By Cullen Browder, WRAl anchor/reporter Raleigh, N.C. — The pandemic created extra lessons for college students and their institutions – not all of them positive. Megan Maiorano, a civil engineering major at N.C. State, said she's trying to make the most of a disappointing senior year. "Everyone I know is just trying to ride it out and get to the finish line," Maiorano said. A national report shows enrollment at four-year colleges was off by about 2 percent this fall from a year ago. Spokespeople at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State said enrollment at both campuses actually increased from fall 2019. Still, both schools are trimming budgets after losing large chunks of their campus housing and dining revenue.