College asks students to take off fall
In an attempt to relieve the impending housing crunch next term, the College is offering a collection of financial and academic incentives to convince students to change their Dartmouth Plans for this fall. Early this week, Dean of the Faculty James Wright, on behalf of the Enrollment Committee, sent separate letters to students who have on-campus housing for Fall term, wait listed students and parents of wait listed students outlining the College's immediate plans to house about 180 students. The letters said if any student enrolled for the fall or who is still on the wait list agrees to change their D-Plan to be off in the fall, they will receive half off their room rent for the next term they are on. The average room rent is $1,085, and the offer is only valid for members of the Classes of 1996 and 1997. In return for changing their plans, these students will also receive higher room priority numbers the next term they are on campus and will have the highest priority within their group &emdash; such as senior majors &emdash; for course selections. Students who changed their D-plans to "off" for the fall before the letters were sent out on Friday are not eligible for the offer. Wright said his primary focus is dealing with the students on the wait list. "I'm more concerned in dealing with the enrollment pressures and the one-hundred eighty students who don't have a place to sleep.