25% rise in EA applications

molliebatmit
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:22:14 +0000

universities like MIT can afford and do have the space might i add, to support a small rise in number of applicants they accept… its just their choice whether they wanna nurture more kids or keep a stability in numbers…

MIT actually doesn’t have much flexibility in terms of the number of students they can matriculate each year, because housing on campus is guaranteed for four years. In past years when more students have come to MIT than expected, freshmen have been “crowded” into dorm rooms (doubles turned into triples, triples into quads, etc.)

MIT is expecting to admit a few more students now than it has in past years, because a new undergraduate dorm will be opening soon, increasing the residential capacity on campus.