<p>BERKELEY, Calif. -- Some California universities are fitting extra beds into dorm rooms as they get ready to cope with more students than expected this fall.</p>
<p>At the University of California, Davis, officials are finding room for about 700 more freshmen than their target enrollment. That's meant spending $1 million to add about 100 classes and $350,000 for dorm furnishings, campus spokeswoman Julia Ann Easley said Monday.</p>
<p>Officials have been working on the enrollment crunch since May and expect to be able to accommodate students, although it has meant turning some double rooms into triples.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, UC San Diego is getting about 350 freshmen more than expected and UC Irvine is about 400 over target.</p>
<p>The California State University system isn't experiencing much over-enrollment, except at San Diego State University which is getting more students than expected.</p>
<p>Colleges elsewhere in the nation face a similar challenge.</p>
<p>University officials traditionally accept more students than they have spaces for, knowing that not all the invitees will accept admission offers. But some admission officials say online application has made the calculation trickier because students are applying to more colleges than in the past.</p>
<p>A 2005 study by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA found that about 26 percent of students applied to six or more schools. That was up from about 18 percent 10 years before and about 12 percent in 1985.</p>
<p>Some colleges have also seen more students deciding not to attend even after they've put down deposits.</p>
<p>"We start each year trying to predict the decision making of 9,000 18-year-olds and their parents," said Mark Rubinstein, vice president for student and academic affairs at the University of New Hampshire, which got almost 400 more students than expected. "And if you've ever tried to predict the behavior of even one teenager, you know how difficult it can be."</p>