There are many reasons students decided to skip the fall 2020 semester. Some were worried about going to school and getting COVID-19, perhaps even bringing it home to their family. Others feel like they don’t learn well in an online environment and want to wait for their school of choice to hold in-class lectures again. Others just refuse to pay full tuition for remote learning. Regardless of the reason, you are far from alone if you decided to sit this semester out.
For example, according to an NPR report, undergraduate enrollment is down 3.6% from the fall of 2019. That’s a reduction of more than half of a million students. Another half-million students account for the dramatic 10% drop in community college enrollment for fall 2020.
Does this mean you are out of luck if you wanted to go to college? Not necessarily. Plenty of students take a year off, and some people don’t end up going for a degree until later in life. Whatever your intentions may be, just remember that these schools will still be there when the concerns that are holding you back are out of the way.
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Of course, depending on the school you want to attend, it may be difficult to compete with those who are applying fresh out of high school next year. College Planning Source is here to get you on track now so that you can still meet your education goals, even if they had to be put on hold temporarily. Contact us today at 858.676.0700, or you can request your complimentary assessment here.
