As a graduating senior who is going to graduate this
spring, I have lots of feelings about the Coronavirus. Most of my friends are
also graduating this spring, and some of them don’t plan to go to graduate
school after graduation. People
who found internship for this summer 2 or 3 months ago are being told that the
companies can’t afford interns or even have already shut down. People who
haven’t found internships but plan to find full-time jobs are being told that
most companies are experiencing hiring freeze.
Life is also not easy for the students who are going
to pursue graduate studies, especially the students who are not currently in
America. Some of my international friends who come from other countries are
worrying about the Visa and I20(a document which is needed to get F-1 student
Visa), and also are worrying that graduate schools can’t open and plan to hold
online classes instead. “If so, why should I pay so much tuition to get online
education? After all, I choose to go aboard to get a feeling about another
education culture.”, one of my friends told me. Numerous students have asked
the graduate schools they plan to go for deferral, and many universities have
offered the option to defer, such as Columbia University, New York University
and the University of California, Berkeley. This action will definitely
influence the 2021 students since the class size will still be controlled and
the 2020 students who choose to defer have already occupied many spots.
Reference:
Maurer, R.(April,
2020). Companies Look to Cut Costs with Hiring
Freezes. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/companies-cut-costs-with-hiring-freezes.aspx
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