
COLLEGE CHANGES | HELPING STUDENTS | Covid-19
The following colleges have responded to me as to changes known of as today. My suggestion is to continue to go to the site of the college for further updates.
Agnes Scott - Courses for summer are online. Still accepting applications for Fall. and considering students for merit based scholarships. 1-on-1 sessions focused on general topics or specifically financial aid. Any Alabama student (prospective or admitted) can sign up for a time to talk at https://connect.agnesscott.edu/portal/ewk_info or https://connect.agnesscott.edu/portal/ewk_finaidconvo
Amhurst – No summer sessions
Andrew College - Summer school on campus. Virtual tours available. Will make allowances for class of 2021 and ACT/SAT scores. Likely no credit for an AP course even if exams can’t be given.
Auburn University - Virtual information sessions twice a day. A 10:00am session for admitted students and a 2:00pm session for prospective students. We also have a virtual campus tour option as well!
Virtual campus tour: http://auburn.edu/admissions/visit/index.php# (click 360 virtual tour) virtual information sessions Monday-Friday! Student can sign up here: www.auburn.edu/visit. We update admissions/scholarship
information in July, including test scores. If students take AP/IB test online we will accept those scores.
Berry College - At this point both online and on campus classes will be held for summer school. That can change. Please see their website for changes. Students can register for sessions online at berry.edu/visit Students can register for these sessions online at berry.edu/visit There is no cut off for merit money.
Boston College - Summer school 1st session online. No decision on 2nd session. Not test optional so test scores required. Virtual tours are available. See website! They do not give credit for AP scores. (See website)
Bucknell - There is no decision yet on summer school which starts June 8. There are preview sessions for all here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEPkFKm_SQ&feature=youtu.be
Merit scholarship applications are due with the student's application to Bucknell (Nov 15 for ED1 and Jan 15 for ED2 and RD). Students do not need test scores to apply for merit scholarships. We will still be awarding credit for AP courses as long as students take the AP exam - even this new "at home" version of the AP exam. No determination has been made for IB at this time.
Bryn Mawr - Daily virtual visits are available Monday through Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can also register for a campus virtual tour here. https://admissions.brynmawr.edu/portal/visit-campus
College of Charleston - Remote learning will be at least through June Summer 1 sessions. As we gain more insight into the pandemic we will adapt strategies. Our admissions office has gone completely Virtual, you can actually check it out on our Virtual Visitor Center. We have live information sessions, counselors, students, and faculty available to chat, along with a virtual tour of campus. Zoom 1 on 1 interviews every Tuesday and Wednesday for prospective students. These sessions are available in 30 minute timeslots from 2PM – 5PM
Dartmouth College - No decision yet You can check back in throughout the coming weeks on our website at admissions.dartmouth.edu. Info should be coming up soon on our website for prospective students at the same link I sent above. Admitted students will have access to virtual programming through their application portal.
Duke University - Please visit https://admissions.duke.edu/coronavirus/ for all updates.
Elon - We are having admitted student events virtually and junior sessions. My strongest recommendation is for students to check their email (and junk mail) regularly in addition to our website as we get registration links publicize Virtual tours and Facebook Live events can be found at our new Life As A Phoenix website: https://www.elon.edu/u/admissions/undergraduate/life-as-a-phoenix/.cv
Emory & Henry College - We are conducting Zoom sessions with accepted and potential students. I am not certain if we will be test-optional outside of the 2020 class, but it is a possibility. Also, we award Merit Scholarships through the summer on a regular basis. Summer classes will be off campus.
Georgia Southern - Waiving the fee during APRIL for registration. All orientations and summer school will be online. There is an online Campus Tour that students can watch. We are no longer requiring SAT or ACT scores from incoming students for the Fall of 2020. We have not made any decisions on future semesters. They are also able to email their rep personally, [email protected] if they want to set up a Zoom or Google Hangouts call. https://admissions.georgiasouthern.edu/virtualvisit/ for a virtual visit.
