How Will College Admissions Be Impacted By Covid-19?

If you’re in high school and plan on going off to college at some point in the next couple years, the coronavirus has put YOU in UNCHARTED territory. How will the coronavirus impact going to college?

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**How will the coronavirus affect admissions?**
The expert we interviewed says that colleges will be very flexible when it comes to admissions, because they realize how much coronavirus has disrupted everyone’s lives. However, the COVID-19 lockdown affects some students more than others, including those applying to college. Take the SATs. In normal times, wealthier students have access to tutors and test prep programs that can help deliver better scores. Lower-income students typically can’t afford that stuff, and during coronavirus, they’re at an even BIGGER disadvantage because they have to deal with tough situations like a parent losing a job or not having internet access for online courses.

**How will the coronavirus affect financial aid and scholarships?**
Many colleges are experiencing a budget crisis, but our expert still thinks that schools may offer more aid than they usually do, because they understand that many families have been hit hard economically. Now that’s great news, but you’re not gonna get financial aid if you don’t apply for it. And unfortunately, as of mid-April, there’s been a near 3 percent decline in students applying for financial aid compared to last year. What that most likely means is that tens of thousands of students now feel college is out of reach due to all the money problems that COVID-19 is causing.

** What will the day-to-day of college look like?**
As the summer unfolds, more and more colleges will be making their OWN decision about what classes will look like. Colleges are going to come up with different solutions: Some might decide to go fully online for the semester like Cal Poly. Most will probably have some combination of limited in-person classes and online classes. Every college is gonna have to figure out what works best for them and their students. And in the long term, it’s unclear if college will go back to the way it was BEFORE the coronavirus, OR if the pandemic has PERMANENTLY altered what “going to college” means.

SOURCES:
What's going to happen at colleges this fall? Here are 15 scenarios (PBS)

Coronavirus: University of California campuses will open in the fall, Napolitano says

Fewer Students Apply for College Financial Aid, a Sign Coronavirus May Disrupt Enrollment (The Wall Street Journal)

For This Year's College-Bound, The Future Is In Turmoil (KQED)

How will COVID-19 change our schools in the long run? (Brookings Institute)

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[AboveTheNoise]

Are you applying for college -- or attending this fall? What are your big questions about what it will be like?

[thomasr.jackson]

I am glad you mentioned the positives. Not to diminish the real concerns, difficulties, and disappointments people are having, those are real and gigantic, but I am seeing lots of people finding positives. Moving to live on campus can be a great experience, but it also can be stressful, expensive, and distracting. Being at home keeps support networks more intact, with family, but also peers that might otherwise be going their own different ways. And I see plenty of people focussing on domestic life, planting gardens, cooking, studying more. And maybe more people will start reconsidering the outlandishly expensive college paths that so many feel they need. If you can get an education online, then is 20k/year for tuition alone really justifiable? Maybe not for a lot of people.

[openheart]

I'm so glad that you guys made this video. I've been really stressed about this.

[dhindaravrel]

"If they are not able to participate in sports..." - this, right there, is one of the main things totally broken about how American education works. Sports are a nice hobby, but should never be confused with anything that's even remotely relevant academically!

[SarthakRana]

I'm a final year MBBS student and my internship is due to start this July
I have no idea what's going to happen 😬

[pattiarabia]

I appreciate how clear and responsive to constant change Malia is in her analysis and answers. (I know Malia) I appreciate the simplicity and clarity of the graphics, the questions and the thoughtfulness of all the student responses.

[atomic_atom]

As someone who is about to go into his high school senior year, I feel like a lot of colleges will have a plan for when my class decides to go. My guess is colleges will largely overlook this last semester's academics and the nexts community things like sports. It's my hope I be fine after this year.

[rsaunders]

For students taking STEM classes, how's that going to work without labs? It's one thing to stay home and take online math and English courses, but I don't see Moms welcoming Chemistry or Physics experiments in the kitchen.

[flymypg]

I've been thinking hard about this. I've been an engineer for 35 years, and pre-COVID I was thinking of doing a massive career change to become a high school STEM teacher. I figured I could just barely manage to make ends meet on a teacher's salary.

Unfortunately, just like the 2009 Great Recession that savaged my retirement accounts, COVID had done it again. So there is no way I can afford to quit my engineering job to become a teacher, much less retire any time soon. I expect to work until I'm at least 70 to repair the damage. Which isn't a bad thing! I really love my job, and have loved my entire career.

However, I still do want to teach. But it won't be as a certified teacher, and it won't be full-time. I've done lots of in-class volunteer tutoring (400 hours total, so far), but I believe volunteer tutoring worked because I was one-on-one with the students, in person, close by, so I could sense the emotional clues they leak, and respond to those in addition to the issues of the subject at hand.

So I was thinking of becoming a professional tutor as a side-gig, getting paid to work with students during evenings and weekends. But I realized that would benefit mainly students of relative wealth, having parents with lots of disposable income, which means mainly white students. Who really don't need my help in addition to their many other advantages and privileges. In these days, I really want to help those who need it most, and may benefit most from it.

I make about double what a teacher makes. And given that I can live on a teacher's salary, I take in far more than I need for my expenses. A massive chunk of that has to go toward rebuilding my retirement accounts. Still, there is some left over, most of which I tend to also save, as my hobbies are inexpensive. And I still love my 8 year old car.

What if we flip the professional tutoring ideal on its head? What if I paid students to be tutored/mentored by me? Let's make it $10/hour, and I believe I can commit both time and money for 10 hours per week. Which could make a significant difference to students struggling both academically and financially. I'd want to do this for primarily for college students, as high school is already free.

I also like the idea of bypassing the school financial systems for both donors and student aid. Universities have their own problems to solve, but I need to see the directions they intend to go before giving them money. No, I much prefer giving money directly to students, which seems both efficient and effective, truly optimal. And I also get to tutor/mentor them!

Thoughts? Feedback? Criticism or critique? This is the first time I've written this idea down, and it still sounds a bit strange, even to me. But I think I can make it work, at least from my side. But would it work for students, particularly Freshmen?

PS: I did derive a bit of inspiration from Andrew Yang. Well, indirectly.

[harshvardhanbhatnagar]

I'm an international student and I'm currently a sophomore at the University of Arizona. I decided to come back to my country when the University went online. Now they plan on doing optional online/ofline classes but I don't know if staying out of the US will affect my visa adversely. There has been no official statement from USCIS either.

[stephaniet]

I don't know if colleges are really going to lower tuition substantially. I'm currently in a public state college in CA and they expect students to pay full tuition including campus fees, even though students can't be on campus. Is it different for other colleges?

[JeremySmith-wclh]

Diana from Physics Girl sent me, but I was already here...

[ibrahimatraore]

Serious Question






How do you we're a mask with that beard

[hellhound]

If I was in high school id make this a gap year or two.