This is not established policy yet but, it’s not looking good. Remember how we were talking about the STEM option a few months ago? (The STEM program allows for a longer term for the automatic post-graduation F1-B work visa, to let you stay in the U.S. for up to three years.) Well darn it, there […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and impacts to internship programs
There are so many complexities to the situation we’re living through. Not only is the actual pandemic causing us to completely change how we live, but the economic impact from those changes is immense — and still largely invisible. The most difficult part of all is that we don’t know what’s coming or when it […]
Continue reading...Will work-from-home become the new norm?
Coronavirus will most definitely change the world as we knew it. In what ways? Well, maybe one of them will be to make telework the preferred way of getting things done. About two weeks ago, the county government in Silicon Valley proposed exactly that. Given that the San Francisco Bay Area has had some of […]
Continue reading...People. HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL will be going online-only for Fall.
We’ve been saying this for six weeks already here at the EssaySnark blahg: School will NOT be back in session on site in Fall 2020. The schools are finally starting to also acknowledge it. This is only a tweet and nothing more official, but: BREAKING: The fall semester will begin online for incoming students at […]
Continue reading...($) Basic answers to common questions on what to expect as a student in Fall 2020
This is a collection of information gleaned from FAQs at various schools, which we’re offering here in a consolidated format for you to get some quick answers in a concrete way. This is not a guarantee that every school is employing each policy, but these are fairly universal from what we have seen. Premium content […]
Continue reading...Herd immunity: Should you be trying to get coronavirus, or trying to prevent getting it?
Many politicians are currently trying to make people forget this, but the reality of this pandemic remains the same: Until a vaccine is available, or we reach herd immunity, the virus is going to continue wreaking havoc in our lives and people are going to continue dying at elevated rates. As of publication on May […]
Continue reading...($) Here are Fall scenarios being attempted by various colleges and universities
Here’s what we know: Absolutely nothing is firm yet as to actual plans for Fall semester at hardly any school in the U.S.* All schools that we’ve heard of have finalized summer semester as online-only, and canceled on-campus programs. All schools WANT to be on campus again in the Fall No schools are closing; all […]
Continue reading...June.
This right here is a (quasi) education blahg. We’re, like, you know, into people getting smarter. Improving themselves. Learning about the world and how it works. With all this clamor to re-open American society, we just hafta say… Things are going to be much much worse again before they will be better. Sure, you’ll be […]
Continue reading...($) Coronavirus and the MBA: This is what everyone’s career goals essay is going to say this year (with a history lesson)
EssaySnark has another prediction. We also have to point out that given how many predictions we’re making right now, we’re gonna be wrong on some of them. We’re going out on a limb in so many areas, based on digging into the data that we have, based on knowing what’s happened in past cycles, and […]
Continue reading...Not to be alarmist, but…. Things are going to get bad.
WARNING We’re covering economic predictions today and possible impact to society. It is a welcome-to-reality post, which means that we’re writing direct. If you are feeling fragile, if you’re not sure you can handle all the uncertainty — which is a legit reaction!! — then please skip today’s post. We’re going to talk about […]
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