Anyone else having to decide to move their daughters to campus this fall (out of state) or do online courses?

The fall semester is coming up soon for many colleges and universities. DD is committed to play for a JC in the Pacific NW, which is an 18 hour drive for us. Official practice cannot begin until spring per the athletic conference guidelines. DD could still go to the campus, take hybrid and/or remote classes and hope that practices will be allowed to continue if things improve (She is/was SO excited and ready to go!) Or, we could keep her home (much to her disappointment), save $$ on housing, and then have her move in January, and run the risk that she would miss practices if they started up later this fall. What a mess! The usual anxiety of your child attending school far away from home has been doubled at least. Is anyone else being faced with this decision?

My son is a 2020 grad. We intend to send him to campus. He has a higher risk of a traffic fatality getting to school, than from contracting and dying from Covid. Now, statistics are of little solace if something actually were to happen. But we are going to take the calculated risk.

According to the CDC, "For those ages 1 through 24, even a wildly out-of-control Covid-19 pandemic that exceeded the worst-case scenarios and killed 5 million Americans would appear to pose less risk than cars and trucks and boats do in a normal year. ... young people really truly do not seem to be in a lot of danger from Covid-19. It’s not zero danger: A few kids are dying from the disease. But the risk they face from catching it at school appears to be much smaller than the risk they face from, say, getting to school. "

No sport involved, so at least not worried about that part of it, but we're going through the same thing with sending my son to ASU. Like Top-Notch, I'm not as worried about him actually getting seriously sick, however, I am concerned with him getting into a clusterf*ck of a situation as the Tempe area keeps spiking.

I'd like him to get on campus, and get acclimated to "college life", but I wonder how much of that will even be available anyway??? Seems like there is a decent chance he'll be sitting in his dorm, and doing online classes. He can do that at home and save about $9K. We have about 10 days to make our decision. Right now, we're leaning towards staying home for fall semester, but I watch the numbers everyday hoping to see something that makes us feel better about him going.

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No sport involved, so at least not worried about that part of it, but we're going through the same thing with sending my son to ASU. Like Top-Notch, I'm not as worried about him actually getting seriously sick, however, I am concerned with him getting into a clusterf*ck of a situation as the Tempe area keeps spiking.

I'd like him to get on campus, and get acclimated to "college life", but I wonder how much of that will even be available anyway??? Seems like there is a decent chance he'll be sitting in his dorm, and doing online classes. He can do that at home and save about $9K. We have about 10 days to make our decision. Right now, we're leaning towards staying home for fall semester, but I watch the numbers everyday hoping to see something that makes us feel better about him going.

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I'm not so concerned about her getting ill, either. Frankly I think it went through our house back in Feb. I am worried about her spending extra money for housing, then sitting alone in her room doing online classes, and not really interacting with her new teammates and other students. The only thing that might make the situation easier is that she plans to work part time somewhere, so should be making a few work friends. Where's the crystal ball when you need one?

My DD needs to get out of my house! I will say that she has mellowed out in the past month or so, but when she initially got home, she was not a pleasant person. She has 3 other non athletic roommates that are committed to moving into their apartment. She is better off doing online classes in her own apartment close to campus. Her friends here at home do not have the same goals. Yes, this will cost us some serious dollars, but we were committed to paying before the CV19.

She is started to get back into the softball mindset. She has caught one of her college pitchers 3 times, and did a couple of Workouts with a bunch really good College Players. It is good for her to be around serious softball players which helps to get her competitive juices flowing again. I can tell that joy is coming back to her face and demeanor.

DD will be a college junior this fall. She has an off campus apartment so even though we’re close to her school and her classes are predominantly online she’ll live there. Her job is there too so she’s been there most of the time anyway

One of the best things you can give your dd is as little debt when she gets out of school as possible. I teach professional students. Their debt to salary ratio is an average of 3:1. That is a very high debt load. There are certainly other considerations than just money but it is an important one for many people. DD had decided that if classes were going to be all on line she would not do well and was strongly considering going to the local community college for a year. This would have been tough for her. She has already lost the end of her senior year of high school and softball season. She was very excited to go to her dream school and play softball. Luckily her school is planning on offering much of the course work in person.
Universities are desperate to get students on campus. They cannot sustain their business model without them and surveys show that students will choose other options if traditional colleges go all online.

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We had an NAIA school at our toruney last weekend ask our coaches if we knew any 2020 speedy outfielders looking for a school. Their starting CF had just told them she wasn't moving back due to the virus and her parents wanted her close to home.

My DD (third yr) is taking a semester off from her college due to the fact that she will not be able to complete the mandated requirements to get a job after graduation by studying at home. She is taking two courses at the CC that she would have taken next summer. She will have enough credits to graduate with her class (2022) but will go back in fall to complete her final professional credentials. I support her decision for the aforementioned reason but also the spring hilighted the deficiency in the online learning mode (at least at full tuition rates)

DD went back in June to work with the incoming freshman class. They are doing their best to keep Covid in check but still they have kids coming down with it. That said, MANY are asymptomatic and those that do have symptoms endure a short recovery. They do isolate those testing positive which seems to be the hardest part of having it for college aged students.

Young healthy people have very little to worry about.