: kids sneak off for shopping trips, sneak in their hs friends, etc

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

My kid’s lac: kids sneak off for shopping trips, sneak in their hs friends, etc

Then plan for your kid to be back home soon. It's disheartening that students at that LAC are behaving so immaturely. The whole student body will pay the price.

And if your kid knows these things are going on, your kid should be reporting it, if he or she wants the college as a whole to succeed. Those who turn a blind eye are silently condoning the behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

Have a friend working at Univ of Richmond and has a son attending....all students on campus and hardly any positive cases reported. He is confident the university is “cooking the books” on the numbers they are reporting.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, I just don't think large universities/colleges can open safely. SLACs, however, have a chance. My DD is at one that has been open for nearly three weeks with very few cases. She said one of the biggest deternents is kids who have had it sharing their experiences in class. Much stronger message coming from her peers. She's terrified of getting it and adhering to all rules.

DS is at a state school with about 5,500 students. They are in week 4 with 4 cases since August 1 (staff and students).

Must not be testing or the state is covering it up.

Why? my kid is at a school with 4K kids in a low Covid area. They required a negative test before arrival. They had two positives at arrival and none since. Almost everyone lives on campus.

Agreed. My kids school is smaller, but they have only had 3 cases.

They have strict rules, rural location and no off campus housing.

+ 1 to all the post above (except the one claiming these specific schools "must not be testing" etc. Good grief.)

I've posted on this thread way earlier, but my DC also is at a smaller LAC (2,500) and their positive rate after almost four weeks is extremely low. Tested before coming onto campus and DC had a test the minute we drove onto campus, followed by two more in the first two weeks. Had yet another last week. Starting this month they'll move to testing all students every two weeks. It helps a LOT that--as you PPs above note too -- everyone lives ON campus. They are not allowed to leave campus at all this semester and there are no visitors allowed on campus. I am prepared if things blow up and cases increase, for sure. But it seems that smaller colleges with self-contained campuses that lack a "party off campus" situation are going to fare better for longer than larger schools.

My kid’s lac: kids sneak off for shopping trips, sneak in their hs friends, etc

Then plan for your kid to be back home soon. It's disheartening that students at that LAC are behaving so immaturely. The whole student body will pay the price.

And if your kid knows these things are going on, your kid should be reporting it, if he or she wants the college as a whole to succeed. Those who turn a blind eye are silently condoning the behavior.

I’m sure you’re kid gladly tattles. So easy to do!