Georgia Southwestern State Univ - Summer school will be online. Students will be able to schedule a virtual meeting with their admissions counselor. We will also offer virtual information sessions. Because of canceled ACT and SAT we are giving a longer timeline before cut off for merit scholarships. We can make decisions based on the student’s transcript.
James Madison University - The majority if not all classes will be online this summer. We are using Zoom and Webex as hosting tools. Check it out at https://www.jmu.edu/choices/virtual/index.shtml. Information will be available soon on www.jmu.edu/admissions on tours and student panels. There will be no on campus summer school. JMU will not require the SAT/ACT to be part of your application file. If you choose not to submit standardized test scores, you will not be penalized in the admissions application, scholarship or Honors College review processes.
We will not use the exam score in the admissions evaluation process. We value the course rather than the exam. The Office of the Registrar will conduct credit evaluations for admitted students. You will want to contact their office for inquires about the evaluation process used at this time for AP/IB scores. Virtual information sessions, coming to our website very soon. https://www.jmu.edu/choices/virtual/
Loyola New Orleans - No decision yet on summer school. We are doing weekly webinars called Live with Loyola as well as putting together several videos and sessions for our Virtual Admitted Student Day. Students will have access to all our videos as well as be sent reminders to tune in to our weekly Lives. The link:
https://www.pqe.io/shows/vohyld.html?eventExtId=LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudentsPrivate&eventAccountExtId=LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudents#/LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudentsPrivate
Mississippi College - Summer school will be online for now. We have been doing virtual meetings and campus visits for a couple of weeks. Facetime and Zoom meetings are at the student’s preference.
MICA - Students can register for virtual visit days here: https://www.mica.edu/visit-mica/undergraduate-visit/visit-preview-days/ SAT/ACT does not factor into the majority of our scholarships. Summer Courses leaning towards off-campus virtual classes, although this seems to also still be in-progress.
Mississippi State - Summer school online for now. They accept test scores through Feb. so 2021 students have plenty of time to get the score they are hoping for. https://goto.msstate.edu/portal/visit-msstate for virtual tour
MIT - No decision on online versus on campus for summer yet. All of the latest information re: MIT, admissions and COVID 19 is available on our site: https://mitadmissions.org
Murray State - Online summer
NYU - NYU has not yet determined whether or not our summer programs will be held on campus or remotely this summer. Since the situation with the COVID-19 outbreak has been evolving so rapidly, we most likely won't know for sure how we'll be handling summer events until late April/early May at the earliest. Find their virtual resources here: https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/visit-nyu/virtual-visit.html
Renesselaer - have over 100+ webinars scheduled for April. We also hosted our virtual Accepted Student Celebration this past Saturday (April 4). Information about all of our webinars may be found at go.rpi.edu/virtual. We are also doing A LOT on Instagram. Lots of takeovers and live events hosted by various departments on campus.
RICE - For questions about Rice's summer school programs, please contact the Office of The Registrar at [email protected] or 713-348-4999. We are encouraging interested students to experience Rice virtually Go online to our webpage for tours. Contact [email protected] for information on AP credit.
Rollins - We don’t offer a summer school. We offer May semester. It will be online. Yes, we have virtual accepted student events, hangouts for accepted students and video chats with admission counselors: https://www.rollins.edu/admission/visit/schedule-a-visit.html
Sewanee - Virtual and zoom sessions are occurring . See the website! Sewanee has been test optional for 10 years so the inability to take an ACT or SAT for a higher score is a moot point.
Shelton State - Summer school is online, but a blended option for technical courses. Blended will require some face to face interactions for labs (technical only). See the website for virtual tours.
Southern Methodist University - No decisions have been made yet. Please check the website soon.
Troy University - Summer school will be online. we are offering meetings via WebEx or FaceTime, students can reach out to me to schedule a time. We also have a recorded campus tour available. [email protected]
University of Alabama - No decision on summer school. Students can schedule appointments with their counselor at any time. For Adam Roper go to https://adm.ua.edu/portal/rr-adam
University of Arizona - many of our classes are going to be virtual throughout the Summer. It isn't official as yet, but with the pandemic peaking soon, it can only be assumed that courses will be online I am doing virtual meetings. You can send students this link https://calendly.com/tblackwell1 to register for Wildcat Webinars (more of an information session) along with Meet and Greets (more of a one on one meeting).
