Covid 19 : https://sa.berkeley.edu/covid19/fall2020
This is just a lot more of âwe donât know yetâ.
or âwe canât speak on thatâ
yeah, i felt like this chat session was a lot more negative than usual tho.
@nitwittttttt negative in what way?
The chat is meaningless and of no value. I think less of UCB now. Had interactions with Georgetown and unlike UCB theyâve been responsive and transparent. I expected UCB, as a public university, to be transparent. Sadly theyâre playing a game.
@Sisternight i felt like the aos were quick to shut down hopes for wl or appeals during todayâs chat
looks like they have revealed a big chunk of the plan for the fall
Check out this article:
https://www.dailycal.org/2020/06/16/uc-berkeley-to-hold-hybrid-semester-for-fall-of-2020/
Any thoughts on âSemester in the Cloudâ?
What does âStudents for whom living in Cal housing is their self-elected best optionâ mean exactly? Anyone has an idea? Thanks.
Just got an email saying that FPF is entirely online, small sections included:
âThe Fall Program for Freshman (FPF) will take place remotely for the Fall 2020 semester⊠In normal times, we are in a very nice building in vibrant downtown Berkeley. During this time of pandemic, however, we had to consider that it is a building shared with many colleagues and multiple offices, not all of whom are part of the university, which makes it all the more challenging to optimize for safety in this pandemic. ⊠When we weighed this institutional strength against one of our major challenges, which is the relative difficulty of meeting public health guidelines in our existing facility, the decision became quite clear.â
I wonder if this means anything for the waitlist?
@Sisternight Good question. there are many implications here. For one thing, many, if not most FPF students may opt to not be on campus, now that there is no in-person instruction at all for them.
In regards to the WL, I have no idea. On the class of 2024 Parents page, there is a lot of griping about âhow can they justify full tuition?!â etc. I donât know how much of that translates into withdrawals or not.
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Called the admissions office today. All they told me was that there were still kids dropping out to accept offers at other schools and to wait another 12 days. Iâm so incredibly frustrated right now.
i feel like that just means we will get our decisions before June 30th and idk if itâs rly indicative of anything. itâs good to know that there will be some space available for us at the very least.
also, @xtanyax, may I ask how you were able to contact the admissions office? i thought they werenât accepting calls rn but I might be wrong.
They accept calls Tuesday and Thursday 10 am to 12 pm.
could there be a wave today or would they wait another week?
Today no, because they are closed for Juneteenth
Any news or updates?