hokeyfine said:i agree with what you're saying.... but.... as has been seen before, increase in applications hasn't translated to significant increase in attendance. maybe it will work out. also, i think as time goes people are going to be more comfortable and confident with covid eventhough nothing has changed. if those applications were early in the pandemic, they might be feeling better about the school they prefer.PlayerRep said:"Bodnar noted that out-of-state applications were up 33% over last year at this time."
Missoulian, earlier this week.
Looks like the new recruiting effort was working for out-of-staters.
I also think that UM may have the opportunity to get some press/credit for coming to UM, where there have been very few virus cases and almost no significant virus issues. Why would you let your kid go to school in NYC metro or other bigger cities or places where they has been a huge amount of virus? Even if you kid is young, healthy and not at risk, you may not want to go visit them at college. Why not have them go to UM, where there is lots of space, students can act more like college students, and families can feel comfortable visiting them?
I think the best opportunity that um has is to ramp up its online degrees and classes. this is the future. it doesn't help when the leader of this(i forgot his name) abruptly leaves to go back to his old job.
Yep. I'll be optimistic, but damn the past decade has made it difficult.