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23 Oct 2006, 09:20
I have heard the same things about Virginia and Yale regarding class size.
At the Darden reception, the Dean told us that Darden admitted its largest class ever last year, and was actually about 30-35 students over their target. They went ahead and admitted them all (as opposed to Tuck a few years ago that offered some people money to defer for a year), but I think they will be back down to their target size this year.
I understand that the change at Yale is due to their change in curriculum. They used to have 4 sections of 55 students each, but because they are currently revising their curriculum (I gathered that this meant there were fewer professors available and/or qualified to teach the new curriculum) they now have 3 sections of 65 students each. By my count, that's a net loss of 25 seats. I believe the change is temporary and will revert back whenever the new curriculum is implemented.
I haven't heard anything from other schools. I got the impression that Chicago, Wharton and Kellogg would be unchanged. Duke mentioned that they increased their class size by 25% about 2 years ago and would be maintaining that size.