A pandemic-era college graduate reflects on whether his launch into adulthood would have been significantly different without covid’s influence.
Stripped of sentiment, graduation is little more than walking across a stage in a polyester drape to accept a symbolic piece of paper.
In that spirit, I asked the class of 2024 how attending college entirely in the covid era affected their outlook as they start building theirSummary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed.“I have both a high school diploma and a bachelor’s degree without ever having donned a cap and gown,” Jacob Lewis of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., said via email.
After completing his major and minor requirements as well as a couple of internships within three years, Lewis joined his girlfriend in Arizona and did his last semester entirely online, finishing in December 2023. He didn’t return for the commencement ceremony. “I think my willingness to do this definitely stems from the unconventional end to my high school career and the rocky start to college,” he said.
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