Welcome back to college, pandemic students. This year is different.
It has been challenging for Asia Alexander to gain perspective on how college used to be, pre-pandemic.
The 19-year-old Howard University sophomore doesn’t know how things used to be, frankly, because she was still in high school when COVID-19 hit. She finished her freshman year with a 3.8 GPA, attributed some to her smarts and some to a lighter workload. This school year, things changed.
“I just think the way the world shifted and coming back to college and the way the older teachers are trying to unshift it is really aggravating,” Ms. Alexander says. “We’re not used to doing regular school anymore.”
Ms. Alexander is one of many undergraduate students in the United States who spent their senior year distance learning during the pandemic.
