I was told at least for UCLA, students cannot enroll in community college and take classes for credit before they start their freshman year in the fall. D ended up choosing a different private college, but I cannot find their policy re taking community college classes for credit - is it forbidden, too, or capped at 12 units like in VT (according to the post above). I wonder if any universities are considering relaxing their community college enrollment/transfer credit policies for incoming freshmen because of the CV. Before, there were so many options and opportunities for the summer before freshman year - jobs, travel, etc. If quarantine extends into the summer, what are recent seniors to do? Taking online cc classes for credit/GE fulfillment could provide some purpose, occupy their time, and yes, help out financially.
My DS got accepted at TAMU to start as Freshman for coming Fall 2020. What will happen with this acceptance if for COVID reasons he can not travel to the US? Can he automatically enroll 1 year later or will there be a need to reapply to start in Fall 2021?
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For current undergraduate students that have the pass/fail option for this (spring 2020) semester and choose to do so for certain medical school pre-requisites, will we be penalized when it’s time to actually apply?
As a result of the Corona Virus, Family’s assets(stocks, investments, 401K, etc.) have been greatly impacted in a negative way which, if you factor it into their FAFSA, would lower their EFC for the upcoming school year. Will School’s be more inclined to revisit their financial aid awards as a way to assist families in making up the difference that may not be possible for the family anymore?
How will waitlisted students be affected based on the COVID-19 outbreak? Are students more/less likely to be admitted from the waitlist compared to other years? Is it true that schools are waitlisting more students?
Hi! I have a HS senior. Some of his schools require him to commit by May 1. (In fact, I don’t think any have extended.)
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I am concerned that campuses will not be prepared to receive incoming freshmen in the fall. How do we factor this into decision-making? I am certainly disinclined to have my son start college online from home. That is completely not what we were bargaining for. Is that something that colleges are going to be expecting kids to do?? I think I’d rather have him defer, but I worry that given the circumstances, that will not be an option AND if he has to reapply what would that do to financial aid?
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What would be an argument in favor of starting college online?
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Since he wouldn’t be having an actual “college experience,” he can take classes online at the local community college for a fraction of the cost and he wouldn’t be missing out on anything, right? That assumes that his college would accept the credits.
DS is planning to take several AP tests in the spring/summer (you know the upcoming “modified” ones ?!) Not sure how that will go over with the colleges since the tests are, as I understand it, “modified.” We already have 4-5 AP tests from past years. (Scored 5s on all.)
- And as far as visiting, he has visited 2 of the schools where he’s been admitted. Not the others.
1)How do you see the COVID-19 situation affecting school waitlists?
2)follow up: for public schools, considering the tuition difference, how do you see the COVID-19 situation affecting the amount of in-state vs out of state waitlist offers ?
3) how might this situation impact students who need financial aid?
How come summer classes are still not counted for fall 2020 transfer when many classes in the spring were cancelled?
Many parents sending their students to OOS State universities are willing to pay out of state tuition because of programs and experiences located on or around the area of the campus. If, however, students wind up taking classes at home online at the start of the fall semester due to Covid-19 and/or sometime later in the year due to another outbreak, they will not get the benefit of these opportunities and may as well be enrolled at their own in-state university for the first year of college. Would universities be willing to offer in-state tuition to OOS students during time the campus would be forced to close due to a health issue outbreak? This would take out the risk to attend the OOS state university in this highly uncertain time, encouraging OOS students to enroll. In return, the universities would still benefit from OOS tuition rates for all or the majority of the OOS students’ time at the school.
If schools will not consider that, will they allow students to defer enrollment for 1 year, guaranteeing enrollment in fall 2021, and allow the students to take courses for credits at their own state’s state university or a community college? Universities need to realize that college is too expensive to charge a premium for out of state students (who may end up sitting at home taking classes online) and not give anything back to mitigate the risk that the student won’t be able to actually get the out of state university experience. What will they offer to students and parents to make it worth the risk to go ahead and attend the OOS state university? Thank you.,
How will this impact waitlisted students (domestic)? Will more students be accepted off the waitlist since some may choose cheaper options?
I was waitlisted at Columbia and UPenn. Do you think my chances of getting off the waitlist are high due to COVID-19? Also, how many students are typically put on the waitlist for both schools?
How is COVID-19 expected to affect, or already affecting, the yield of international students? What effect does/will that have on domestic students waitlisted at elite universities?
If you’re in dual enrollment, and your university switches to a pass/fail system, how will that affect your GPA or possible enrollment possibilities? Also, how will the cancellations of the March/May/April etc. SAT affect possible admissions rates? Will ECs and other factors be weighted more in relation to past years as a result of this?
As a current 11th grader, my standardised testing has all been cancelled/postponed. I am afraid that I will not be ready for later tests because I will be too busy to study for them later on, and there is no use studying for them now because I will have forgotten a lot by then. Will colleges be understanding towards this?
If you’re in 11th grade, take the SATs in Aug, Oct, and Nov. Prep your butt off this summer. There are actual tests and decent courses. I think a Princeton is the best, overall having bought a freakin library for my daughter last year.
On the college policies limiting credits taken at community colleges, it’s a scam. Higher education is about to go through the equivalent of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. It will primarily affect mid and lower tier schools. Schools were already facing declining enrollment, and now we’re seeing declining college funds, restrictive policies, and zoom university for full freight tuition costs.
What trends are people seeing related to follow up merit increases from schools? Data points for me include a top 100 liberal arts school doubling their merit offer for my daughter and a top 100 southern state school doubling their offer once my daughter’s friend told them she was not attending. Should we contact each school? Should we hold out? What is the best strategy?
As a follow up to the previous comment, how is COVID-19 going to affect the ability to for average students who don’t receive any merit aid to access personal loans in order to meet tuition demands? Will colleges be offering more in the way of need scholarships? Will banks be offering more incentives?
I see a few people asking the same question but how did the COVID-19 outbreak affect the international pool in any way? I’m an international and admission in our school this year has gone terribly wrong compared to previous years, including just a single year ago. The ED and RD results are horrifically different as well.
What about additional financial aid for high school seniors that qualify for pell grants?
Many of these students need every penny from an after school/ summer job to help pay for college, they are most likely unemployed now… Will universities have additional need base funds to help this population?
Will weaker grades from online learning have a negative impact on admissions for 2021-2022?