For students completing their quarantine on campus, colleges are trying to closely monitor their schedules and exposure to others, often designating limited periods for outdoor activity and occupancy limits on common areas. At Syracuse, officials said last week that a group of students was placed under interim suspension for violating terms of the on-campus quarantine, but would not provide additional details.

When students who spent quarantines elsewhere begin arriving on campuses, most schools will require them to fill out forms confirming that they did so before moving into dorms. But some families worry that, just as with enforcement throughout New York, it may be difficult to verify whether some aren’t simply ignoring the order and moving onto campus.

For now, many students continue to prepare for an adjusted college experience in the fall, even after the quarantine is up, as they make their way to New York.

Mike Matukewicz acknowledged that the “total scramble” to get his son, who will be a freshman at St. John’s University, to New York from Nebraska three weeks earlier than anticipated was stressful. But he said he was taking an optimistic view on the new normal students are navigating.

“His dream since he was in sixth grade was to be in New York,” Mr. Matukewicz said. “And that’s finally going to be a reality. It’ll be a struggle at first, but we’ll get him there.”

As for Ms. Chevalier, the situation improved, but not without complications. Syracuse opened up more spaces for on-campus quarantine, which her daughter, Claire, was able to secure. The catch: She now had five days to pack, travel from Illinois and arrive for her move-in date.

Source: New York Times

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