Dear parents and students,
Despite the uncertainty about what college will look like this year, rising seniors, who will be applying in the fall, need to keep marching along. It's time to get started on the road to creating standout essays. Coming up with a great topic is the hardest and most time-consuming part. Let us know if we can help.
Best,
Joan & Roberta
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What questions should you ask before deciding whether or not to attend college on campus next semester?
Find out here.
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What's New?
- While the majority of colleges still say they plan to hold in-person classes this fall, USC has reversed its plans. Virtually all of its classes will be held online. Click here for updates on all colleges' plans to reopen.
- Despite the trend toward on-site classes, many professors are expressing safety concerns and say they are unwilling to teach in person. Of note, 37% of tenured professors are 55 or older.
- In a Greek Row outbreak at University of Washington, at least 89 students from a dozen fraternity houses have tested positive for COVID-19, leading to concerns about how successful mask-wearing and social distancing will be among students in the fall.
- Despite an average of 2,600 new coronavirus cases per day in their state over the last week, the Georgia Board of Regents recently announced that the schools in their system would hold in-person classes and not mandate that students wear face coverings. After a demand from the majority of faculty at Georgia Tech, masks will be required at all of Georgia's public universities.
- Liberty University is being sued for refusing to refund room and board fees for students sent home early and for putting students at risk by prematurely asking them to come back to campus after spring break.
- The government has given $14 billion in aid to colleges across the country as part of the CARES act. Students who have incurred expenses related to the virus or whose parents have experienced financial setbacks due to the pandemic may qualify. Contact the Financial Aid office at your school for details.
- The Trump administration will bar international students who attend college in the United States on visas from staying in the country if their schools' classes are entirely online in the fall. This will strike a huge blow to many colleges that rely on the tuition of international students.
- PhD students at Boston University have been advised that they will lose their stipends and health insurance if they do not return to campus, forcing many to choose between their safety and their financial survival and access to medical care. A spokesman said, "BU cannot pay PhD students who are unable to do their service," and they must "be on campus in order to complete their service responsibilities."
- Merit aid awards have increased over recent decades. In an effort to snag high-income students, about two out of every five dollars of institutional aid has gone to students who could afford college without it. The result: far more students from high income families are being enrolled than those from middle and lower income families.
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