"GIVEN THE ANXIETY AND uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, it’s understandable for international students who applied to U.S. business schools to worry that the crisis might interfere with their MBA study plans. Last week, the U.S. State Department stopped providing routine visa services in many parts of the world because of the global outbreak of COVID-19, and it is unclear when the suspension will end.
‘It is nearly impossible to accurately predict how COVID-19 will continue to affect U.S. study visas,’ Samantha Nesper, director of graduate admissions at the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, wrote in an email.
‘Universities are as much at the mercy of governmental decisions as our prospective students are in that regard. The what-ifs and unknowns surrounding this crisis are frankly dizzying. What I can say confidently is this: we want international students here. International students are valued members of our community, enriching the classroom with diverse perspectives and backgrounds,’ she says." …