Waitlists are now moving. Dartmouth, Michigan, UVA and more...

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Anonymous wrote:Any guesses on how this trend may impact class of 2022?

No one knows, but it's probably not good. If they allow unlimited deferrals and screw the class of 2021, then that will take years to shake out. If the international students come back en masse for 2022, then it will be even worse.

If the colleges are allowing unlimited deferrals, then I guess they've just made a cynical calculation that they will do what is popular now and screw the next round (or two or three) of kids. From their perspective, if students defer, they can let in more full-pay kids off the wait list this year, even if it means they can accept very few kids in 2021 (and onward). Having more applications than they can admit in 2021 only makes them look more selective and is a good thing from a college rankings standpoint. They don't care about the impact on the students. [/quote

If that is the case with international students then the federal government needs to have a strict limit on student visas to protect its citizens.]

[Anonymous]

All colleges are not allowing unlimited deferrals.

After thinking about it for a while, students won't even want that many deferrals.

No matter how bad students perceive distance learning to be, compared to a normal year, the options of things to do during the 20-21 year is incredibly limited. Just imagine:

Internship interviewer: So what did you do during your gap year?

Interviewee: Well during the first summer I applied for a bunch of jobs within walking distance of my house because I don't have a car. I got one interview but they decided to give that minimum wage job to someone with 15 years of experience managing a similar store and 3 kids. After that I played a lot of video games, I started off ranked 10,245 in the world at %^$#@& but since my whole class started playing instead of going to college, I'm now ranked 1,293,345.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All colleges are not allowing unlimited deferrals.

After thinking about it for a while, students won't even want that many deferrals.

No matter how bad students perceive distance learning to be, compared to a normal year, the options of things to do during the 20-21 year is incredibly limited. Just imagine:

Internship interviewer: So what did you do during your gap year?

Interviewee: Well during the first summer I applied for a bunch of jobs within walking distance of my house because I don't have a car. I got one interview but they decided to give that minimum wage job to someone with 15 years of experience managing a similar store and 3 kids. After that I played a lot of video games, I started off ranked 10,245 in the world at %^$#@& but since my whole class started playing instead of going to college, I'm now ranked 1,293,345.

Thanks for the morning laugh! Seriously, my DD got into her dream school and has no desire to defer no matter what first semester is going to look like. She goes to a small school in DC and none of her classmates are deferring (small graduating class, they all know each other and where they're all going). However, we did chat with a neighbor who is also a senior but at a large public school, and he said he knows of at least 10 of his classmates that are deferring. Until I heard that, I really didn't think that many 2020s were going to defer.

Who knows what's going to happen, but I'd like to think they'll be on campus at least starting in January. DD is already bored out of her mind, there's no way she'd want to be sitting at home for another year and a half waiting to go to college.

[Anonymous]

"Who knows what's going to happen, but I'd like to think they'll be on campus at least starting in January. DD is already bored out of her mind, there's no way she'd want to be sitting at home for another year and a half waiting to go to college."

My guess is that they will give each of the classes at least some time on campus in the fall.

Think Freshmen Sept, Soph first three weeks of Oct, Juniors until the middle of November and Seniors the end of the semester.

Grad students get most of the semester to do research and TA but maybe work from their apartments 2 days a week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Who knows what's going to happen, but I'd like to think they'll be on campus at least starting in January. DD is already bored out of her mind, there's no way she'd want to be sitting at home for another year and a half waiting to go to college."

My guess is that they will give each of the classes at least some time on campus in the fall.

Think Freshmen Sept, Soph first three weeks of Oct, Juniors until the middle of November and Seniors the end of the semester.

Grad students get most of the semester to do research and TA but maybe work from their apartments 2 days a week.

How would this help?? Are you envisioning people moving in for 3 weeks then moving out? What if they’re coming across the country or the world? This sounds nuts and wouldn’t happen.

[Anonymous]

"How would this help?? Are you envisioning people moving in for 3 weeks then moving out? What if they’re coming across the country or the world? This sounds nuts and wouldn’t happen."

Yes. Moving in for 3 weeks and moving out. Who cares if they are coming from across the world.

They are doing total distance learning right now. 3 weeks is a huge improvement and it allows them to get labs done and have lots of discussions after reading lots of books the first part of the semester.

Freshmen get a least some bonding so they feel like part of the school.

It doesn't sound any more nuts than being told to vacate your dorm in 3 days like they did in March.

If you just open like last September, every day you will be waiting for an email saying an outbreak has started on campus and that everyone is going to be quarantined in their dorm rooms for 2 weeks and then sent home.

That sounds about as nuts as the cruise ships that kept starting cruises with very susceptible passengers through March.

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt is moving

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Who knows what's going to happen, but I'd like to think they'll be on campus at least starting in January. DD is already bored out of her mind, there's no way she'd want to be sitting at home for another year and a half waiting to go to college."

My guess is that they will give each of the classes at least some time on campus in the fall.

Think Freshmen Sept, Soph first three weeks of Oct, Juniors until the middle of November and Seniors the end of the semester.

Grad students get most of the semester to do research and TA but maybe work from their apartments 2 days a week.

I don't even think you went to college. If you did, you would think of a million reasons why this would never work.

[Anonymous]

Just got off the waitlist at Rice. Any insight on Rice vs. Williams for a physics major?

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Anonymous wrote:Just got off the waitlist at Rice. Any insight on Rice vs. Williams for a physics major?

Williams. Why go to Rice?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got off the waitlist at Rice. Any insight on Rice vs. Williams for a physics major?

Williams. Why go to Rice?

Rice is legit good. I graduated from Brown and got rejected from Rice. Science it is solid. 100% Rice. Too much east coast bias. But honestly, great choices.

[Anonymous]

Even Carnegie Melon comp sci offered wait list spots yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:Even Carnegie Melon comp sci offered wait list spots yesterday.

Really? Is it priority wait list?

[Anonymous]

Pomona just moved. Go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got off the waitlist at Rice. Any insight on Rice vs. Williams for a physics major?

Williams. Why go to Rice?

Rice is legit good. I graduated from Brown and got rejected from Rice. Science it is solid. 100% Rice. Too much east coast bias. But honestly, great choices.

Sorry you were rejected by Rice. But definitely Williams over Rice.