What a dorm room looks like as Purdue squeezes in record freshman class

Angry calls by the hundreds coming in from parents as Purdue adds beds to dorm rooms, finds off-campus housing for a freshman class numbering more than 10,000

Purdue, waiting on a record freshman enrollment for fall 2021, is converting study spaces, such as this one in Tarkington Hall, into four-person dorm rooms to accommodate students on the West Lafayette campus. (Photo: Dave Bangert)

Purdue has to squeeze in a record 10,000-plus freshmen somehow.

And judging from the call volume on campus, not everyone’s ha…