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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT alum here. we got an email within the last few days saying they haven't made any decisions but are of course making preparations. they hope to make a decision by early summer if not sooner. friends at other institutions are all deeply involved in figuring out how to take things like labs "online" or "remote." [/quote]

Why pay tuition for MIT online when they have open courseware for free?[/quote]

Surely you are not serious.[/quote]

It's a fair question -- but not for an elite like MIT. The colleges that will be screwed are the fairly non-selective state schools and regional LACs. Why pay a premium for those online courses when you can just have Jr. enroll in the local community college's online sections for 1/3rd to 1/6th the price?

Then after you do that for the fall, aren't most rational people going to say why not just keep the savings going through the end of the year, then let Jr. transfer to the more expensive college in Fall 2021 -- if not Fall 2022 with two years completed?[/quote]

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