University of Chicago – We have not made a final decision on summer school at this time. We are test optional! There are sessions for both admitted and prospective students on Zoom! Admitted sessions are accessed through their accounts, Here is the link for the Registration page for prospective students: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit/tours-visits. Not submitting AP or IB tests has not been and will continue not to affect our applicants negatively. In light of the virus, we are also emphasizing that we will adjust our expectations to whatever method the student’s school found best to grade them over this period, as we have adjusted for differences in curriculum from school to school in the past
University of Montevallo We will have different Zoom sessions throughout the rest of the year at different times. Our director and a few of our students will be available to answer questions, and we will let all of our admitted students know when and how they can log in. We are still accepting students and lowering the ACT because they could not take it this spring.
The University of Tennessee - Summer classes will be online only. We are offering virtual admissions info sessions at https://admissions.utk.edu/virtual-experiences/ along with updating our virtual tour (On Instagram for now) in the near future. I am personally available to meet with admitted students and their parents on Zoom by appointment.
UAB - Not arranged yet but they assume classes will be online. We’re offering Virtual Tours and current student meetings. All counselors are working remotely and offering 1:1 zoom meetings. Contact admissions at UAB and they will guide you.
UNA UNA will have online learning for Summer 2020, as well as online orientations. Contact [email protected] counselor for further information. They will soon offer a Virtual Tour , and currently are offering Zoom appointments to discuss scholarships, etc. we have extended our Fall 2020 scholarship deadline, test optional, through May 1, 2020
University of West Florida - Summer classes are online for the upcoming semester! We are available for students to set up a Zoom, Webex, or Google Hangout meeting to help answer any questions. We will be hosting virtual events for prospective students to attend, We will not be test optional. The Florida Board of Governors is still requiring students to meet our minimum test requirements. If students plan on taking the ACT/SAT in June, they need to let me know as soon as possible, so I can mark that on their application.
The following colleges have responded to me as to changes known of as today. My suggestion is to continue to go to the site of the college for further updates.
Agnes Scott - Courses for summer are online. Still accepting applications for Fall. and considering students for merit based scholarships. 1-on-1 sessions focused on general topics or specifically financial aid. Any Alabama student (prospective or admitted) can sign up for a time to talk at https://connect.agnesscott.edu/portal/ewk_info or https://connect.agnesscott.edu/portal/ewk_finaidconvo
Amhurst – No summer sessions
Andrew College - Summer school on campus. Virtual tours available. Will make allowances for class of 2021 and ACT/SAT scores. Likely no credit for an AP course even if exams can’t be given.
Auburn University - Virtual information sessions twice a day. A 10:00am session for admitted students and a 2:00pm session for prospective students. We also have a virtual campus tour option as well!
Virtual campus tour: http://auburn.edu/admissions/visit/index.php# (click 360 virtual tour) virtual information sessions Monday-Friday! Student can sign up here: www.auburn.edu/visit. We update admissions/scholarship
information in July, including test scores. If students take AP/IB test online we will accept those scores.
Berry College - At this point both online and on campus classes will be held for summer school. That can change. Please see their website for changes. Students can register for sessions online at berry.edu/visit Students can register for these sessions online at berry.edu/visit There is no cut off for merit money.
Boston College - Summer school 1st session online. No decision on 2nd session. Not test optional so test scores required. Virtual tours are available. See website! They do not give credit for AP scores. (See website)
Bucknell - There is no decision yet on summer school which starts June 8. There are preview sessions for all here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEPkFKm_SQ&feature=youtu.be
Merit scholarship applications are due with the student's application to Bucknell (Nov 15 for ED1 and Jan 15 for ED2 and RD). Students do not need test scores to apply for merit scholarships. We will still be awarding credit for AP courses as long as students take the AP exam - even this new "at home" version of the AP exam. No determination has been made for IB at this time.
