Is Princeton increasing enrollment?

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<p>I heard that they are increasing their enrollment by about 500...is it true?</p>

<p>So they normally take about 1220 students, 1220+500 = 1720?!</p>

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<p>I thought they were adding 28 seats to the freshman class (at least for this coming year).</p>

3

<p>They must be increasing it gradually then....I don't doubt the fact that soon (as the population increases), enrollment in almost every college across America will skyrocket..</p>

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<p>Yes, when I visted they said they were expanding, but not significantly for another year or two (they are still constructing new dorms I believe)</p>

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<p>I have read that they are increasing enrollment but you need to divide the 500 number by 4. I am not sure how quickly they will ramp the number but I would assume that it would be gradual.</p>

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<p>They have received funding from the CEO of eBay, who wishes to build a new residential college. Therefore, Princeton plans to add 500 more students by Fall 2007, so the increase would not be very gradual.</p>

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<p>The phase in of the 500 additional students will not be complete until 2012.
This is what Princeton said in March 2005 about its expansion plans:
"The expansion of the University's undergraduate student body will start sooner and will be phased in more gradually than originally planned, beginning with a slight increase in the size of the freshman class this fall. </p>

<p>Under a revised plan approved by the trustee executive committee in February, the University will aim to enroll 1,226 students in the incoming classes this year and next. This is 28 more students than originally planned for the class being admitted this year. </p>

<p>In 2007 and 2008, when Whitman College is expected to be open but Butler College will be undergoing renovation, the size of the entering classes would increase by another 50 students, to 1,276. The class admitted in 2009 would finally reach the steady-state level of 1,312. After four classes of that size are admitted, the undergraduate population would reach its projected level of 5,200 in the fall of 2012"</p>