[82lsju]

The article refers to 150 additional admits, which would suggest an additional 120 students in the freshman class, given recent yield rates.  If Stanford continues with that 120 student increase in future classes, that would imply a ~3% increase in total population on campus, assuming yield rates are expected to remain the same and assuming grad student population is expected to remain the same.  Those aren't givens, but let's assume for the sake of argument that the school is not expecting other offsetting changes, so the school is planning for a 3% increase in population on campus.  That does not seem untenable to me.  Stanford has constructed an enormous number of additional square feet over the last few decades without increasing the undergraduate population at all.  I attended in the Stone Age, and when I went back for a reunion in 2019, the campus looked like a completely different place from the school I attended.  Unless there's something I've missed, the additional square footage should be more than sufficient to support this relatively small increase in student population.  If the additional square footage solely supported an increase in the grad student population, then: (1) I disagree with the values that drove the change over the last few decades; and (2) I would support a gradual decrease in the grad student population to allow the university to take this small number of additional undergrads.

some things have changed, when I was an undergrad 1979-82, you were guaranteed three years of housing, now undergrads are guaranteed four years of housing so that's ~33% more housing required.  

In 1980 ithe undergrad population was 6,630; and last fall it was 7,554, up ~14%

so back in 1980 ~ 5,000 undergrad housing spots vs ~7,500 today or ~50% more undergrad housing spots today

what I don't know is if there were a lot of singles in Sally Ride and Junipero for the non-frosh, when I was in Serra (now Sally Ride there were I think ~6 singles (three for the RAs and I think three others), I don't know if that's the same now, if there were more singles now then converting them back to doubles gives a "free" capacity increase.

saw some of the "newer dorms" visiting the virtual nephew about 10 years ago, they were much nicer and more spacious than Serra (where I lived one year)

[82lsju]

The article refers to 150 additional admits, which would suggest an additional 120 students in the freshman class, given recent yield rates.  If Stanford continues with that 120 student increase in future classes, that would imply a ~3% increase in total population on campus, assuming yield rates are expected to remain the same and assuming grad student population is expected to remain the same.  Those aren't givens, but let's assume for the sake of argument that the school is not expecting other offsetting changes, so the school is planning for a 3% increase in population on campus.  That does not seem untenable to me.  Stanford has constructed an enormous number of additional square feet over the last few decades without increasing the undergraduate population at all.  I attended in the Stone Age, and when I went back for a reunion in 2019, the campus looked like a completely different place from the school I attended.  Unless there's something I've missed, the additional square footage should be more than sufficient to support this relatively small increase in student population.  If the additional square footage solely supported an increase in the grad student population, then: (1) I disagree with the values that drove the change over the last few decades; and (2) I would support a gradual decrease in the grad student population to allow the university to take this small number of additional undergrads.

some things have changed, when I was an undergrad 1979-82, you were guaranteed three years of housing, now undergrads are guaranteed four years of housing so that's ~33% more housing required.  

In 1980 ithe undergrad population was 6,630; and last fall it was 7,554, up ~14%

so back in 1980 ~ 5,000 undergrad housing spots vs ~7,500 today or ~50% more undergrad housing spots today

what I don't know is if there were a lot of singles in Sally Ride and Junipero for the non-frosh, when I was in Serra (now Sally Ride there were I think ~6 singles (three for the RAs and I think three others), I don't know if that's the same now, if there were more singles now then converting them back to doubles gives a "free" capacity increase.

saw some of the "newer dorms" visiting the virtual nephew about 10 years ago, they were much nicer and more spacious than Serra (where I lived one year)