<p>You can add the explosion of applications at Cornell, where after years of being stable at around 20,000, the applications have skyrocketed to 28,000 in two years. </p>
<p>I also read a report from Interestedad that the applications at Swarthmore surged to around 5,000 applications. If verified, this would mean an increase od 25% over the average for the past years, and an admission rate of well below 20% from last year's 22%. On the other hand, applications at Claremont McKenna have remained stable at around 3600. Schools official have, however, said that they are not very comfortable with the low admission rate of about 20% and hope that the planned small increase in enrollment will change the dynamics. In the meantime, it seems that the expected enrollment for 2006-2007 will be ... smaller than last year's.</p>
<p>The numbers will improve in the next few years, but the road in 2007-2009 will be bumpy! :)</p>