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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was on big zoom meeting at UMASS Amherst last night. Takeaways.

Only Freshman and Transfers get priority in housing. Will be singles, not everyone who is Sophmore, Juniors it Seniors will get housing. Only non singles will be if waver signed between existing roommates. No random roommate assignment.

Buildings will allow zero visitors in building all school years and. Common seating areas closed off.

Rooms will be kept spare to separate kids with Covid it exposed to covid

All cafeteria is grab and go.

School will be mid of online vs in person. For instance a Tuesday and Thursday class 1/2 students in person once a week and 1/2 remote even if students on campus.

International and students with underlying conditions can do remote learning.

Spring semester will be normal.

It sounds like a prison. Imagine a freshman in a single room, only take out food back to room, no parties or concerts on campus. Someone asked about social activities and said Horse basketball maybe singles tennis where you is ball. Maybe drive in movie in parking lot.

There will be no Covid testing required pre school and parents can’t go into buildings on move in day.

Sounds great but all my daughters friends and she is a Junior will be living off campus in apartments and frat buildings are also off campus and none of theses rules apply. It sound like 75 percent of school is living off campus next fall. Amherst has five colleges in area and the cute downtown has lots of student apartments.

My daughter has a four bedroom and four bath apt off campus with three roommates. But that garden apt complex is nearly all students. I think it will work but in schools where majority of campus lives off campus what kid will want to live on campus in a prison for long [/quote]

Thanks for the info from your school. For freshman this sounds like a nightmare. Colleges want to be paid in full for the freshman to sit in their room and do work and have no fun. These steps make sense to stay healthy from Covid  but this is not a college experience and freshman will hate it. They are better off doing zoom at home and parents saving money. Colleges can not believe that this is going to work. Students will have mental breakdowns from this isolation. We are in a Pandemic and students are not robots that can adjust to sit in their rooms or wear masks all day so colleges get all the money.  [/quote]

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