Listen to two students discuss their different college orientation experiences, one pre-COVID and one post-COVID. The student who had to have a virtual orientation felt that she missed out on the full college experience, especially due to feelings of isolation. However, she also shares the positives and new opportunities brought by virtual connections.
When you’re all in breakout rooms or you don’t have your cameras on or there’s these big lectures and there’s no one physically actually around you in in person, you definitely lose out on all of the benefits of being social and being able to interact with other people.
