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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps Tech/Purdue admissions need to hire some of their own quant/engineering graduates to minimize the deviation??
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The article says they hired an outside agency to predict the numbers. Oops.

How do you get 1000 more people into classes? Dining halls? Dorms?[/quote]

Trailers like FCPS??
-PP[/quote]

I know to make up for a lack of dorms they get very selective with those requesting singles, they turn some singles into doubles, add a 5th in the quad rooms, and will also lease out hotels.  They can also create dorm "rooms" out of common rooms.

The university I went to over-admitted one year and did all of the above.  I felt bad for those who were in a 4-person quad room and got a 5th thrown in and those who were given a "room" that was actually a common area.  The singles turned into doubles wasn't too bad; my friend had one of these and it was tighter than a normal 2-person dorm but not so much that it was uncomfortable.  And those who got a hotel assignment hit the jackpot, IMO, because not only did they get their rooms cleaned each day by housekeeping, but the university also paid for take-away laundry service for them and they got their own private bus to take them to and from campus that even ran until 3 AM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

Handling the influx of student in terms of the dining hall and classes is the easy part.  [b]Add in more 100-level TA taught classes[/b] that so many of the freshmen are in and as for dining, just make sure there was extra food.  Even during the busiest of times in the dining hall, not every table was taken as so many students got their food to go.   [/quote]

That sucks. No one wants to be taught by a TA thrown in last minute.  [/quote]

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