Or a good number of freshman who drop out during the first semester leaving spots in class rooms and dorms…
A few schools encourage (or only accept you for) spring semester. UF has a pretty big program where the students have non UF classes in the fall (community college or on line) and start in the spring. Several of my daughter’s classmates were summer admits at schools in Florida because the schools could give them more attention in the summer when there were fewer new students on campus.