More than 600 freshman students decided against attending VCU after receiving their acceptance letters –– a nearly 30% increase from the previous year –– making first-year students the most significant part of an enrollment drop at the university during COVID-19.
The number of accepted freshman applicants increased, but the portion of accepted freshmen who chose to enroll declined. In 2019, 29% of accepted students attended. For the fall 2020 semester, that dropped to 24%. “There was an increase of 200 students who changed their minds,” Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Tomikia LeGrande said during a board of visitors meeting. “This was during the time when many universities were releasing their COVID plans, and also during the summer of civil unrest in Richmond.” Read the full story by The Commonwealth Times HERE.
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