From a UC student perspective: While my school (UCSB) has yet to announce their plan for the fall, a few other UCs have announced that they will be moving towards a “hybrid” model which is in fact a remote model with only a very select few actually having hybrid courses.
From my schools Reddit to conversations with friends, I am also sensing that a lot of us are considering taking the semester off. If that translates to people actually doing it, I’m not sure. The issue is that if Fall quarter is remote, why should we expect winter/spring quarter to be any different? I can only speak for myself but at that rate, we would be an entire year behind on graduation and I don’t know if I am prepared to put myself that behind.
On a side note, I think the UC system is preparing for this possibility. I got an email yesterday about cross-school enrollment for the fall which is something that I’ve never gotten before. They are making it easy to enroll in online courses between the campuses which may indicate a worry that some classes may not fill up which in turn would result in them losing tuition revenue for those courses.