"This must be very painful for [Yale's] admission office," said Harvard's Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70. "This will mean fewer chances to get a Yale education. It's too bad for their pool."
Currently, Yale College has 5,225 students, but prior to budget deficits in the 1980s, the college's enrollment traditionally numbered 5,100. The university temporarily balanced the budget by admitting more students. Now that the budget has been balanced, the college can afford to reduce first-year class size, Meeske said.
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