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This is pretty sad, the four years of college easily will be the easiest years of socialization and dating a young person will ever have. To have at a minimum t

This is pretty sad, the four years of college easily will be the easiest years of socialization and dating a young person will ever have. To have at a minimum two of these years taken from you, is to lose something you'll never get back.

asdff 6y ago
If I were in undergrad right now I would have probably just taken a leave of absence until campus is back open rather than pay full tuition for zoom class.
- dehrmann 6y ago
  In a cohort with 1.25-1.5x the normal class size? They're both bad options; I'm not sure what I would have done.
- bradlys 6y ago
  A lot of schools weren’t allowing deferred enrollment for freshmen or transfers this year. If you’re part of the group that has to pay full tuition, the math gets hard but what would you do for that year? Just play video games for a year at your parents home? That’s essentially what you’d be signing up for most students. I guess you have to ask how long are you willing to put your life on hold. My partner decided to do her schooling online even though she knew it would be one of the worst things ever for her.
jxramos 6y ago
A lot of my dating age friends looking for relationships to blossom into marriages are really frustrated right now with the state of affairs. I'm beyond those years but I can appreciate their frustrations with the halting of their searches.
- gregoriol 6y ago
  There will likely be less kids born in the next 6-18 months.
  - conanbatt 6y ago
    I'm not so sure. There is a quarantine-baby effect as well. People planning to have babies eventually have a strong incentive to do it now as they are home and can't get distracted with many other interim plans. I'd like to see what happens.
    - jxramos 6y ago
      Yah, I think I read there will be more babies after this period. So running three months back from the middle of the pandemic (say in July) so maybe a lot of April babies? Makes sense, put a fertile man and women together in a confined space and for a prolonged period of time and things will naturally happen.

asdff 6y ago

If I were in undergrad right now I would have probably just taken a leave of absence until campus is back open rather than pay full tuition for zoom class.

dehrmann 6y ago
In a cohort with 1.25-1.5x the normal class size? They're both bad options; I'm not sure what I would have done.
bradlys 6y ago
A lot of schools weren’t allowing deferred enrollment for freshmen or transfers this year. If you’re part of the group that has to pay full tuition, the math gets hard but what would you do for that year? Just play video games for a year at your parents home? That’s essentially what you’d be signing up for most students. I guess you have to ask how long are you willing to put your life on hold. My partner decided to do her schooling online even though she knew it would be one of the worst things ever for her.

jxramos 6y ago

A lot of my dating age friends looking for relationships to blossom into marriages are really frustrated right now with the state of affairs. I'm beyond those years but I can appreciate their frustrations with the halting of their searches.

gregoriol 6y ago
There will likely be less kids born in the next 6-18 months.
- conanbatt 6y ago
  I'm not so sure. There is a quarantine-baby effect as well. People planning to have babies eventually have a strong incentive to do it now as they are home and can't get distracted with many other interim plans. I'd like to see what happens.
  - jxramos 6y ago
    Yah, I think I read there will be more babies after this period. So running three months back from the middle of the pandemic (say in July) so maybe a lot of April babies? Makes sense, put a fertile man and women together in a confined space and for a prolonged period of time and things will naturally happen.