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Can't give you specifics since I'm not using them. Just that I've heard they can be a pain to work with.
Interesting, I used LenderFi and had a great experience, almost no-cost (I paid about $100 after credits). There was almost no hand holding so you need to be a little experienced, but got a 30-year fixed for 2.625%. Servicing hasn’t been an issue. There’s no personal relationship with anybody, but willing to deal with that for the savings.
If they can just take the classes online and save them and the institutions money way not?
Because while online learning has its place among some applications, it does not equal in person. There is a good reason why some well regarded institutions want no part in it. The students will be back.
If they can just take the classes online and save them and the institutions money way not?
If you believe this is the future, then Boston and other USA city prices will fall. You can work and learn right out of Thailand, Panama, Barbados, or Jordan. No need to pay higher real estate prices of the United States and other developed countries.
My bet is that interacting with people will remain a major draw. That students will want to interact with peers. That the same forces that have drawn Americans from rural farmland to cities for the past 150 years will continue. I have no idea how things will play out, but these are my assumptions when I say I am favorable about Boston.
If you believe this is the future, then Boston and other USA city prices will fall. You can work and learn right out of Thailand, Panama, Barbados, or Jordan. No need to pay higher real estate prices of the United States and other developed countries.
My bet is that interacting with people will remain a major draw. That students will want to interact with peers. That the same forces that have drawn Americans from rural farmland to cities for the past 150 years will continue. I have no idea how things will play out, but these are my assumptions when I say I am favorable about Boston.
The online thesis also ignores all the university research, studios, med, etc. which more or less requires things be ‘on site’.
Even if one ignores the need for productive collaboration, it’s still difficult to imagine every ME or ID student having a 4/6 axis CNC in their parents basement.
"A new report shows that the number of international students studying in the United States fell 18 percent last year, according to student visa records. Even worse, with US consulates worldwide shuttered by the pandemic, the number of visas issued for newly enrolled international students dropped a whopping 72 percent."
So yeah they are coming back but it's way less. Will this change? Well are they taking gap years, going to another institution, going to a US institution domestically or taking classes online?
Work already is done overseas. Have you used tech support in the past ten years or dealt with a chat not? Lookup Fiverr and Upwork. Heck DaVinci machines lost their patent. If you think remote surgery can't be done the other way you are mistaken. We already have medical tourism.
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