College starting a week early

[Anonymous]

Above should be "rising," not riding

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input. It’s up to my DD but will speak with her ASAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would you feel if DCs college announced this week a revised fall semester, starting a week earlier than the orginal schedule.

It will cut down on protests and looting so a positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no one here can explain why this makes sense other than keeping kids from traveling more in Nov and Dec.?

Campuses are going to be experiments where we see if putting thousands of people into close quarters will result in outbreaks. There's no precedent to study before students return because colleges shut down before the pandemic really ramped up. Other than colleges needing to show they're open and parents and students desiring it, what is the medical position on doing this? Lots of talk here saying "great idea" and worrying about summer jobs and wedding plans but not a peep about potential spread. Anyone's kid's college give you an actual explanation beyond just "we'll test everyone and cross our fingers re: dorm living"?

I agree. ND made this move and other colleges followed. There will be less outbreak if students don’t come back after Thanksgiving does nothing to stop a huge outbreak during September/October. It worries me that colleges are spending time with Congress so they won’t be held responsible. There is no unified state/country/world plan. Colleges want your money in August and they want the full tuition. They want to be held responsible for nothing. Will they be able to separate the infected from those that are exposed and waiting. It can’t be like the cruise ship and nursing home fiascos where a few people are infected and everyone else is locked up and ends up getting it. Do colleges really have all this extra space? Will they have doctors and nurses roaming the quarantined dorms 24 hours a day to make sure everyone is ok?

PP, you might be wiser to send your kid to community college in the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no one here can explain why this makes sense other than keeping kids from traveling more in Nov and Dec.?

Campuses are going to be experiments where we see if putting thousands of people into close quarters will result in outbreaks. There's no precedent to study before students return because colleges shut down before the pandemic really ramped up. Other than colleges needing to show they're open and parents and students desiring it, what is the medical position on doing this? Lots of talk here saying "great idea" and worrying about summer jobs and wedding plans but not a peep about potential spread. Anyone's kid's college give you an actual explanation beyond just "we'll test everyone and cross our fingers re: dorm living"?

I agree. ND made this move and other colleges followed. There will be less outbreak if students don’t come back after Thanksgiving does nothing to stop a huge outbreak during September/October. It worries me that colleges are spending time with Congress so they won’t be held responsible. There is no unified state/country/world plan. Colleges want your money in August and they want the full tuition. They want to be held responsible for nothing. Will they be able to separate the infected from those that are exposed and waiting. It can’t be like the cruise ship and nursing home fiascos where a few people are infected and everyone else is locked up and ends up getting it. Do colleges really have all this extra space? Will they have doctors and nurses roaming the quarantined dorms 24 hours a day to make sure everyone is ok?

PP, you might be wiser to send your kid to community college in the fall.

This. No one is forcing you to send your kid to a residential college in the fall. If you don’t want to send your kid, don’t. There are plenty of others who will take his/her space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would you feel if DCs college announced this week a revised fall semester, starting a week earlier than the orginal schedule.

It will cut down on protests and looting so a positive.

Wtf?

[Anonymous]

BTW in regards to Gap years. UMASS Amherst said this week no Gap years and no skipping Fall semesters
. They said it disrupts schedule and 18 percent gap and differed students never show up.

Some colleges are allowing Freshman to live off campus.

The kids will just live off campus if they want the college experience. Facebook and Reddit tons of folks posting

[Anonymous]

Plenty of schools are still allowing gap years. Question is how many students they will allow to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no one here can explain why this makes sense other than keeping kids from traveling more in Nov and Dec.?

Campuses are going to be experiments where we see if putting thousands of people into close quarters will result in outbreaks. There's no precedent to study before students return because colleges shut down before the pandemic really ramped up. Other than colleges needing to show they're open and parents and students desiring it, what is the medical position on doing this? Lots of talk here saying "great idea" and worrying about summer jobs and wedding plans but not a peep about potential spread. Anyone's kid's college give you an actual explanation beyond just "we'll test everyone and cross our fingers re: dorm living"?

I agree. ND made this move and other colleges followed. There will be less outbreak if students don’t come back after Thanksgiving does nothing to stop a huge outbreak during September/October. It worries me that colleges are spending time with Congress so they won’t be held responsible. There is no unified state/country/world plan. Colleges want your money in August and they want the full tuition. They want to be held responsible for nothing. Will they be able to separate the infected from those that are exposed and waiting. It can’t be like the cruise ship and nursing home fiascos where a few people are infected and everyone else is locked up and ends up getting it. Do colleges really have all this extra space? Will they have doctors and nurses roaming the quarantined dorms 24 hours a day to make sure everyone is ok?

PP, you might be wiser to send your kid to community college in the fall.

