Which colleges are open and doing well with COVID? Why are they succeeding?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the colleges in Amherst MA area

Not Smith. Such a disappointment.

Amherst, UMass and Mt. Holyoke are all online.

Where are you getting your information?

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W&M just did full testing of residential students and they still have under 10 cases total. My kid there has all in-person classes (selected purposefully), but many kids have a combo. The smart thing they did was have the upperclassmen arrive Sept 8 instead of August. They are very strict about indoor gatherings/social distancing, but do things to enable outdoor social life. I think they could do even better on this, but kid is fairly happy. There was a big crackdown on parties the first weekend the upperclassmen were back, and they are being very tough on Greek life.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s a freshman at one of these SLACs. He’s really loves it. He’s super introverted. His school has all singles this year, which he loves. And all but one class is at least partially in person. A couple,e plus labs fully in person. He’s made a couple of friends from his orientation group. The eat outside in big circles of up to 10, and playing music outdoors and playing socially distant games in the stadium. He’s also enjoying checking out the town. Direct Qote: I love it here and am praying we don’t end up having to leave early.

Several things going on. We really talked to him about managing expectations and whether he should do a gap year. So, he went in with the mindset that anything with more freedom than living in his old bedroom and learning in the back is a win. Second, he’s quiet and an introvert. Even if frat parties were safe, he’d be avoiding them. In fact, he sought out colleges that didn’t have frats.

And third, his college has done a great job with their COVOD planning. He knew kids before he arrived, was hooked up with older students, etc.

0 cases on surveillance testing this week.

Great! Can I ask which school, not b/c of covid, but I have an introvert and looking fir good fit schools.

It sounds like Oberlin, where my DC is a junior. They are doing a great job managing this. 25% of the population has been tested each week; the last round of testing showed two positive cases. The school owns a hotel in town which it is using for quarantining.