<p>I think the real disagreement here is not what is happening, but whether it will matter. There will be more freshmen, and there will be more lofted triples. There will be more undergraduates using essentially the same quantity of resources: classroom space, faculty FTEs, foodservice capacity, chairs and electrical outlets in the library, etc.</p>
<p>If you find relative scarcity of resources bothersome, you’ll probably be bothered. If you don’t, you probably won’t be. If you love Brandeis enough to overlook some inconveniences, you’ll probably be happy. If you don’t, you may not be.</p>
<p>But I certainly think that if you look at this issue only in terms of dormitory space, you’re failing to consider a lot of the implications of increasing class size.</p>
<p>Your concern is valid, but just as was the case with dorm space, you really need to get the facts. I can tell you that in my day, with class sizes of 700-750, there seemed to be plenty of capacity, from dining halls to classrooms–and that was decades ago, before numerous facilities were built–second student union, athletic center, academic buildings, dorms etc. This year alone, a new humanities center was built containing an additional dining choice in addition to thousands of sq feet of classroom space. Maintaining quality of life is essential to continued growth and I doubt the administrators at Brandeis would plan for growth without that in mind.</p>
<p>I’m a current student, and this school can definitely take an increase even larger than the current one. In the past two years they built an entire science building (Shapiro Science Center) and an entire humanities building (Mandel), class sizes are extremely small in comparison to almost all other schools, and every class I have taken, and will take have all been taught by professors (save the one UWS class which every student takes as a freshmen and is taught by a PhD student). This school can definitely take more students.</p>