Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back to campus

Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by AnimalMuppet on Friday August 14, 2020 @01:14PM (#24160509)

Sure, they can change their mind and become a biologist. But in doing so, they throw away the two years. They have to start college from zero, because their trade-school classes don't translate into college credits.

You can start college at 20 as easily as at 18. The problem is that you get nothing for the two years (except, I suppose, you can work as an electrician to pay for college, instead of working at McDonalds).

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by doorstar on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:02PM (#24161913)

I'm guessing that our hypothetical student must or might take a college-level Biology course as part of their undergrad degree, and that exposure might cause them to change their mind about their chosen field.

I also don't know how easy it is to get into the same college at 20 that one would have gotten into at 18. If at 18 they got accepted to a school that cost 100K/year (as the parent comment suggests) then they may find that school closed to them 2 years later.

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