Facing a deluge of applications following the Jan. 1 regular decision deadline, the Admission Office has opened a satellite location in Alumnae Hall to handle the extra paperwork.

Temporary employees process applications in the Admission Office's satellite facility in Alumnae Hall. Michael Skocpol / Herald

Brown expects to receive about 30,000 applications for the class of 2014, representing a 20 percent increase from last year, Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Final application totals are not yet available because the office is still processing paper applications, Miller wrote.

“I think there are a number of reasons why our applications are up, including specific recruitment activities we have pursued for a couple of years,” Miller wrote. “But there are also the influences of the myriad sources of information and impressions of Brown that prospective students can access like social networking sites, blogs, guidebooks, etc.”

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