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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids might want to go to Canadian or British universities in the next couple of years, and I fully expect that Covid will be endemic, with regular waves of cases, regular booster shots and perhaps occasional travel restrictions.

1. If your child was able to go in person to a foreign university during the pandemic, how did you manage travel or other restrictions? Were parents allowed access to campus to visit their child?

2. Going forward, what do you think about letting your child enroll in a foreign university if there's a possibility you might be prevented from going with them to set up or to fetch them home in case something happens?

Thanks for your thoughts. [/quote]

I have two relatives who were enrolled in different European universities during the pandemic, both in the same country. One returned home at the start of the pandemic and enrolled in a US university. She is on target to graduate. The other stayed there but ended up being locked up, with police officers giving tickets to people who were too far from home, etc. The university had a combination of online and in person classes - most classes in person. They had at least one senior professor (one of the program directors) die of Covid and the school slapped together his classes. The student was not happy with the experience and eventually, did not finish the program.

Foreign universities have a lot less hand-holding than US universities. The professor might or might not teach what's on the exam. The class may suddenly be cancelled. The professor might not respond to emails, even when you very much need them to. It is very different from most US universities.[/quote]

Was this in the UK?[/quote]

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