If you were still in undergrad would you prefer 1. Go back to campus and have an in person/hybrid learning experience with restrictions on social life
2. Have your school go fully remote for the entire fall semester
3. Defer for a year and resume your education fall 2021 when things will hopefully be “normal”
I think I’d choose 3 but idk. Tough call, and I feel bad for current college students

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I was a sophomore 9/11/2001 and our university stopped in it’s tracks all week. That was the most bizarre time I’ve ever experienced while in school. I can’t imagine being motivated enough for remote learning in college of all places. I always kicked myself for not taking a year off at some point. So i would probably go with your choice # 3.

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#3.

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3 if entering as a freshman; 2 if any other year of college

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2. Except if I was in the early stages/gen eds of college I’d probably just enroll in online community college to save money since all school is going to be the same online.

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But if you take a year off, what will you do instead? Job market isn't great and it's not like you can travel

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Depends on my year. If I’m going into freshman year, I would most definitely want to defer, there is just too much on-campus excitement, new opportunities, relationships, and experiences that would be missed. Freshman year was a magical time for me. Otherwise, I would just begrudgingly trudge through.

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3, but the question is “what do you do with the gap year?” Not a lot of travel opportunities at the moment. Could volunteer?

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1 for sure. The opportunity cost of 3 seems too high (if a bit unpredictable) and there’s no way I would accomplish anything with 2.

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I think colleges wouldn't be able to enforce social distancing/other restrictions at all - people would do everything they could to break any rules and have parties/gatherings that would result in outbreaks that would shut things down again. Not worth it to try to open up.

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