College Admissions Counseling Blog

Yale University has announced that it is considering plans to expand future classes by 200 students per year. Expanding the size of each incoming class would make Yale's class sizes closer in size to those at Harvard. While this may be good news for those students considering Yale, there is a believe that it would have some impact on a number of other colleges that are ranked lower than Yale. Enrollment experts expect that if Yale does increase its class size, colleges such as University of Pennsylvania and Columbia would be the colleges most likely to lose those students to Yale. And if those students aren't going to Penn or Columbia, then Penn and Columbia would have more room for other students who might have otherwise gone to .... You get the picture.

So if you have an interest in attending a selective college, this may be good news even if you weren't thinking about Yale as other colleges down the academic food chain might have more room for other students if Yale goes forward with the possible size increase.