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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He will really have to do this college by college.

If he is worried about the virus enough so that it drives his college selection, then it's not really a city/rural divide.

Some rural colleges don't require masks, just suggest they be worn.  Some "city" schools are really suburban but surrounded by rural.  Think Penn State or Cornell.[/quote]

PP is right--very individual to the college itself. College culture is a real thing. You could have a rural college where the student population just refuses to mask, their families don't mask at home, the college doesn't push it. You could have a more urban campus where the college is strict about distancing and masking and more proactive than the rural college. And vice versa. Please get your son to focus on the academics he wants first and foremost, and let the rural vs. urban idea come only way after that. The fact he has only known city life is a bit troubling because unless he visits, he may have an idealized notion of what rural really is like. It can be great or it can be isolating -- all depends on the kid.

Also: Rural schools might not have adequate access to major hospitals if there is an outbreak on campus (of Covid or anything else, really). Something to bear in mind.

You said your son is a rising senior, OP. I'm sorry he won't get to visit schools in person this fall because visits really were make or break for our DC. Your DC might think he's fine with rural but discover a place out in the cornfields is really just too isolated for him, or he might love the idea of a big-city school and discover it's very cramped and too crowded-feeling. Maybe lots of virtual tours, lots of online investigating if he can't visit in person, and if you're near enough to schools to make some virus-safe drive-throughs, do it even if you can't tour. Many schools are doing "distanced" in-person tours with masks and limited numbers etc. but getting out to some rural areas might not be wise right now or this fall, unfortunately -- the virus is now spreading in many rural areas.

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Some of the "rural" colleges have the best hospitals in the state.[/quote]

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