I am surprised they have not released their Fall 2017 enrollment stats. Or have they and I missed it? @TomSrOfBoston
@suzyQ7 Stats have not been released. The last couple of years they were released in September. Depending on how much they are overenrolled they may try to downplay that fact. Northeastern and all Boston area colleges are under scrutiny by the city and community groups (read NIMBY’s) for their impact on surrounding neighborhoods. So if there will be 200 or whatever extra freshmen that is not something they want to boast about. I have heard that BU and BC are also overenrolled.
My first thought was - “Why don’t they just have a larger waitlist?” instead of risking overenrollment. But then I realized that probably a lot of the best waitlist candidates just end up accepting spots elsewhere, which could make the university lose some really good candidates. Doesn’t sound like an easy job.