Good God PP. Unified world plan? Doctors roaming quarantined college dorms? Turn off the 24/7 news for a while. Stop watching apocalyptic movies. Either that or keep your kid locked up at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would you feel if DCs college announced this week a revised fall semester, starting a week earlier than the orginal schedule.

It will cut down on protests and looting so a positive.

Will definitely cut down on the protests, but the looters are another group.

[Anonymous]

DC's school said they would make an announcement this week, but now pushed it out to next week. Very frustrating trying to plan. Most classes are online, so at this point why not just move forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTW in regards to Gap years. UMASS Amherst said this week no Gap years and no skipping Fall semesters
. They said it disrupts schedule and 18 percent gap and differed students never show up.

Some colleges are allowing Freshman to live off campus.

The kids will just live off campus if they want the college experience. Facebook and Reddit tons of folks posting

Finally, a college that seems like it has actually met college kids!
They’re like magnets. Sure, give them all single rooms to sleep at night, but they’ll stuff one of those rooms so full of people that no one can even move until 3 or 4 in the morning. RAs? They don’t care! They’re usually just a year older than the rest of the kids on the hall and want to get a free room and stay out of the way. They won’t be policing distancing and mask wearing.
Parties are all off campus and will be wall to wall students as usual.
Colleges are creating elaborate plans, not do much to protect the kids, but to protect themselves from parents who will want to sue when their kid gets sick from not following the rules.

[Anonymous]

Wish Mason was doing that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no one here can explain why this makes sense other than keeping kids from traveling more in Nov and Dec.?

Campuses are going to be experiments where we see if putting thousands of people into close quarters will result in outbreaks. There's no precedent to study before students return because colleges shut down before the pandemic really ramped up. Other than colleges needing to show they're open and parents and students desiring it, what is the medical position on doing this? Lots of talk here saying "great idea" and worrying about summer jobs and wedding plans but not a peep about potential spread. Anyone's kid's college give you an actual explanation beyond just "we'll test everyone and cross our fingers re: dorm living"?

I agree. ND made this move and other colleges followed. There will be less outbreak if students don’t come back after Thanksgiving does nothing to stop a huge outbreak during September/October. It worries me that colleges are spending time with Congress so they won’t be held responsible. There is no unified state/country/world plan. Colleges want your money in August and they want the full tuition. They want to be held responsible for nothing. Will they be able to separate the infected from those that are exposed and waiting. It can’t be like the cruise ship and nursing home fiascos where a few people are infected and everyone else is locked up and ends up getting it. Do colleges really have all this extra space? Will they have doctors and nurses roaming the quarantined dorms 24 hours a day to make sure everyone is ok?

PP, you might be wiser to send your kid to community college in the fall.

This. No one is forcing you to send your kid to a residential college in the fall. If you don’t want to send your kid, don’t. There are plenty of others who will take his/her space.

These kids aren’t robots. What is a residential experience if they are drawing up strict health rules to protect against liability? Don’t leave your room with out a mask. No visitors in your dorm? No people in a common area more than 10 people? How will this be a social experience?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still no one here can explain why this makes sense other than keeping kids from traveling more in Nov and Dec.?

Campuses are going to be experiments where we see if putting thousands of people into close quarters will result in outbreaks. There's no precedent to study before students return because colleges shut down before the pandemic really ramped up. Other than colleges needing to show they're open and parents and students desiring it, what is the medical position on doing this? Lots of talk here saying "great idea" and worrying about summer jobs and wedding plans but not a peep about potential spread. Anyone's kid's college give you an actual explanation beyond just "we'll test everyone and cross our fingers re: dorm living"?

I agree. ND made this move and other colleges followed. There will be less outbreak if students don’t come back after Thanksgiving does nothing to stop a huge outbreak during September/October. It worries me that colleges are spending time with Congress so they won’t be held responsible. There is no unified state/country/world plan. Colleges want your money in August and they want the full tuition. They want to be held responsible for nothing. Will they be able to separate the infected from those that are exposed and waiting. It can’t be like the cruise ship and nursing home fiascos where a few people are infected and everyone else is locked up and ends up getting it. Do colleges really have all this extra space? Will they have doctors and nurses roaming the quarantined dorms 24 hours a day to make sure everyone is ok?

PP, you might be wiser to send your kid to community college in the fall.

This. No one is forcing you to send your kid to a residential college in the fall. If you don’t want to send your kid, don’t. There are plenty of others who will take his/her space.

These kids aren’t robots. What is a residential experience if they are drawing up strict health rules to protect against liability? Don’t leave your room with out a mask. No visitors in your dorm? No people in a common area more than 10 people? How will this be a social experience?

It is better than sitting in your room at your parents' home staring at a zoom screen.