<p>Many schools triple freshmen. At least Brandeis tells you about the possibility ahead of time. For all you know you may take Brandeis off your list and then learn that the the school you have chosen has underestimated its acceptances and unexpectedly has to triple freshmen. It happens a lot. Note that at many colleges students are “detripled” as the year progresses–you may want to find out to what extent that happens at Brandeis. (I was supposed to be tripled at Brandeis back in 1969–yes!–but was detripled before I even arrived.) My D, at another college, was detripled a few weeks into her freshman year. But some at her school grew to like their roommates so much that they declined the opportunity to detriple when it was offered (staying also saved some money). So you never know how things will work out. My feeling is that tripling is harder on girls, since they tend to have a lot more possessions to squeeze into the room.</p>