An increase in housing applications may cause some changes in residence housing for fall semester.

The number of housing applications as of April has increased by 770 compared with last fall semester’s housing applications, said Kelly Miller, assistant housing director.

Lou Hencken, interim university president, said the increase directly correlates to an increase incoming freshman, but transfer student numbers are up as well.

Miller said that while student housing renewals have not fluctuated significantly, the incoming freshman increase is enough to induce housing changes.

“We have quite a few vacancies in every dorm we can fill,” she said.

The housing office may use more suites in Lawson, Andrew, Taylor and Thomas halls where three or four students may live together in the lounges at the end of the hallways.

“We are anticipating to use suites if by July and August our numbers hold true,” she said.

The university also anticipates it will cut down on the number of singles available. This year, over 700 students received single rooms, but the number is expected to drop, said Miller.

Seniors and juniors will still be guaranteed single rooms upon request, but as housing fills up, sophomores who requested singles may be assigned a roommate.

“At this point, anyone who has requested single has one but it was not guaranteed to sophomores and we notified them,” she said.

Because most incoming freshmen request to live in Carman, Miller said she expects the building to be close to its capacity of 650 to 700 people. Last fall, 632 people lived in Carman.

“Carman was pretty full in fall,” she said. “We’ll probably have most spaces in Carman filled (for next year.)”

Miller said she plans on exhausting all other housing options before turning Carman lounges into suites and does not expect numbers will get high enough to have to use lounges in Carman.

“I don’t see that we will have to turn away anyone with the overflow space,” she said.