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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Class of 2022 had no ECs, had their junior year online before everyone even knew how to do it, and was TO.  It was a train wreck. [/quote]

That is class if 2021. [/quote]

Class of 2021 had their SENIOR year during the worst growing pains of online classes.  They missed the last 9 weeks of their junior year to online.  No one was even trying for those 9 weeks- it was just kind of written off as a short school year.

Class of 2022’s entire junior year was online.

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My ‘21 grad had half of their senior year online but was also able to do their sport. Things were a lot better in 2021 than 2020. 2020 was my kids junior year and his spring sport was cancelled, his prom was cancelled, his ACT test date in March and then May was cancelled. By the time they got back to school in fall 2020, things were much better.  Yes class of 2022 had big impacts but 2021 had the biggest. [/quote]

The 20-21 year was $hitshow for academics. Schools still didn’t know how to teach quality online courses. And for every kid who was cheating, there was another kid not cheating and/or dealing with depression but competing against the cheaters inflated grades for admission.   Only kids whose families weren’t concerned about Covid went back to sports that soon. Anyone with a vulnerable parent or grandparent at home still sat out and was again compared to those who could take the risk. [/quote]

I agree it was the worst, but was it worst for juniors?  I could argue it was worst for public school NY kids who were in maybe 5th grade and lost two full years (privates went back hybrid a year earlier).  The wealthier have bounced back better. There are plenty of kids who were on one track - those kids who really pull themselves up by their own force of will - who were totally tossed off the track.

Kids who missed a year of lax? Eh[/quote]

We’re taking about college admissions here, not general quality of life. [/quote]

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