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How has the pandemic affected students learning?
The pandemic magnified inequities. Students who didn’t feel like they were a part of a school community became even more disengaged during distance learning. Additionally, students who were less experienced with digital platforms had difficulty keeping up during remote instruction.
How does Covid affect college students?
Nationwide, enrollment declined about 4 percent at colleges and universities. Concernedly, that decline stood at 10 percent at community colleges—the open access institutions that serve a plurality of undergraduates in America. Spring 2021 stands in stark contrast to spring 2020.
What is the highest GPA ever recorded?
Stephanie Rodas, valedictorian and soon to be a first-generation college student from Carter High School, is making history with the highest grade point average ever recorded since the school opened in 2004 – a whopping 4.88.
What will fall 2021 college admissions look like?
High school students will worry less and become the sociable, humanitarian people that any college would be proud to admit. The fall 2021 college freshman class will prove what admissions guidelines truly produce the most well-rounded group of students, and colleges better pay attention.
What were you doing one year ago in class of 2020?
And seniors in the Class of 2020 (and parents of seniors), please take a moment to look back one year ago in your calendar to see what you and they were doing. You’ll find exams such as the ACT’s and SAT’s. You’ll find major culminating academic and extracurricular projects. Spring sports.
What is the class of 2021 thinking about seniors?
The Class of 2021 is seeing the messages of empathy toward seniors too, and may soon start to wonder if people are understanding what’s happening right now to them. I know I risk inadvertently framing this as some kind of “competition” here, and this is truly not what I’m intending to do.
Will the SAT and act be dropped in 2021?
Dozens of other colleges and universities have dropped the SAT and ACT altogether, with some schools even amending their admissions requirements beyond fall of 2021. If this precedent catches on, the landscape of college admissions, as well as the overall high school experience, will change drastically.