host: katie reilly covers national news and education issues for time magazine. she has a new feature piece in time that has a headline, "applying to college was never easy for most students but the pandemic made it impossible." welcome to washington journal. guest: thank you for having me. host: what caused you to focus on the lost senior class? guest: reporting started when it became clear that college enrollment declined significantly. the goal was to figure out why and how the pandemic was affecting current high school seniors as they applied for college or decided whether they would apply to college. i a lot of students were facing extra challenges, stresses this year as they apply to college. applying to college is never easy, even in a difficult year but the pandemic upended the pathway to college. especially for those hit hardest by covid-19 and the economic crisis. freshman enrollment fell significantly, a record 13% across-the-board. it felt even more at the community college. more than 20%. experts are worried about signs of that trend repeating itself

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. >> katie reilly covers education issues for time magazine and she has a new feature piece in time thatcollege was never easy for most students but the pandemic made it impossible."