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Wow, glad to know that I'm not alone in this uncertainty! I've accepted my offer and going to start the process of the rest of the paperwork (I-20, etc). Hopefully, within the next 2-3 months, this pandemic would be over/slightly better and business as usual. It's just that my program will start in Summer/June, which means I'll have less "cooling down" pandemic period. I've emailed the university about this last week, and since they didn't reply, it seems like they have yet to figure out what's going to happen for the upcoming Summer/Fall semester.

Hi All, I'm an incoming international grad student, ready to accept the admission offer from one of the universities in the US. Yet, I can't help to be anxious by the recent development of coronavirus/COVID-19, especially when many universities have switched to online-based learning, and none can predict how long this arrangement would last, which heavily depends on the latest development. Apart from being ineffective and very discouraging to start your grad school online, I'm also worried that this universities closure/online classes would affect international students on F visas, which I understand are only allowed to take one course online per term to remain legally in the US. Any of you also has the same concern? And any of the international students here has started their visa application?