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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a mess.  I do feel bad for my high school senior.  They've missed out on some big milestones and it looks like their freshman year of college is going to be equally a mess.

Colleges do need to say what the plan is going to be:  people pay a lot of money for college and honestly it's disturbing to think they may go for 2 months and be told to pack up and move back home.  And then have to finish the year homeschooling.

And what about majors where the first year involves a lot of hands on work?  You can't do that from the armchair at your house.

I get deferrals aren't the answer, anyone can see that's only going to cause problems with subsequent years, but there's a ton of uncertainties for the class of 2020.[/quote]

Problems for subsequent years?  One kid has a crappy educational experience so another has a good one?  What is the criteria for who gets the crappy year and who gets the good one?  How should that be decided and by whom?[/quote]

It shouldn't be "decided" at all. The pandemic happened and everyone's plans are thrown out of whack. The only thing to do is move forward and work with things as they come, not try to engineer them in your favor. Teach your kids that things often don't go as planned, but you have to be strong and move forward making the most of the situation. Not that you just sit at home for a year waiting for things to go your way.[/quote]

A deferral is a deferral..offered , even encouraged in cases by many colleges for many reasons way before the pandemic.   There will be more this year then normal but they are not unique to the pandemic.  They have existed for many years.[/quote]

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