College parents...fall semester?

[mom2rtk]

What is Bright Flight? A scholarship for good students? If so, they shouldn't reduce the amount in mid-stream!

It's the scholarship for high scoring kids living in state, designed to try and keep them in state.

 

[WorldOfPooh]

Yeeeaaah, world travel during a world pandemic isn’t really a good option, especially when your home county has completely failed in every aspect of dealing with it.

All you have to do is get to the country and then quarantine for 14 days. If you are over there for a year, that's not really a big deal if you are going to spend a gap year.

 

[HeatherC]

University of Washington students in frat houses now test positive. I think we may be hearing more and more stories like this come fall, unfortunately.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/01/us/university-of-washington-frats-coronavirus-trnd/index.html

 

[AustinTink]

Son's classes went from all in person to all online to now being 50/50. They need to make up their dang minds.

 

[mjkacmom]

If you could travel to another country, maybe Iceland or New Zealand or Australia or Japan and work or study there for a gap year and learn the language, etc. (This would have to assume that the school holds your place for the following year)

I believe Australia and New Zealand have closed their borders, my daughter was supposed to do a winter session in New Zealand in January, her college has a huge study abroad program (first in the country), fall and winter sessions are already cancelled. Students taking a gap year risk not only scholarships, but they are then competing with the class of 2021 for admission.

 

[WorldOfPooh]

I believe Australia and New Zealand have closed their borders, my daughter was supposed to do a winter session in New Zealand in January, her college has a huge study abroad program (first in the country), fall and winter sessions are already cancelled. Students taking a gap year risk not only scholarships, but they are then competing with the class of 2021 for admission.

Are they not letting you defer to 2021?

 

[choirfarm]

If you could travel to another country, maybe Iceland or New Zealand or Australia or Japan and work or study there for a gap year and learn the language, etc. (This would have to assume that the school holds your place for the following year)

Seriously?????? None of these countries are accepting people from the US because of Covid. A gap year is hard for many majors precisely for the reason people are thinking of staying home. Students will be lost and bored at home or working at a fast food job where they will be as exposed as they would have been at college.

 

[mjkacmom]

Are they not letting you defer to 2021?

My daughter is a rising sophomore, but I imagine that colleges are not going to defer a ton of students.

 

[WorldOfPooh]

Seriously?????? None of these countries are accepting people from the US because of Covid. A gap year is hard for many majors precisely for the reason people are thinking of staying home. Students will be lost and bored at home or working at a fast food job where they will be as exposed as they would have been at college.

I don't think anybody has suggested they stay at home during their gap year. Can you show me where someone has suggested that?

 

[choirfarm]

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[cmp3400]

Not you, but people are saying if the university is online they will stay home.

I know for a lot of the families I know IRL the issue is the cost--ESPECIALLY if the dorms end up closed again (and one family has already received the letter-"If the dorms close you are still responsible for housing AND meal plan"). None of this is ideal, but the reality is (for a lot of families) the thousands of dollars that would be spent on housing may not be worth it if the "college experience" is nothing like "normal"

 

[LuvOrlando]

Anyone know if the colleges and universities are obligated to show how they will coordinate the testing of thousands of students in the event of an outbreak? Will there student healthcenters be required to stock a minimum of (for arguments sake say 40% population) Covid tests? Minimum of outdoor kiosks for the testing? Obligated to have a minimum of Flu tests on campus as well to weed those students out. Maybe invite say a CVS/Walgreens with deep procurement ties onto campus to manage things as a supplement to the health center?

Plan for what to do with sick kids?

Just thinking of all the college towns over the US and since the influx is temporary and so young these towns probably don't have hospital capacity for sick student swarm of thousands at once who can't be sent home so there need to be plans in place in a prepare for the worst and hope for the best sort of way. Wish there was a site that gathers this info

 

[choirfarm]

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[cmp3400]

Yes. I agree. I understand. But my whole point is what are our students supposed to do that is worthwhile. I get doing that doesn't make sense. So basically those kids lose yet another year and work at a dead end job and expose themselves to the virus.

So far we are sending her, but if they send them home I wonder how this small private school and others like them will stay open. I see hundreds of closings and a generation of students with no good options

My child is like me without outside accountability, she won't do anything. She isn't a self-starter. I need my principal, my husband or my boss to set parameters. Just staying home isn't good.

