Word: overcrowdedness
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Last September's decision to place a moratorium on the admission of male transfer students came in response to the overcrowded condition of the Houses. Nineteen women transfers were accepted, but a limit of ten was placed on the number who were expected to live on campus.
"Adams House is not overcrowded," the House secretary said. "At the moment, we're just about even steven." But she cautions that the situation might change if the crowding in other Houses is so severe that more students are assigned to Adams.
The two cooperative houses affiliated with Dudley House, which have a total of about 35 spaces, will not be overcrowded this year either.
At Dunster House the overcrowding is "not going to be that bad." The House secretary there says that the overcrowded conditions will only affect sophomores and that she will be able to "squeeze in" a few more returning students.
The Houses are likely to be overcrowded for quite a while, but Harvard apparently feels that the situation has improved enough over last year to resume the admission of transfer students.