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The College's housing wait list for the Fall term has dropped from 150 to 54 students, but Acting Dean of Residential Life Mary Liscinsky said those still without housing should be exploring other options.
Although the wait list is longer than last year, it has been longer in previous years, according to Liscinsky.
"We just keep getting a high number of people wanting to live on campus because of the obvious advantages," she said.
The Office of Residential Life saved 1,090 beds for the Class of 2002, but there were "considerably more" incoming freshmen than the office had expected, Director of Housing Services Lynn Rosenblum said.
She added that all the first year students have now been housed and the wait list is currently made up solely of members of the Class of 2001.
With a larger incoming class than expected and less off-campus programs offered this fall, Liscinsky said the office is looking into the possibility of converting several study lounges into rooms.
The converted study lounges "would have all the typical amenities, since we would be using ones that were actually once rooms before," Liscinsky said.
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg said he does not think there will be a housing crunch.
Although there are currently about 1,100 students in the Class of 2002, he expects a few more to defer admission before the fall.
Additionally, about four or five students drop out during the first week of Fall term, because orientation does not go as planned or they get sick on their Dartmouth Outing Club freshman trip, Furstenberg said.
"Ultimately, we should have about 1,095 students," he said.