It is tough, my (going to be) Freshman really wanted to take this year to get a full-time job and see what he wanted to do after that.
Well, we live in the Orlando area, so jobs are tough to find at best, he received an unexpected full scholarship from the local Community College, and now knows all classes will be online (which is his preference)

Soooo, his whole plan has now changed-he will work on his AA, hope that his seasonal job (that didn't open in the Spring) will open in the Fall, and see where all of this "lands" in a year or so

 

[choirfarm]

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[kymom99]

Anyone know if the colleges and universities are obligated to show how they will coordinate the testing of thousands of students in the event of an outbreak? Will there student healthcenters be required to stock a minimum of (for arguments sake say 40% population) Covid tests? Minimum of outdoor kiosks for the testing? Obligated to have a minimum of Flu tests on campus as well to weed those students out. Maybe invite say a CVS/Walgreens with deep procurement ties onto campus to manage things as a supplement to the health center?

Plan for what to do with sick kids?

Just thinking of all the college towns over the US and since the influx is temporary and so young these towns probably don't have hospital capacity for sick student swarm of thousands at once who can't be sent home so there need to be plans in place in a prepare for the worst and hope for the best sort of way. Wish there was a site that gathers this info

My sons university said if students are sick they go to the campus health center or other health provider. The campus will administer a rapid covid test if indicated. They also do flu tests there. If the test is negative but symptoms are there they may refer the student for a lab test. If the student tests positive they may quarantine on campus. The school will have rooms for isolation. They will deliver meals to the student and a health professional will check in by phone every 48 hours. There are other things that will be provided but I can’t remember all of them. The student can also return home if they prefer. We talked to our son about taking advantage of the campus care if it becomes necessary rather than bringing it home to our house.

I think most school are releasing plans currently. They have task forces in place to plan for these circumstances. They aren’t just opening up and saying Good luck!

 

[JimMIA]

It's the scholarship for high scoring kids living in state, designed to try and keep them in state.

That's what I thought. In Florida, we have Bright Futures funded by the Florida Lottery.

Our legislature updates the requirements every couple of years, but they do it two years or so ahead so it doesn't change. That way families know what to expect.

This year,

• 1170 SAT = 75% of tuition and fees (+/- $20K over 4 years)
• 1260 (I think) = 100% + $300 per semester for books (+/- $30K over 4 years).

Next year, I believe it goes up to 1190/1290 -- not sure because next year's standards don't apply to us.

Our Bright Futures is just pure money. It goes in an account at your school, and is applied after everything else. So if you have Florida Prepaid tuition or other scholarships, those are used first. When you graduate, anything left is paid directly to the student.

Our next door neighbor's son graduated from UF with a BA/MBA in four years, no debt, and a check for $18,000 from Bright Futures.

 

[JimMIA]

... I imagine that colleges are not going to defer a ton of students.

I agree. Colleges are struggling to maintain enrollments, dorm living, and all sources of revenue as it is. I can't see them making it easier for admitted students to back out!

 

[okeydokey]

Anyone know if the colleges and universities are obligated to show how they will coordinate the testing of thousands of students in the event of an outbreak? Will there student healthcenters be required to stock a minimum of (for arguments sake say 40% population) Covid tests? Minimum of outdoor kiosks for the testing? Obligated to have a minimum of Flu tests on campus as well to weed those students out. Maybe invite say a CVS/Walgreens with deep procurement ties onto campus to manage things as a supplement to the health center?

Plan for what to do with sick kids?

Just thinking of all the college towns over the US and since the influx is temporary and so young these towns probably don't have hospital capacity for sick student swarm of thousands at once who can't be sent home so there need to be plans in place in a prepare for the worst and hope for the best sort of way. Wish there was a site that gathers this info

My son's University has an empty dorm reserved for positive cases that need to quarantine. The University has a testing center that will test everyone as needed. I believe most others have similar plans, or they should be working on them.

 

[JimMIA]

My son's University has an empty dorm reserved for positive cases that need to quarantine. The University has a testing center that will test everyone as needed. I believe most others have similar plans, or they should be working on them.

Yeah, but schools like UF, FSU, UCF, USF, UM, etc are better situated to begin with because they have medical schools as a part of the university. Med schools are a vastly better resource than most colleges have.

Also, the larger schools have large dorm capacity and can set aside rooms or wings of dorms for isolation, which is what all of the larger FL state universities are doing.