15% Increase in Freshman Applications

ejohnson2334
Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:18:03 +0000

I just had a basic question (it kind of refers to all universities in fact).

Northeastern just got a huge increase in applicants, but only has ~2800 for the incoming freshman class. Of course, it accepts much more then 2800 people (choosing other schools, financial constraints, location, etc).

However, what happens if most of the people that do get accepted decide to attend Northeastern (or any University) and the number is a lot larger than 2800? (Or the freshman class the university can hold)