Has absolutely ZERO to do with any rank of any school.

If you have an off campus apartment, and are paying rent anyway, some kids tend to stay. That, and if you live overseas, you might not feel comfortable traveling, right now.

Other than that, if you live on campus, you are likely home by now, and have received or are in the process of receiving a refund for room and board.

Anonymous wrote:My kid and most of his housemates are still at UChicago. Says it’s more conducive to studying and didn’t want to take risks flying.

Yeah, my kid made that argument too, but honestly I think it is really more about wanting to stay near friends/maintain the college experience as much as possible/maintain independence. It's a bummer to be home for long periods once you are used to being away with friends.

Anonymous wrote:Kids staying at their university thru this is a good exercise in resilience and self-sufficiency. I had to remain in Lower Manhattan through 9/11. It was a difficult experience at 20 years old but it forced me to act like a adult and be responsible for my own well being. The dorm cafeterias were shut down, had to go find your own groceries, learned that beer/wine/TP sell out first, bartered some popsicles for a frozen pizza with my neighbors, etc.

The potential for social isolation is higher with Covid-19.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids from top colleges (most are tesidential) are home

What does this mean? Why in the world would you specify that kids from "top" colleges are home? My kid is at what is considered a "top" college, but he lived on campus so the dorms are closed. He had no choice. However, he has some friends who live off-campus and some are still in their off-campus apartment. Being at a top college has nothing to do with any of this. Really strange post.

Ivy plus... residential schools with kids living in campus for 4 years.

Really depends. Cornell has a lot of off campus housing. Princeton, not so much.

I think whether or not kids who had off campus apartments came home or stayed really depends on where/when spring break happened and schools were closed. In other words, if kids were already off campus for break, they stayed home. If they were on campus when schools closed they may have stayed. Somewhat due to travel concerns or if the situation was worse at home.

For example, in my son's apartment, we insisted he come home. Some of his friends from Washington State and NYC stayed on campus

https://www.unionleader.com/news/health/coronavirus/dartmouth-college-students-told-not-to-return-to-hanover-just-to-hang-out/article_66ec74e8-0d2d-5f40-b235-2e3806423f92.html?block_id=897573

As more and more Dartmouth students are returning to off-campus apartments and fraternity and sorority houses, Hanover officials have a message for them: Stay away.

As long as the students aren't holding large gatherings, they seem to be operating within the rules. Whether they are or are not holding large gatherings is not necessarily evident from one random beer-pong observation.

“The last thing we want is to expose our police officers to a bunch of germy students,” she said.

Take that as you wish.

Anonymous wrote:My Ivy kid is still in at the off campus house.

Undergrad?? Not Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia. Maybe Penn or Cornell but unlikely. Probably someone that does not know part of the Ivy experience for undergrads is that they are residential colleges. Even billionaire kids typically live on campus.

My kid came home. Decided it was nicer to be confined with us here than by herself in apartment (her roommate went home) and in city she does not love. Among our friends kids I would say that the majority are home even if they have an apartment at school, but a couple have stayed in their apartments. Seems to depend a lot on whether a roommate or friend also stayed so they had someone to isolate with. Only know of one kid who is doing the partying/socializing thing.

My Ivy kid is still in at the off campus house.

Anonymous wrote:Kids staying at their university thru this is a good exercise in resilience and self-sufficiency. I had to remain in Lower Manhattan through 9/11. It was a difficult experience at 20 years old but it forced me to act like a adult and be responsible for my own well being. The dorm cafeterias were shut down, had to go find your own groceries, learned that beer/wine/TP sell out first, bartered some popsicles for a frozen pizza with my neighbors, etc.

You don’t have young adults in NYC. Many of the young adults (college student, young finance workers, media types etc) that stayed in NY got Coronavirus and then went home. The ones that went “home” did not. Classes and work is virtual so I am not sure it makes sense to leave your young adults in a situation that has a high probability of them getting sick.

Anonymous wrote:My kid and most of his housemates are still at UChicago. Says it’s more conducive to studying and didn’t want to take risks flying.

My kid didn't want to take risks dealing with neurotic family members at home. Still in off campus apartment.

Anonymous wrote:Kids staying at their university thru this is a good exercise in resilience and self-sufficiency. I had to remain in Lower Manhattan through 9/11. It was a difficult experience at 20 years old but it forced me to act like a adult and be responsible for my own well being. The dorm cafeterias were shut down, had to go find your own groceries, learned that beer/wine/TP sell out first, bartered some popsicles for a frozen pizza with my neighbors, etc.

It’s also a bit of a lesson on entitlement. My kid’s friends who stayed in their apartments are carrying on like usual. Partying and hanging put in groups without regard for the greater good.

Kids staying at their university thru this is a good exercise in resilience and self-sufficiency. I had to remain in Lower Manhattan through 9/11. It was a difficult experience at 20 years old but it forced me to act like a adult and be responsible for my own well being. The dorm cafeterias were shut down, had to go find your own groceries, learned that beer/wine/TP sell out first, bartered some popsicles for a frozen pizza with my neighbors, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids from top colleges (most are tesidential) are home

What does this mean? Why in the world would you specify that kids from "top" colleges are home? My kid is at what is considered a "top" college, but he lived on campus so the dorms are closed. He had no choice. However, he has some friends who live off-campus and some are still in their off-campus apartment. Being at a top college has nothing to do with any of this. Really strange post.

Ivy plus... residential schools with kids living in campus for 4 years.

My kid is home, as are a number of the kids of people we know.

Anonymous wrote:My kid and most of his housemates are still at UChicago. Says it’s more conducive to studying and didn’t want to take risks flying.

Take a hint, mom.