With no cancellations in-sight, the Classes of 20 returned to campus. But, as winter came to a close and spring approached, cases continued to decline and the only significant emails were room assignments and move-in appointments. Students remained cautious, understanding the pandemic could shift at any moment and plans could change last-minute … again.

25, 2021 that juniors (class of 2022) and seniors (2021) would return to campus. As Santa Clara County was inching closer to the Red Tier, Stanford announced on Feb. In the middle of winter quarter, the coldest of the bunch for a multitude of reasons, students received an email that should have been great news however, it was met with skepticism. Spring through summer ’21: A glimmer of hope As Vivian and Kyla continue to reflect on the past two years of emails, which started with the house of cards that was last year’s plans in part one, we’re now looking at what did go right and what that may mean for our wavering in-person future. The cards have been laid out: this past week, the certainty for an in-person quarter was clouded by an email sent by Stanford’s administration announcing that the first two weeks of the winter 2022 quarter would be online.

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