Of course she could. On scholarship, if her school is online, that's what they'd have available for her. And the scholarship would cover that. But the question is what to do if you think online school for an additional full semester would be detrimental because of the specific courses taken. Taking English or history classes would be fine, but upper level Calculus and Physics (complete with labs) not so much. The question is whether it would be better to sit out a semester and wait to get back on campus. Would the scholarship "wait". And still cover all of the remaining semesters.
Thankfully we're optimistic since DD's school is saying they'll be back on campus.
I was thinking of an incoming freshman who still had a whole eight semesters of classes ahead. That person could pick-and-choose classes that would work out well online, knowing that he or she could take all those lab classes, etc. in later semesters.
I agree that this would put an upperclassman at a disadvantage.
Why are you unhappy? Your daughter could’ve stayed in her apartment, the kids in dorms were told to go home, dining halls were closed. We signed a lease for dd19 taking effect in June for a year. If classes are online in the fall, the university will refund those of campus for room and board, because they won’t be providing room and board. At her school, living off campus tends to save money because students on campus are required to have an expensive meal plan (thousands more than my other kids’ schools).
Unhappy's too strong a word -- irked is a better term; regardless, I'm irked or unhappy because when the university closed /went online, she came home -- but we're still paying for the apartment.
Yes, she could have stayed in the apartment, but why would she have made that choice? She isn't physically going to class, her roommate and literally all her friends all went home, she couldn't go out anywhere, and she doesn't have a job in her college town. She preferred to come home, where she's with me and her dad - and we're glad she's here. But we're still paying for the college-town apartment, which is fair -- we signed a lease. If she'd been in the dorms, we'd have been reimbursed. It's just an unfortunate situation.
You could argue that I'd be paying the same amount if she'd stayed in her college town, but that would be money paid for a service. Right now I'm paying for the apartment to sit empty.
I know people say that an apartment is cheaper, but it's definitely not true here -- not when you add in the apartment application fee, deposits for this and that, paying for the apartment year-round, utilities, and furnishing the place. Yes, food comes out cheaper, assuming the student cooks instead of eating out, but the overall cost is significantly higher.
Where my son goes to college, you have to sign your apartment leases in September of the previous year. So not only are we paying for expensive rent for an apartment he hasn’t been in since the first week of March, we are on the hook for all next year as well. Good thing his tuition is almost free.
Yeah, that's our situation as well. I know I'm fortunate that I'm able to work from home, but it stings to pay for a place she's not able to use.
I am a college professor, and much of what you see on ratemyprofessor is absolutely fake.
My daughters found it to be pretty accurate.
As a college professor, I'd be skeptical of any college that is saying they'll be back on campus in the fall at this point.
I wish I could argue, but I fear you're right.
! We are hoping all goes as planned and she moves in on August 5 and starts sorority recruitment a few days later. Both registration for recruitment and room selection take place at the beginning of May and so far both are still scheduled to go forward. There was great information on how her school plans to deal with the virus and how fall classes on campus are doable.
