@BiffBrown I really don’t think so. Since zero were admitted from waitlist, I believe there was some surprise in that grades and scores of those admitted were significantly stronger over the previous class.
If they really wanted to increase enrollment without taxing the infrastructure, what they would do would be what many schools are doing now which is to admit freshmen who study abroad first semester and then really begin in January or find other creative ways to accomplish that.
I suppose what I don’t understand is why there was a housing crunch last year, but not this year (when there are more freshmen and sophomores).
As far as retention goes, I would rather have them provide more Pell grants and take some risks than set out goals to match USNWR rankings. Don’t we want Emory to be about providing more opportunities than its peers? If they want to invest more in providing academic and life counseling to at-risk students, then great.