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MIT—currently home to 4,153 undergraduates—is considering increasing that number to about 4,500, according to MIT Dean of Admissions Stuart Schmill, though no plans have been finalized as to when or how the increase might occur...
...MIT had approximately 4,500 undergraduate students throughout the 1980s and 1990s, according to Schmill, but the university reduced its class size when it began requiring all freshmen to live on campus...
Bloomberg News reported last week that MIT hoped to increase the class size as a means of raising revenue. Schmill denied this explanation, saying that admissions at MIT will continue to be need-blind in the future and that even the full cost of tuition does not cover all the expenses of students’ education. Instead, he said plans for a size increase have raised concerns about the costs more undergrads might entail...
...atypical fashion, the pivotal contest evolved into a defensive struggle, with MIT (8-14, 3-3) taking only a 3-1 edge into the locker room at halftime...
...after back-and-forth exchanges, it was the Engineers that broke through more often, riding their two-goal lead to a 7-5 victory. Although Atkinson could not pinpoint specific differences between the playoff contest and the regular season meeting between the squads, he credited MIT for peaking at the right time...