The numbers I stated above come from the Virginia Tech faculty senate, not a random person on Reddit. A little over 8,000 have accepted the offer of admission from VT. VT is hoping that ~500 of them don’t show up in August (a number that will still have campus busting at the seams). I believe that yield is the number that accept the offer, not the eventual enrollment in August. The yield percent being reported is around 36%, which is slightly down from the high mark of 2017 (37% yield). The point is, none of this should have been a surprise for the enrollment folks at VT. And they’re stating publicly in the Roanoke times that they are happy with the outside firm they used to model enrollment numbers. Doesn’t make a lot of sense, unless the goal was a humongous class all along. The issue isn’t just housing, it’s dining, classes, mental and physical health resources, off-campus infrastructure (bus system, apartment capacity/rent), etc.
I’m sure they’ll figure it out, but this is not a minor thing.