UVA sticking with Hybrid.. Welcoming first years to Campus next week

[Anonymous]

Strictly anecdotally, my son (who has been in Cville about a week now) advised that on balance, people are taking the controls pretty seriously. That does not mean that there is no socializing, just that people do not seem to be going about it in a stupid way. Probably a function, in part, of the fact that many of them have parents who are the type that freak out on this board.

[Anonymous]

The key will be whether students remain vigilant. It just takes a couple of clusters to throw a wrench in things.

[Anonymous]

The issue is this....UVA postponed their campus move in by a few weeks...so their #s are going to be behind others that started earlier.

JMU is a cluster----ck! All the partying kids just ruined it for everyone - today they just announced going all virtual and asking on campus students to go home by Sept. 7

I hear same thing going on at VT - just a week or two behind JMU in the #s so hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Honestly...I think it's a horrible decision to send students home!

As for me....yeah, one kid's school (UMW) has 0 positive cases....of course they postponed move in to next week....so maybe my kid will be on campus a little longer :-0
My other kid is at VMI...and you'd think that due to its structure there would be 0 cases...and there was...until all cadets arrived...numbers are slowly but exponentially going up by the day. My son thinks he'll be home in a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is this....UVA postponed their campus move in by a few weeks...so their #s are going to be behind others that started earlier.

JMU is a cluster----ck! All the partying kids just ruined it for everyone - today they just announced going all virtual and asking on campus students to go home by Sept. 7

I hear same thing going on at VT - just a week or two behind JMU in the #s so hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Honestly...I think it's a horrible decision to send students home!

As for me....yeah, one kid's school (UMW) has 0 positive cases....of course they postponed move in to next week....so maybe my kid will be on campus a little longer :-0
My other kid is at VMI...and you'd think that due to its structure there would be 0 cases...and there was...until all cadets arrived...numbers are slowly but exponentially going up by the day. My son thinks he'll be home in a month.

Why is it horrible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue is this....UVA postponed their campus move in by a few weeks...so their #s are going to be behind others that started earlier.

JMU is a cluster----ck! All the partying kids just ruined it for everyone - today they just announced going all virtual and asking on campus students to go home by Sept. 7

I hear same thing going on at VT - just a week or two behind JMU in the #s so hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Honestly...I think it's a horrible decision to send students home!

As for me....yeah, one kid's school (UMW) has 0 positive cases....of course they postponed move in to next week....so maybe my kid will be on campus a little longer :-0
My other kid is at VMI...and you'd think that due to its structure there would be 0 cases...and there was...until all cadets arrived...numbers are slowly but exponentially going up by the day. My son thinks he'll be home in a month.

Why is it horrible?

Because they will spread the virus throughout the state.

[Anonymous]

Why is it horrible?

I said it's horrible to send ALL students home....those who don't test positive and/or are not exposed should be allowed to remain on campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is this....UVA postponed their campus move in by a few weeks...so their #s are going to be behind others that started earlier.

JMU is a cluster----ck! All the partying kids just ruined it for everyone - today they just announced going all virtual and asking on campus students to go home by Sept. 7

I hear same thing going on at VT - just a week or two behind JMU in the #s so hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Honestly...I think it's a horrible decision to send students home!

As for me....yeah, one kid's school (UMW) has 0 positive cases....of course they postponed move in to next week....so maybe my kid will be on campus a little longer :-0
My other kid is at VMI...and you'd think that due to its structure there would be 0 cases...and there was...until all cadets arrived...numbers are slowly but exponentially going up by the day. My son thinks he'll be home in a month.

JMU did not require a negative Covid from any students - not even the ones moving into the dorms. They claimed to have consulted with VA public health, but who ever thought this was going to work?

Their big plan was to rely on an app which would be triggered when you came onto campus. Then the user would have to answer questions before proceeding. Few used it and there was zero enforcement.

JMU also removed or blocked off seating in large classrooms, but then didn't limit the number of students in those classes. So students just sat next to each other on the floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is this....UVA postponed their campus move in by a few weeks...so their #s are going to be behind others that started earlier.

JMU is a cluster----ck! All the partying kids just ruined it for everyone - today they just announced going all virtual and asking on campus students to go home by Sept. 7

I hear same thing going on at VT - just a week or two behind JMU in the #s so hope for the best but prepare for the worst.

Honestly...I think it's a horrible decision to send students home!

As for me....yeah, one kid's school (UMW) has 0 positive cases....of course they postponed move in to next week....so maybe my kid will be on campus a little longer :-0
My other kid is at VMI...and you'd think that due to its structure there would be 0 cases...and there was...until all cadets arrived...numbers are slowly but exponentially going up by the day. My son thinks he'll be home in a month.

UVA classes started already and off campus students have been there a couple weeks. There aren’t many in person classes.

VT seems to have some decent testing going on so hopefully they will get by.

[Anonymous]

fingers crossed the UVa students will act more responsibly than the Radford and JMU kids did. This will be an interesting test of the character of the students admitted to these schools. I suspect UVa will do better, like the W&M kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fingers crossed the UVa students will act more responsibly than the Radford and JMU kids did. This will be an interesting test of the character of the students admitted to these schools. I suspect UVa will do better, like the W&M kids.

Let's hope, but this may become more of a case of how long the inevitable can be postponed.

[Anonymous]

Wait, is that JMU 411 clip of a lecture? Are they overenrolled or something? That's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

12:47 - Can you post your source on the low useage by JMU students of their covid app? You state few used it and their was zero enforcement. Are you a university employee that has access to this data?

12:58 - UVA has not had ANY in-person classes yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:12:47 - Can you post your source on the low useage by JMU students of their covid app? You state few used it and their was zero enforcement. Are you a university employee that has access to this data?

12:58 - UVA has not had ANY in-person classes yet.

Yes, they have. Posted a week ago:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXVgBUgllb/
Caption: Welcome back to Garrett Hall! Students attended their first in-person Batten class yesterday with Professor Tim Davis in the Great Hall. The Batten School’s facilities, IT, and housekeeping teams have worked tirelessly to ensure our students have a safe and productive learning environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fingers crossed the UVa students will act more responsibly than the Radford and JMU kids did. This will be an interesting test of the character of the students admitted to these schools. I suspect UVa will do better, like the W&M kids.

W&M currently only has freshman on campus (and a handful of OAs etc.). We'll see how it goes when classes start Sept 8. One thing W&M is doing--for better or for worse--is shortening the semester (they started remote 1 week earlier in August and are finishing exams by Thanksgiving). Students are going to be so busy with classes (some Sat hours are scheduled) they won't have as much free time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:fingers crossed the UVa students will act more responsibly than the Radford and JMU kids did. This will be an interesting test of the character of the students admitted to these schools. I suspect UVa will do better, like the W&M kids.

Oh, you poor naive soul. You haven’t seen the pictures on social media of UVA students partying, have you?