Hobart & Smith Enroll Largest Freshman Class in 20 Years
Unexpectedly high admissions yield at Hobart and William Smith Colleges has resulted in the paired schools welcoming their largest incoming class in almost two decades, resulting in a housing squeeze that has moved some upperclassmen off campus.
Hobart & Smith welcomed 594 first-year students to campus this fall, making for a freshman class almost 9 per cent larger than the 545 students being planned for.
School officials told the local newspaper that they realized over the summer that the Colleges would face a housing crunch this fall because of the high yield. The Colleges responded by renting an off-campus apartment building where about 40 seniors and juniors are now living. Normally, almost all Hobart & Smith students live on campus for all four years of their time at the Colleges.
Hobart & Smith officials noted that this year's spike in freshman admissions coincides with pre-existing plans to expand total enrollment. The College had already been planning to increase enrollment to about 2,000 students over the next two years, up from the previous level of 1,850. Dean of Admissions Don Emmons told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle that the jump in first-year enrollment "actually comes at a good time for us." The colleges have the faculty and other resources needed to maintain educational quality for the larger freshman class, he noted.
Hobart & Smith's rising profile contributed to this year's jump in admissions yield, school official think. "I think I've got more kids in my [applicant] pool that have us as a first or second choice," Emmons said.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are coordinating liberal arts colleges located in Geneva, New York, an upstate city about an hour's drive from Rochester, Syracuse, and Ithaca. Each school (Hobart for men and William Smith for women) has its own dean and its own admissions office, but the schools jointly operate co-ed living and campus facilities and classes. Applications to Hobart & Smith have increased by a third over the past 8 years.
Source: "Colleges Make Way for Freshman Class," by Matthew Daneman. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, September 12, 2006.
Hobart & Smith welcomed 594 first-year students to campus this fall, making for a freshman class almost 9 per cent larger than the 545 students being planned for.
School officials told the local newspaper that they realized over the summer that the Colleges would face a housing crunch this fall because of the high yield. The Colleges responded by renting an off-campus apartment building where about 40 seniors and juniors are now living. Normally, almost all Hobart & Smith students live on campus for all four years of their time at the Colleges.
Hobart & Smith officials noted that this year's spike in freshman admissions coincides with pre-existing plans to expand total enrollment. The College had already been planning to increase enrollment to about 2,000 students over the next two years, up from the previous level of 1,850. Dean of Admissions Don Emmons told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle that the jump in first-year enrollment "actually comes at a good time for us." The colleges have the faculty and other resources needed to maintain educational quality for the larger freshman class, he noted.
Hobart & Smith's rising profile contributed to this year's jump in admissions yield, school official think. "I think I've got more kids in my [applicant] pool that have us as a first or second choice," Emmons said.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are coordinating liberal arts colleges located in Geneva, New York, an upstate city about an hour's drive from Rochester, Syracuse, and Ithaca. Each school (Hobart for men and William Smith for women) has its own dean and its own admissions office, but the schools jointly operate co-ed living and campus facilities and classes. Applications to Hobart & Smith have increased by a third over the past 8 years.
Source: "Colleges Make Way for Freshman Class," by Matthew Daneman. The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, September 12, 2006.
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