Bryn Mawr - Daily virtual visits are available Monday through Saturday at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You can also register for a campus virtual tour here. https://admissions.brynmawr.edu/portal/visit-campus
College of Charleston - Remote learning will be at least through June Summer 1 sessions. As we gain more insight into the pandemic we will adapt strategies. Our admissions office has gone completely Virtual, you can actually check it out on our Virtual Visitor Center. We have live information sessions, counselors, students, and faculty available to chat, along with a virtual tour of campus. Zoom 1 on 1 interviews every Tuesday and Wednesday for prospective students. These sessions are available in 30 minute timeslots from 2PM – 5PM
Dartmouth College - No decision yet You can check back in throughout the coming weeks on our website at admissions.dartmouth.edu. Info should be coming up soon on our website for prospective students at the same link I sent above. Admitted students will have access to virtual programming through their application portal.
Duke University - Please visit https://admissions.duke.edu/coronavirus/ for all updates.
Elon - We are having admitted student events virtually and junior sessions. My strongest recommendation is for students to check their email (and junk mail) regularly in addition to our website as we get registration links publicize Virtual tours and Facebook Live events can be found at our new Life As A Phoenix website: https://www.elon.edu/u/admissions/undergraduate/life-as-a-phoenix/.cv
Emory & Henry College - We are conducting Zoom sessions with accepted and potential students. I am not certain if we will be test-optional outside of the 2020 class, but it is a possibility. Also, we award Merit Scholarships through the summer on a regular basis. Summer classes will be off campus.
Georgia Southern - Waiving the fee during APRIL for registration. All orientations and summer school will be online. There is an online Campus Tour that students can watch. We are no longer requiring SAT or ACT scores from incoming students for the Fall of 2020. We have not made any decisions on future semesters. They are also able to email their rep personally, [email protected] if they want to set up a Zoom or Google Hangouts call. https://admissions.georgiasouthern.edu/virtualvisit/ for a virtual visit.
Georgia Southwestern State Univ - Summer school will be online. Students will be able to schedule a virtual meeting with their admissions counselor. We will also offer virtual information sessions. Because of canceled ACT and SAT we are giving a longer timeline before cut off for merit scholarships. We can make decisions based on the student’s transcript.
James Madison University - The majority if not all classes will be online this summer. We are using Zoom and Webex as hosting tools. Check it out at https://www.jmu.edu/choices/virtual/index.shtml. Information will be available soon on www.jmu.edu/admissions on tours and student panels. There will be no on campus summer school. JMU will not require the SAT/ACT to be part of your application file. If you choose not to submit standardized test scores, you will not be penalized in the admissions application, scholarship or Honors College review processes.
We will not use the exam score in the admissions evaluation process. We value the course rather than the exam. The Office of the Registrar will conduct credit evaluations for admitted students. You will want to contact their office for inquires about the evaluation process used at this time for AP/IB scores. Virtual information sessions, coming to our website very soon. https://www.jmu.edu/choices/virtual/
Loyola New Orleans - No decision yet on summer school. We are doing weekly webinars called Live with Loyola as well as putting together several videos and sessions for our Virtual Admitted Student Day. Students will have access to all our videos as well as be sent reminders to tune in to our weekly Lives. The link:
https://www.pqe.io/shows/vohyld.html?eventExtId=LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudentsPrivate&eventAccountExtId=LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudents#/LoyolaUniversityAdmittedStudentsPrivate
Mississippi College - Summer school will be online for now. We have been doing virtual meetings and campus visits for a couple of weeks. Facetime and Zoom meetings are at the student’s preference.
MICA - Students can register for virtual visit days here: https://www.mica.edu/visit-mica/undergraduate-visit/visit-preview-days/ SAT/ACT does not factor into the majority of our scholarships. Summer Courses leaning towards off-campus virtual classes, although this seems to also still be in-progress.
