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[quote=Anonymous]OP -- It will be fine for him socially as long as he doesn't already have particular difficulties making friends.  If he has "real friends," he should just tell them the truth when discussions turn to summer plans, graduation, etc. and not hold it back so it doesn't hang over him like some cloud.  Nothing to be ashamed of.  Some people did well with it, some struggled - including students in ivy league schools.  Remember, even those mid-high 90s% graduation rates for top schools pre-pandemic were  based on a 6 year period - not 4 years.     
 
    FWIW, my son took last year off entirely for the same reason re remote learning (so no extra tuition, fortunately), and will graduate this year.  He had his fill with it the second half of Spring 2020 when the campus shut down and did not want to do that his senior year.  Yes, many of his closest friends graduated, but he's involved in multiple activities on campus and so had friends in other classes and will make new friends this year.  Hopefully, your son can follow a similar path.  Your son's situation is not the same, but more similar than different.

If your son only needs 4 classes he can also potentially finish up in the summer session next year, so not much different (except losing a summer of fun) or maybe in only semester next year instead of two to reduce the cost.  Even ivies allow kids to earn some credits at other schools, so if cost is a problem he can maybe take some summer courses at U of Md and then perhaps only do one more semester.

Also, I know at least one ivy league school allows students to "walk" through graduation in those situations with either the class they should have graduated with or the class they actually will graduate with (obviously, if a student has not finished course work they don't get the diploma).  He should also look into that --I suspect it is done at some other schools since they often have similar policies.   He may or may not choose to walk with his class if permitted.

Good luck.

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