Is There an Advantage or Disadvantage during this Fall 2020 Semester?

     To go or to not go to class, that is the real question?

    Online education seems great when you first hear about it but when it actually comes time to perform you better hope that you have the motivation and ability to do it. I believe it takes a special person to do online courses correctly. I have several classes that state from the beginning that the quizzes and test will be open book because there isn't a possible way of determining if the student is cheating or not. I believe this is fair with the fact that these exams are timed and as if we were in an actual in-person class. This motivates the student to actually learn and keep up with the class to be more efficient during test time. This doesn't make the class easier but more intuitive to learn. There are other classes that have monitored tests and those classes are the hardest to even want to do because of the stressor of I have to know every single thing or I am gonna fail. 

I believe this is an advantageous time for some and a disadvantageous time for others. I believe if you are in your first or second undergrad year you are in good shape because you getting your general education out of the way, you do not have to worry about applying to grad school or applying for internships. You are just slowly going with the flow.  On the other hand, students who are in their upper undergrad years maybe struggling because some internships have gone down the drain due to the pandemic, or it is hard to find some internships and programs. I do see the brighter side to some of these though some graduate programs are more lenient or opting out some of the requirements because of the pandemic, so I see that as less work for the applicant. 

    I believe jobs are going to still evaluate you on how well you did in college but I also take into the fact what have done during Covid and how you have coped with it. Always make sure to share your experiences like living through the pandemic because this is a very different time people still want to hear about your experiences it says a lot about a person, too!