It's unclear what colleges might look like in the fall — but high school seniors are having to make decisions now. Survey data suggests 1 in 6 students have already changed their plans.
deciding to forgo attending a four-year college full-time. Some of those are students who had already submitted a deposit.
With the Denver schools closed, Montez has shifted all of his work with students online. But that's been a challenge."College advising has to deal with the student and the student's mindset at a particular time, and that includes their emotional state, their well-being," he says."It's making that conversation a lot more difficult to have because I'm not able to sit down and assess their non-verbal cues of what they're telling me.
In Denver, Montez has been surprised with all the gap year talk. Several of his students who were headed to college are now rethinking,"simply because of the financial uncertainty," he says."Sometimes students aren't forthcoming about what is causing them to have that idea of a gap year, mainly because it's just a lot of personal information that might be occurring with them and their family.
"Not enough students know you can appeal the financial aid you've been offered," explains Abigail Seldin, who foundedthat helps students through the process of asking for additional funds. The application form for federal student aid, known as the FAFSA, relies on tax data from two years ago. A lot can change in that time — especially today, with high unemployment and a tanked economy.
At MSU's sprawling campus in East Lansing, she says,"there are just so many more opportunities for me there." Her family is also hoping that, if campus is closed in the fall and classes are online, tuition might be reduced.
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