<p>Admissions will certainly adjust a few of their strategies based on the class of 2016’s over-enrollment. While the numbers may be slightly reduced in terms of offers initially, I am doubtful that the SCEA admissions offers will go as low as the OP projected for a couple reasons. One is that a large number of the students offered admission SCEA will undoubtedly be recruited athletes who Princeton will not want to lose to other schools. The second is that there will also be a number of outstanding students in the SCEA pool that they will offer admission to for the same reason. </p>
<p>I had not heard about the broken beds in Rockefeller before the OP, and while it makes for an interesting college party story, I really would be shocked if it in any way affected the number of places they offer to incoming students, beyond the original plan to reduce the class size by 18 students. It’s Princeton - if beds break they will buy new ones.</p>