<p>RA's told me this weekend that there are 200 students at Fordham this year in the Freshman class that are over the normal limit/retention of accepted students. This resulted in 150 kids being tripled. </p>
<p>Fordham is not alone in having more kids accept spots than they anticipated.</p>
<p>Campus looks great. Get ready for a great year!</p>
<p>heyy does this mean it is likelyy they wont even bother looking at the waiting list in spring 2009?</p>
<p>I dont think the 2008 retention rate and “overbooking” so to speak has any bearing on the 2009 wait list, except it will likely make the list a bit longer as admissions tries to avoid the same problem, at least while the new dorms are under construction. I also heard that they have tabled the notion of converting Hughes from a dorm into other usage on campus.</p>
<p>I dont even know if they went to the 2008 wait list or not this year. I know in 2007 very, very few were invited off the waitlist as the “surge” of applications reached records. </p>
<p>I am just reporting anecdotal information I got from the RA’s.</p>
<p>they’re building new dorms?</p>
<p>Yes…under construction NOW on Rose Hill Campus, near the Fordham Road entrance and between Metro North Rail and Walsh Library. South of Martyrs Court.</p>
<p>so when will they be possibly converting hughes? I’m living there this year.</p>
<p>Well I sure hope that with the 150 kids tripled, Fordham would not consider admitting any more if they need housing. That would be gross disregard for the students already there!</p>
<p>Quality of life is pretty important for a school’s reputation and Fordham’s reputation will suffer if there is significant overcrowding for an extended period.</p>
<p>Overcrowding is a measure of retention rates for accepted students. No school knows for certain how many will accept the offers of admission and they only have recent years experience to go by. As Fordham’s retention rate improves, it means more students are accepting offers which means the reputation of the school is likely improving, or more kids are being turned down at higher ranking schools such as the Ivy’s. Many schools…dare I say most are experiencing record enrollments as well, as the demographic surge is in full effect, with over 3,000,000 high school seniors last year applying to college. While it may be unfortunate for some to be tripled, some students actually prefer it. I happen to know that WashU in St. Louis had record overenrollment the last two years and took virtually nobody off the wait list and had to put kids into apartments and hotels off campus for a semester until dorm space opened up. There was an article in either the New York Times or LA Times, I forget, a few months ago discussing this very problem.</p>
<p>Construction is underway for new housing on campus that will make over 400 beds available to Fordham students–Campbell Hall is expected to be completed in 2010! This addition to campus will reduce the number of forced triples at Fordham. Campbell is one of many new changes planned for Fordham to improve the quality of student life; as Fordham rises in rankings, the university is ensuring that the quality of its facilities matches the quality of its student body.</p>