Mississippi State - Summer school online for now. They accept test scores through Feb. so 2021 students have plenty of time to get the score they are hoping for. https://goto.msstate.edu/portal/visit-msstate for virtual tour
MIT - No decision on online versus on campus for summer yet. All of the latest information re: MIT, admissions and COVID 19 is available on our site: https://mitadmissions.org
Murray State - Online summer
NYU - NYU has not yet determined whether or not our summer programs will be held on campus or remotely this summer. Since the situation with the COVID-19 outbreak has been evolving so rapidly, we most likely won't know for sure how we'll be handling summer events until late April/early May at the earliest. Find their virtual resources here: https://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/visit-nyu/virtual-visit.html
Renesselaer - have over 100+ webinars scheduled for April. We also hosted our virtual Accepted Student Celebration this past Saturday (April 4). Information about all of our webinars may be found at go.rpi.edu/virtual. We are also doing A LOT on Instagram. Lots of takeovers and live events hosted by various departments on campus.
RICE - For questions about Rice's summer school programs, please contact the Office of The Registrar at [email protected] or 713-348-4999. We are encouraging interested students to experience Rice virtually Go online to our webpage for tours. Contact [email protected] for information on AP credit.
Rollins - We don’t offer a summer school. We offer May semester. It will be online. Yes, we have virtual accepted student events, hangouts for accepted students and video chats with admission counselors: https://www.rollins.edu/admission/visit/schedule-a-visit.html
Sewanee - Virtual and zoom sessions are occurring . See the website! Sewanee has been test optional for 10 years so the inability to take an ACT or SAT for a higher score is a moot point.
Shelton State - Summer school is online, but a blended option for technical courses. Blended will require some face to face interactions for labs (technical only). See the website for virtual tours.
Southern Methodist University - No decisions have been made yet. Please check the website soon.
Troy University - Summer school will be online. we are offering meetings via WebEx or FaceTime, students can reach out to me to schedule a time. We also have a recorded campus tour available. [email protected]
University of Alabama - No decision on summer school. Students can schedule appointments with their counselor at any time. For Adam Roper go to https://adm.ua.edu/portal/rr-adam
University of Arizona - many of our classes are going to be virtual throughout the Summer. It isn't official as yet, but with the pandemic peaking soon, it can only be assumed that courses will be online I am doing virtual meetings. You can send students this link https://calendly.com/tblackwell1 to register for Wildcat Webinars (more of an information session) along with Meet and Greets (more of a one on one meeting).
University of Chicago – We have not made a final decision on summer school at this time. We are test optional! There are sessions for both admitted and prospective students on Zoom! Admitted sessions are accessed through their accounts, Here is the link for the Registration page for prospective students: https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/visit/tours-visits. Not submitting AP or IB tests has not been and will continue not to affect our applicants negatively. In light of the virus, we are also emphasizing that we will adjust our expectations to whatever method the student’s school found best to grade them over this period, as we have adjusted for differences in curriculum from school to school in the past
University of Montevallo We will have different Zoom sessions throughout the rest of the year at different times. Our director and a few of our students will be available to answer questions, and we will let all of our admitted students know when and how they can log in. We are still accepting students and lowering the ACT because they could not take it this spring.
The University of Tennessee - Summer classes will be online only. We are offering virtual admissions info sessions at https://admissions.utk.edu/virtual-experiences/ along with updating our virtual tour (On Instagram for now) in the near future. I am personally available to meet with admitted students and their parents on Zoom by appointment.
UAB - Not arranged yet but they assume classes will be online. We’re offering Virtual Tours and current student meetings. All counselors are working remotely and offering 1:1 zoom meetings. Contact admissions at UAB and they will guide you.
UNA UNA will have online learning for Summer 2020, as well as online orientations. Contact [email protected] counselor for further information. They will soon offer a Virtual Tour , and currently are offering Zoom appointments to discuss scholarships, etc. we have extended our Fall 2020 scholarship deadline, test optional, through May 1, 2020
University of West Florida - Summer classes are online for the upcoming semester! We are available for students to set up a Zoom, Webex, or Google Hangout meeting to help answer any questions. We will be hosting virtual events for prospective students to attend, We will not be test optional. The Florida Board of Governors is still requiring students to meet our minimum test requirements. If students plan on taking the ACT/SAT in June, they need to let me know as soon as possible, so I can mark that on their application.
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