<p>Last year, there was also a housing crunch, and supposedly fewer people going abroad was much of the problem. I doubt that more juniors are going abroad this year. Probably even fewer, in fact. I am one of two or three juniors in my class in my house going abroad; that’s certainly not half the juniors in my house, and normally about half the juniors at Smith go abroad. Of course, I’m not suggesting that my house is necessarily representative of the school. </p>
<p>However, I think fewer people going abroad has more to do with economic problems (e.g. a weak dollar, expensive travel to the British Isles, etc.) than more science majors. </p>
<p>As I mentioned on another thread, housing signups were a DISASTER last year for many houses. There were sophomores stuck in 1st year rooms over simple administrative errors (and Smith not really doing anything to correct it), for instance. The coordination between the housing office and JYA office was also quite poor; people had to sign up for housing before they got their JYA acceptances, so many JYA folks were forced to unnecessarily take rooms from non-JYA ppl in the same house.</p>