<p>I agree witrh wewsy’s interpretation of that map page. Northeastern is working to increase on-campus housing. A new residence hall housing 720 students will begin construction this summer. There are two reasons for this: to increase the sense of community by having more students living on-campus and pressure from the City of Boston to reduce the number of students living off-campus in surrounding neighborhoods. Increasing the size of the freshman class would work against this goal. </p>
<p>Another reason why Northeastern would not increase the size of the freshman class is to maintain the rising stats of entering freshmen. More freshmen=lower or stagnant admission stats=lower USNWR ranking.</p>