But as other universities announced plans to invite students back for the spring semester, including neighboring American University, Catholic University and Johns Hopkins, Georgetown asked just 500 additional seniors of the more than 6,300 enrolled undergraduates to live on campus — and, still, classes will be taught remotely."In spite of detailed knowledge of students' difficulties, the administration has chosen to disregard our well-being.
Given the current state of the pandemic, we are not able to bring more members of our community to campus at this time.Many students and their parents contend that online is a far cry from face to face — and, at the very least, the tuition tab should reflect that. for students who are not on campus. Randi Henry, the mother of a first-year student, said that isn't enough.
"Even if I could get four people in a furnished two-bedroom, rents start at $5,500 to $6,200 a month," she said, "and a lot of them won't do a three-month lease."For sophomore, Eric Lipka, 19, "getting a place in D.C. wasn't financially feasible." Now he shares an apartment with a classmate in Jacksonville, Fla., but relocating was stressful, he said, and that has taken a toll on his academic performance. He has since switched to part-time status.
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