<p>Just curious.</p>
<p>They put 3 people in a room that is meant for 2.</p>
<p>At the Thacher revisit, the Admissions Director kept saying “we want each and every one of you to come here. And if we have to build a whole new dorm, we will!” The Head of School just grinned and rolled his eyes.</p>
<p>what happens is if a grade is over-enrolled on a class for their freshman year then they figure out what to do with the extra bodies for that year (i know st. mark’s put freshman girls in a diff dorm). Then the next year they just accept less of that group. That’s why schools don’t give that much of a yield for sophomore and junior years because they’re in trouble if they over-enroll but they can just turn to the waitlist if they under-enroll.</p>
<p>NMH held a lottery for seniors to live with the head, to free up dorm space. They had a lot of people vying for the opportunity!</p>
<p>I think this year Andover overenrolled, so they opened up two smaller dorms. There’s going to be room for people, especially since next year they’d try to underenroll to make sure no one has to sleep in a tent on the Great Lawn or something. I don’t know about other schools, but I’m guessing they’d do something similar; have backup dorms just in case they overenroll one year.</p>
<p>^ I would jump at the chance to sleep in a tent on the Great Lawn. </p>
<p>But, in all seriousness, they would most likely turn a normal double into a triple. I know a few first-years who got triples this year, in dorms that typically don’t have them.</p>
<p>My first thought was the first to respond got rooms and the later responders were asked to reconsider since they had to think about it for so long… :-)</p>
<p>what if the school is overenrolled, and you’re on the waitlist? that just means you have like no chance right…? :(</p>
<p>Most likely yes, ars1996. Now HOW does a school over enroll, Do they not know their limits or something?</p>
<p>@ars1996 Yeah, even with it being fully enrolled (not even over-enrolled) you have no chance as all the spots are taken. With there being too many accepted students for too little spots, they don’t even glance at the waitlists. </p>
<p>@sparklefun I totally agree! If it happens once, they should know how ‘popular’ they are and recalculate their yield rate accordingly. IMHO, it’s better for a school to underestimate than overestimate, that way the quality of education and living won’t be compromised due to the excessive amount of matriculating students.</p>
<p>Though not a BS, the Ithaca College experience illustrates what happens when over-enrollment goes horribly wrong.</p>
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