<p>In a given year where the yield is so high that a school doesn't go to a waitlist, what's it like for first year students--triples in dorms? Problems registering for classes? And does anyone know the actual number in the class of 2015?</p>
<p>I heard yesterday that the target enrollment was 628 and the actual number is over 700. (Ulp!) Guess we do too good a job here on CC spreading the word about how great Smith is. There is usually some “summer melt” to the numbers…I’d guess 20-30…but still, things are going to be tight this year.</p>
<p>I don’t think there should be much of a problem registering for most classes though the most cherished FYS seminars will have more competition than usual. </p>
<p>Some large singles converted to doubles and large doubles converted to triples is certainly a possibility. I’m thinking of a wonderful large room on the fourth floor of Hubbard as an example.</p>
<p>Btw, this over-enrollment may augur badly for transfer applications as well.</p>
<p>My daughter is working in admissions this summer and she said admissions aims for a yield of 700, figuring with the summer melt it will go down to 650 or so. Sorry I don’t have any more information than that.</p>
<p>Not sure how it’ll affect living conditions this year, but last year I knew several living rooms and studies converted into doubles, including two in my own house. All the girls were able to move into “proper” rooms spring semester when there were more people abroad, but frankly the living rooms they got were big and very well-lit and nicer than some first-year doubles.</p>
<p>There may be a housing shortage, but it’s probably going to be temporary and affect a small number of students, if it happens at all. Smith’s had several high yield years lately to practice how to handle things. Not a perfect system, but it all seems to work somehow. They may already be working on converting some of the larger rooms to hold capacity, but they’re not going to shoehorn three students into a room that was built for two. It’s not practical (Smithies do not share closet space :-)). As TD said, it’s doubtful it will affect class registration. </p>
<p>Anyway, it’s really not something worth stressing about in the abstract.</p>
<p>would this be a good time to put in a request for a gap year, considering the overage?</p>
<p>Mustangmom, are you suggesting that your daughter should delay matriculating at Smith due to the large class size or that your daughter was already considering a gap year?</p>
<p>Most likely, this over-enrollment (if it turns out that way in September since things DO change) won’t affect accepted students as much as it will transfers and next year’s applicants.</p>
<p>I hope this doesn’t mean I won’t be able to get housing if I go back to Smith! Eek! They told me not to worry back in April (hard thing for me to do!), but I wonder if they’ll need to rethink that position. </p>
<p>TD, I think that fourth-floor double is currently in the possession of a long-term dating couple in Hubbard, but what a great triple that would make! They had a double bed and a couch last year with plenty of room to spare. </p>
<p>Hey, teenage_cliche, I think my second roommate was living in your study for a while. You’re in Capen, right?</p>
<p>Phanatic, they won’t rescind your housing. </p>
<p>Funny that we both know exactly which room we’re talking about, eh?</p>
<p>It is indeed. 
That has to be one of the best rooms on campus, what with the combination of the size and the view. </p>
<p>Oh, I know they wouldn’t rescind my housing, but I applied for it later than everyone else this year, so they might process me after all the incoming first-years. Ah, well. I can handle whatever happens.</p>
<p>I also doubt they’ll rescind you, as a transfer you’ll probably get higher priority (since technically you belong to an upperclass).</p>
<p>Yep! I know who you’re talking about and she’s a very sweet girl; I’m glad you two got along well!</p>
<p>Yeah, she’s very nice. Just very nocturnal when I am definitely diurnal. </p>
<p>S&P, I’m actually not a transfer… but oh well. I bet you’re right and I don’t have anything to worry about. I just am a chronic worrier. I ought to fix that.</p>
<p>Do you ever worry about being a chronic worrier?</p>
<p>I would think that you’ve met enough Smithies to know the answer to that :D</p>
<p>Mmmm. Point.</p>
<p>Phanatic, you will probably be placed in housing along with all of the TBA people like myself.</p>
<p>I do, in fact, worry about being a chronic worrier. Ah, the joys of self-perpetuating cycles!</p>
<p>McPucks, thanks for the info. I appreciate it!</p>
<p>Hello TheDad, </p>
<p>Which room on the 4th floor are you talking about? I’m so excited I’d like to hear more about Hubbard from you.</p>
<p>Ironically, I started this thread and in the interim, Smith put my daughter in a triple in temporary housing. . . . Hmmm. Anybody want to debate the registration crunch, next?</p>