<p>That's what the Tech is reporting. I thought the expansion of the undergrad classes was going to await the renovation of W1. Supposedly it is anticipated that there will be crowds in MacGregor and East Campus.</p>
<p>So what do you think... accident or revenue enhancement?</p>
<p>I kind of doubt it. Sometimes the Tech gets strange rumors going. </p>
<p>A 1300 entering class assumes a 80.6% yield from the admitted students (1611), which is rather high*, considering that the yield in the past 3 years has been 64-66-69, respectively. Regardless of how this year’s yield turns out, I think it’s safe to assume that it will not exceed 70% (yields don’t rise by 6% in one year). That factors to be 1128 students. A even more conservative estimate of 65% factors out to 1047 students, which sound to be about right.</p>
<p>MIT admitted 1597 students last year, so this year they took 14 students more. Why is this a big deal?</p>
<p>I briefly skimmed the article today but as far as I can tell I don’t know where Nilsson’s remark is coming from or how it is based, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. There’s already crowding in the dorms, but a single year increase of 200+ seems rather unlikely. Basically the only case in which this might be possible is that if there was a proportional increase in the admit numbers (200/0.7 = if MIT suddenly admitted 286 more students every year).</p>
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<li>Even Harvard’s yield, which is the highest out of HYPMSC, has held steady in the high 70s in recent years (~78% for 2011 and 2012). I doubt MIT will suddenly break 80% in one year and surpass Harvard, even if that would be super cool and amazing. : P</li>
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<p>Well, I guess MIT can technically choose to admit ~300 students from the waitlist, and the waitlist yield will probably be pretty high. But that seems quite ludicrous still.</p>
<p>I suppose it could be an error in reporting. However, expansion of the undergrad classes has been something that the administration has wanted to do for some time and it came up again in the proposals to plug the budgetary shortfalls caused by the endowment losses / unsustainable spending levels. </p>
<p>If so, it could be a banner year for wait listees.</p>
<p>ill be suprised if more than 1100 enroll</p>
<p>MIT is planning to enroll approximately 1070 students in the Class of 2014. The 1300 number was reported in error.</p>
<p>[Around</a> 64 percent of admitted students choose MIT - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N26/enrollment2014.html]Around”>http://tech.mit.edu/V130/N26/enrollment2014.html)</p>
<p>64% yield. 1070 students.</p>