Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back to campus

Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by analog31 on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:57PM (#24164649)

I have two kids attending college this fall, one at the state "flagship" school, and the other at a regional college. Both are dead certain, as are their friends, that college will last a couple weeks, then they'll send everybody home. It will happen just in time for nobody to be prepared for it. The kids are all signing up for online classes whenever possible.

My dental hygienist, whom I spoke to this week, has a daughter at one of the community colleges, in a transfer program where she does 2 years at the CoCo and then gets admitted to one of the state colleges to finish her degree. All of her classes are online. She's delighted with it. She takes classes at home while also caring for her little sister, while Mom works.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by vondur on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:11PM (#24164733)

Honestly, if I were graduating and attending college this year, I'd just skip this semester, and possibly the year. Online education isn't the same, and most universities are ill prepared to offer online instruction at the same level as in class instruction.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by ollien on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:18PM (#24165331)

I'm in my senior year of college. I seriously considered doing exactly what you're suggesting.

I would much rather just suck it up and enter the workforce at this point. I don't know what I'd do with myself for the year, and I don't have enough credits to speedrun my degree in the spring. There's also some conflicting information about if I would keep my financial aid. I haven't taken the time to dig into it, because at that point I decided it wasn't worth it.

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