<p>I know of a school (unnamed) that got a major bump in us news rankings back in the early 1990’s and had to triple freshman, because to many kids matriculated after the rankings came out and destroyed the ratio the school used for projections. many of the tripled students bailed , a crack down on parties later on in the year and an economic down turn and the next year the school closed an entire dorm and made many doubles into “super singles” in other dorms. wow, how fast things can change. that said brandeis has the money and could drop another dorm on campus without touching green areas or changing the look or feel of the school. (they have companies that specialize in that stuff) and dorms are not net losses for schools, they can actually be a nice profit center. just saying.</p>