It's 'hell week' for college advisors at high schools all across California: the final days for seniors to apply financial aid. March 2 is the deadline and counselors say applications are lagging.
in financial aid applications last year compared to pre-pandemic times was largely blamed on family hardships, Zoom fatigue and the difficulties counselors faced hounding students remotely about deadlines.Even though most students are back on campus and the pandemic appears to be waning, counselors are struggling to understand exactly why college plans have yet to rebound.
"It's one thing if you had COVID once in the school year, but some students, they've been gone for almost a month," Kim said."So we're trying to figure out how to get them back engaged in school." Paez said many students are attracted by the current plethora of job openings."What we're hearing constantly is, 'yeah, I'm just gonna go work. I don't need to go to college. I don't need to stress over this," she said.
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