Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom

Pandemic graduates: They had no prom, no pomp and circumstance, and started college on Zoom

In summary Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today’s college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation. As the world settled into pandemic life, students who graduated from high school during the COVID-19 crisis started new chapters of their lives in social and academic seclusion. Many spent their senior year on Zoom, without homecomings, proms or graduation…